EMERSON LAKE & PALMER

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's first album is definitely one of their stronger ones, and I really love some of the tracks on the album. That said, some of the songs are lacking. "Take a Pebble" has never really kept my interest. The intro is very intriguing, but the rest doesn't really have "that special ELP styling" about it. "Lucky Man" isn't good at all. The cheesy keyboard solo actually makes the song worse, as if it wasn't bad enough already. Greg, why on Earth did you think that this song was a good idea?!?!

"The Barbarian" has great bass, especially since it has that powerful fuzzy tone. The actual keyboards are a tad annoying, and don't feel (in my opinion) like they belong there. I really love "Knife- Edge", and find it to be the strongest song on the album. "The Three Fates" is also fantastic, and deserves special recognition for probably the best piano work on the album. "Tank" has a great drum solo.

I really enjoy this album, and feel like it deserves 4/5 stars just for being such a great debut. However, I can't bring myself to rate it any higher than 3.5 stars.

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