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Poll Question: Which is your favorite?
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    Posted: January 02 2021 at 06:47
Not so many epics but the ones that they did are really top notch! Which is your favorite? Mine has to be either 'Tarkus' or 'Karn Evil 9'.
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"Tarkus," "Trilogy," and "Karn Evil 9" may be more polished and dynamic, but the startling and daring freshness of "Take a Pebble" when it came out still gets me (and my vote.)
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Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman from the Love Beach album, because no one else will vote for it. Smile
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Take a Pebble.
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the only studio version of Pictures at an Exhibition is on the In the Hot Seat album (1994)
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

the only studio version of Pictures at an Exhibition is on the In the Hot Seat album (1994)
It's a bonus track on the 2001 Remaster of the eponymous live album, as well as bonus track as a medley on the 2006 remaster. So, I will leave the original year of its creation.
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Karn Evil 9 > Tarkus > Take a Pebble
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Karnevil over Tarkus
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I've never considered Take a Pebble to be an ELP epic. It's just a very pretty but rather inconsequential ballad from Lake inflated to encompass some brilliant but almost completely tangential piano improvisations from Keith. (this was especially true in the live realm where he incorporated quotations from both Friedrich Gulda and Joe Sullivan ) I learned to play the acoustic guitar 'solo' on the studio version when I was 14 years old. It's a 'beginner' level piece completely dwarfed by something like say,The Sage as far as musical substance goes. Although I adore Keith's Piano Concerto, Greg and Carl don't even play on it (I'm not entirely convinced Lake even plays on the Three Fates either?) Hey ho, all excellent pieces of music all told. Voted for Karn Evil 9
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Oh f', it's Tarkus!
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I would have gone for the Endless Enigma had it been here, but I guess it's KE9.
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ELP is certainly a band that I listen to quite often. No matter what people say, they are a great band and have a fantastic discography. All that said, Tarkus gets my vote, just an inch ahead of Pirates.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I would have gone for the Endless Enigma had it been here, but I guess it's KE9.

Same with me. If Pictures at an Exhibition (live) would've been here it would've been another close contender. So I voted for another epic of the same album as Enigma: Trilogy
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voted for The Three Fates
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Very tough. Sometimes Tarkus, sometimes Take a Pebble, occasionally Trilogy. Endless Enigma gets an honorable mention for nostalgic reasons, and for really opening me up to what rock music can be. I'll abstain.

Best parts of an epic that I would vote for easily would be Karn Evil 2nd, and Fugue.
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Tarkus a smidge over Karnevil....but still think overall the debut is the most listenable when it comes to a whole lp.
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