EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - 1992 - THE ATLANTIC YEARS (2CD)
Format: FLAC+CUE+LOG+COVERS(300dpi)+2% recovery
Size: 974mb (4x200mb+1x173,94mb)
Pass: 1992
Style:
Symphonic Prog
Country:
United Kingdom
Track Listing:
== CD1 (74:19) ==
1.Knife-Edge (5:04)
2.Take A Pebble (12:32)
3.Lucky Man (4:37)
4.Tank (6:47)
5.Tarkus (20:39)
a) Eruption {Emerson}
b) Stones Of Years {Emerson / Lake}
c) Iconoclast {Emerson}
d) Mass {Emerson / Lake}
e) Manticore {Emerson}
f) Battlefield {Lake}
g) Aquatarkus {Emerson}
6.Excerpts From "Pictures At An Exhibition" (14:03)
a) Promenade {Mussorgsky}
b) The Hut Of Baba Yaga {Mussorgsky}
c) The Curse Of Baba Yaga
d) The Hut Of Baba Yaga {Mussorgsky}
e) The Great Gates Of Kiev {Mussorgsky / Lake}
f)The End
7.The Endless Enigma (Part One) (6:41)
8.Fugue (1:54)
9.The Endless Enigma (Part Two) (2:00)
== CD2 (77:02) ==
1.From The Beginning (4:14)
2.Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression — Part 1) (8:40)
3.Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression — Part 2) (4:42)
4.Karn Evil 9 (2nd Impression) (7:07)
5.Karn Evil 9 (3rd Impression) (9:07)
6.Jerusalem {Parry / Blake, arranged by Emerson / Lake / Palmer} (2:44)
7.Still... You Turn Me On (2:54)
8.Toccata (An adaptation of Ginastera's 1st Piano Concerto, 4th Movement) {Ginastera, arranged by Emerson; percussion movement — Carl Palmer} (7:19)
9.Fanfare For The Common Man (special edit) {Aaron Copland, arranged by Emerson} (5:40)
10.Pirates (13:17)
11.I Believe In Father Christmas (original single version) (3:32)
12.Honky Tonk Train Blues {Meade (Lux) Lewis} (3:11)
13.Canario (Taken from Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre) {J. Rodrigo} (3:57)
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TOTAL: 2h31'21"
Band:
— Keith Emerson / keyboards, vocals on "Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression — Part 1)"
— Greg Lake / vocals, bass, electric & acoustic guitar
— Carl Palmer / drums, percussion
Описание с PROGARCHIVES::
Review by ZowieZiggy / PROG REVIEWERWELCOME MY FRIEND TO THE BEST MUSIC OF EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER.
Very few times a compilation album (prog-oriented) has grouped so many great songs. I really want to congratulate ELP of course because at the end of the day, they were the genious behing their music but also the ones who decided of the track list (maybe themselves, I don't know°.
Lots of times, it sounds as if a compilation is created almost at random. By no means, it is the case here. Can you imagine ?
Four of the best tracks of their debut album are featured, the great "Tarkus" (the track of course) in full, a great condensed version of "Pictures", my preferred song out of "Trilogy" ("The endless Enigma — both parts), all of my fave studio album ("Brain...") except the stupid "Benny the Bouncer" of course. That's it for the great moments which represent seventy-five percent of the whole.
Some average ones with the inclusion of "Pirates" (again, in full) and a good condensed version of "Fanfare For The Common Man" (just over half the original) from Works I. "Canario" was probably the best choice available from "Love Beach" so, in the optic of having each ELP album represented here, I guess that no damage has been done (although the start of this song sounds really horrible).
Some blunders as well, IMO. "The Fugue", "In The Beginning", "I Believe In Father Christmas" (absolutely dreadful), and "Honky Tonk Train Blues" don't belong by any means to the best of ELP. But all these songs together only represent eight percent of this double CD set.
This compilation is a great one. I can only recommend it to someone interested in discovering how great this band was. Five stars even if eight percent of it is extremely poor. But all the great songs that sit here, easily compensate this.
ЗЫ: А тут уже совсем другие отзывы и другая оценкаю. Что, впрочем, и не удивительно, учитывая, что это сборник лучших вещей из ранних альбомов (до Love Beach включительно) :)
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