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^ completely agree ELP are incredible
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 4 hours 15 minutes ago at 23:13
Originally posted by kirk782 kirk782 wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

My favourite band ELP get a lot of flack (probably deservedly)


ELP had some good albums, especially their debut or Tarkus. Something like Love Beach may not have aged well, but many band's of that era have had some disappointing runs.

I've been thinking about my own personal ratings for ELP's 10 studio albums and it goes like this
ELP (1970) - 9/10
Tarkus (1971) - 8/10
Trilogy (1972) - 9/10
Brain Salad Surgery (1973) - 10/10
Works Volume One (1977) - 7/10
Works Volume Two (1977) - 5/10
Love Beach (1978) - 3/10
Emerson,Lake and Powell (1986) - 6/10
Black Moon (1992)  -5/10
In The Hot Seat (1994) - 2/10

The first 5 - average rating 8.6
The last 5 - average rating 4.2

well you get the picture!

the band was more or less done by 1978, classic case of a band going on too long past their 'sell by date'. I think other bands were able to sustain the success a little longer. ELP were always the poster band for classic era prog though so their collapse was big news. I think they never fully recovered from the negative publicity of the Works tour when they were losing a million dollars a show for those early orchestral gigs. It bit them hard.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote A Crimson Mellotron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 1 hour 51 minutes ago at 01:37
What comes to mind is Riverside's 'Second Eye Syndrome', then also:
-Dream Theater's 'Images & Words' (it is fantastic but not a full-on prog masterpiece for me), 
-Yes' 'The Yes Album'
-Genesis' 'Trespass'
-'2112' by Rush
-'Script' by Marillion
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