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Poll Question: Which is your favourite?
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    Posted: February 27 2025 at 01:13
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm not sure but I do feel that Tarkus is way overrated. There's parts on there that just go on too long. Karn Evil 9 isn't much better in that respect.

Go on too long?   The first side is one 20-minute seven-part cut, that's the point.   

But many felt that way.   This is from Richard Green's inexplicable review for the album in '71 --
"There are some nice passages, but these are almost completely buried by the overall cacophonous ostentation."

and David Levin's embarrassing, shortsighted write-up --
"Tarkus records the failure of three performers to become creators. Regardless of how fast and how many styles they can play. Emerson, Lake and Palmer will continue turning out mediocrity like Tarkus until they discover what, if anything, it is that they must say on their own and for themselves."

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^ seems strange to miss out on some of the best interplay between Emerson and Palmer and also a great guitar solo from Lake.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Karn Evil 9 isn't much better in that respect.

Whenever I listen to Karn Evil 9, I always skip over "Part One" of the First Impression and begin with "Part Two". The rest of this epic is perfect! 
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A bad case of love at first sight for me:



Tarkus Suite, KE9 and the whole Enigma are awesome too, of course.
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I'm not sure but I do feel that Tarkus is way overrated. There's parts on there that just go on too long. Karn Evil 9 isn't much better in that respect.
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KE9
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^ Well, in that case 'Memoirs' would fit the bill!  
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Definitely a gravitational pull towards those epics (if you take an epic as having to be at least 15 minutes)
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Tarkus, Karn Evil 9 and The Endless Engima (the whole thing, not just part 1).

That's the podium for me though I love Take A Pebble and Knife-Edge among others.
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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

I love them all!  I also love Carl's contributions to the Works albums - Bullfrog and The Enemy God.


I have always preferred Palmer's side vs Emerson and Lake's solo material on Works. The Enemy God and the remake of Tank I think are quite good.
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I guess Tarkus, though I'm not so fond of the middle section, mass.
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Tarkus
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Karn Evil 9. This ham sandwich tastes more algebraic than I'm used to.
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I love them all!  I also love Carl's contributions to the Works albums - Bullfrog and The Enemy God.
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https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds
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Hard to pick only one
voted Enigma to get the balance ... a wee bit more even :-)
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Karn Evil 9 edges Tarkus. The opening to Tarkus, however, is the best thing ELP ever did. Trilogy, Toccata and The Barbarian would round out my top 5.
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'Karn Evil 9' and 'Tarkus' lead the way for me.
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1. Take a Pebble
2. Trilogy
3. Karn Evil 9
4. Lucky Man
5. From the Beginning
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