ELP’s Greatest (E)LP

I don't think there is a single ELP album that I liked through and through. I enjoy certain tunes off each album, but they always had a "stinker" on each one or some bizarre tweak that altered what could have been a good track. What the hells all the "pop whzzzzzz blip" stuff? Was that really neccessary? Take a Pebble, my fav ELP track, was ruined with that totally unneeded acoustic piece slapped in the middle for no bloomin' reason. I used to cut it out on cassette, and you know what, it's way better without it.  

Overall, Trilogy is my favorite. From the Beginning, Living Sin, Endless Enigma.... near perfection.

IMHO  

1. Trilogy (5/5)

2. BSS (5/5)

3. ELP (4./5)

4.- Pictures 3.5/5)

5. Tarkus (3.5/5)

5. Works Vol One (3/5)

9. Works Vol Two (2/5)

10.- Love Beach (1/5) (For Canario)

11.- In the Hot Seat (1.5/5) (My CD has a Pictures version)

12.- Black Moon (2.5/5)

13.- Re-Works (0/5) (Lower is posible)

Iván

Radioactive Toy wrote: does anybody want elp - elp on lp??

No thanks! Got all of them already... but thanks for asking!!

70sSoundquality wrote: Man why does this always piss me off? Why do people have to sh*t on Love beach? I say put your compositional money where your mouth is. I thought that was one of the more interesting of the ELP releases. damn...

I agree with you on this.  Maybe its the older guys who actually heard it in the 70s and couldn't take the difference from their earlier stuff, but I liked this album too.  Even some of the cheesy Greg Lake stuff sort of grows on you.  Like 'All I Want is You' and 'For You', and like 3fates I get a laugh when I listen to 'Taste of my Love'.  Canario is a great piece and the entire side of 'Memoirs' is just beautiful.

And I like a few pieces off IN THE HOT SEAT, though I think most ELP fans don't even like that one. But 'Hand of Truth' is great, 'One by One' and I even like the remake of the Dylan song 'Man in the Long Black Coat'.  It sounds cool with Keith on it.

I voted for BSS though. Can't beat that cd.  Toccata is mind blowing!

It has to be Tarkus for me, even with the Eddie thing on it...

But I won't be dissapointed if BSS wins the poll

1. Brain Salad Surgery (5/5)

2. Pictures At An Exhibition (5/5)

3. Trilogy (4.5/5)

4. Tarkus (4/5)

5. Works Vol One (4/5)

6. Emerson,Lake and Palmer (3.5/5)

7. Welcome Back My Friends.. (3.5/5)

8. Works Vol Two (2/5)

BSS and Pictures.. are masterpeices IMO (Trilogy isn't quite as 'crucial' as BSS or Pictures).Tarkus has a great side one but is let down by side 2 as you say.Works One has some great music and is basically an extended version (conceptual wise) of the debut album featuring solo and group music.The live triple is let down by poor sound mixing in my opinion but has great performances of KE9 and Tarkus.Works Two (along with Love Beach) was a 'contractural obligation album' but still has some interesting stuff.BTW Love beach is not nearly as bad as people make out ,featuring the excellent suite 'Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman'.