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Poll Question: What one is your favorite?
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    Posted: November 23 2021 at 21:02
Welcome back my friends to that show that never ends. Man both are legendary albums, but I got to go with BSS for now. That also is not BS, it is Beautiful Synthesizer Sounds. 
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Brain Salad Surgery is my obvious choice here, but I do maintain that Love Beach isn't entirely as bad as some people make it out to be. There are serious duds on it of course (The Gambler being the biggest example imo), but most of the record is just decent, inoffensive pop rock with a few prog touches. Plus, some of the piano sections in the Memoirs suite are quite beautiful.

If anything, In the Hot Seat is the band's real rock bottom as far as I'm concerned Smile

Also, Brain Salad Surgery is not even my favorite ELP LOL
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lol 

bss 
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Brain Salad Surgery of course.
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Brain Salad Surgery
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Hooray! Another joke poll! 

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Originally posted by Necrotica Necrotica wrote:

Also, Brain Salad Surgery is not even my favorite ELP LOL

I bet it's Tarkus, though I'll be delighted if you say it's the debut. Wink
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I'd like to hear the rationale of those two bleak souls who voted for Love Beach. Is it due to having a thing for chest hair and man nipples? LOL

When Keith Emerson stated the album was "an embarrassment against everything I've worked for," then perhaps you might question your discernment of music.
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Is this knock out season, poll flagged for miss match, like putting Daredevil in the boxing ring against the Thing, its clubbering time for Brain Salad Surgery
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Love Beach is definitely the more consistent and 'together' record. It showed the band at it's most mature able to avoid the abstract pretentious lyrics for a more down to earth approach. BSS just has so many annoying parts as the band is playing at odds with itself and the over use of Moog just glosses over the issues. Love Beach is the 5 star masterpiece , Keith was obviously high on something to not recognise it at the time.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Love Beach is definitely the more consistent and 'together' record. It showed the band at it's most mature able to avoid the abstract pretentious lyrics for a more down to earth approach. BSS just has so many annoying parts as the band is playing at odds with itself and the over use of Moog just glosses over the issues. Love Beach is the 5 star masterpiece , Keith was obviously high on something to not recognise it at the time.

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I honestly can't tell. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Smile

well, I've just read your Love Beach review, even learned a new word LOL ("naff"). 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Smile


well, I've just read your Love Beach review, even learned a new word LOL ("naff"). 


You've never heard the word naff?! Naff off

Anyway, based on Richard's post I will have to check out this Love Beach album....

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Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Smile


well, I've just read your Love Beach review, even learned a new word LOL ("naff"). 


You've never heard the word naff?! Naff off

Anyway, based on Richard's post I will have to check out this Love Beach album....

no, I haven't. 
Where would I hear it? Where would i hear British slang? Maybe in a British movie or something. And if there was, I probably missed it. 
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Okay, who are the three people who voted for Love Beach? I just wanna talk LOL
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Originally posted by Rottenprogger Rottenprogger wrote:

Okay, who are the three people who voted for Love Beach? I just wanna talk LOL

none of them commented. LOL
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote chopper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2021 at 02:25
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Love Beach is definitely the more consistent and 'together' record. It showed the band at it's most mature able to avoid the abstract pretentious lyrics for a more down to earth approach. BSS just has so many annoying parts as the band is playing at odds with itself and the over use of Moog just glosses over the issues. Love Beach is the 5 star masterpiece , Keith was obviously high on something to not recognise it at the time.
I think you were high on something when you wrote this Richard. LOL
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Originally posted by Rottenprogger Rottenprogger wrote:

Okay, who are the three people who voted for Love Beach? I just wanna talk LOL

It must have been P.Paul and 2 other alter-egos. Nobody else would vote for it.

Mind you, he'd be proud to tell us that he'd voted for it.Confused
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by Necrotica Necrotica wrote:

Also, Brain Salad Surgery is not even my favorite ELP LOL

I bet it's Tarkus, though I'll be delighted if you say it's the debut. Wink

It is Tarkus (despite a few questionable songs on side B), although the debut is my second favorite Big smile And then BSS and Trilogy are fighting for the third spot after that
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