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Originally posted by Hosydi Hosydi wrote:

It was evident that ELP had lost its inventiveness after Brain Salad Surgery and a tiring tour. They chose to have a double LP with each member contributing a side and the last side being a collaborative effort, instead of a one-disc album where they perform as a group. And the result of such a decision is probably the most terrible double-LP album in the history of the genre. Only Lake's material has some lovely moments as well as parts with him on the vocals on Pirates.

Love Beach, despite its awful sleeve design, is a masterpiece album in comparison with Works.


Only Lake's material? What about Piano Concerto No. 1? It's a genuinely good avant-garde, psychedelic, neo-classical song. It's on par with The Nice live records such as Five Bridges. Yes, it is messy, but isn't that the point of this kind of music?

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For me Emerson's side and the band side make for a very decent album. The rest I find a bit of a mixed bag.

And as for Works vol 2 - it's ELP's equivalent of Led Zeppelin's Coda, i.e. a bunch of leftover stuff from previous albums that wasn't worthy of release in the first place.
Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused?
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