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richardh 
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Posted: May 08 2004 at 04:48 |
I've always wondered if this album would be more highly regarded if it just included the 'suite' and the rest was ditched?! You get nearly 25 minutes of inspiration and that should be enough for anyone shouldn't it? Keith Emerson's mastery over the
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Posted: May 08 2004 at 06:27 |
Agree entirely Richard. I mentioned in my review of the album that most people who own the LP will have a worn out side one, and a pristine side two. The "Tarkus" suite is for me the best thing they ever did, better even than "Karn Evil 9"
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Posted: May 08 2004 at 09:55 |
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Their best album, closely followed by BSS. But does anyone of you heard the epic song "Pirates", it is to my mind one of the best songs they ever wrote.
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Alexander
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Posted: May 08 2004 at 12:51 |
Side one is fantastic. Side two is plauged with filler. Though I do like a Time & A Place... 
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Posted: May 08 2004 at 14:29 |
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The suite is indeed one of the greastest accomplishments of ELP's existance. The rest is indeed complete crap.
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Posted: May 08 2004 at 18:54 |
I love this album so much...it also was my first ELP record and my introduction to the band... I think that The Tarkus Suite is one of the best suites in the whole prog-genre. The second side...well...sometimes I like it
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Posted: May 09 2004 at 07:39 |
richardh, I, like you, think that Tarkus is underrated. If I could only keep one ELP album then it would be Tarkus, without having to think about it. In my opinion it is a 5-star album, a prog rock masterpiece, and would be one of my desert island
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richardh
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Posted: May 09 2004 at 14:45 |
[QUOTE=Fitzcarraldo] richardh, I, like you, think that Tarkus is underrated. If I could only keep one ELP album then it would be Tarkus, without having to think about it. In my opinion it is a 5-star album, a prog rock masterpiece, and would be on
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Posted: May 09 2004 at 16:33 |
I put the CD on this afternoon, just to see if everyone's comments might have 'opened my eyes' but, no, I still think all the tracks are excellent. Are You Ready Eddy is just a bit of fun at the end of the album, but that's fine by me. I'
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Posted: May 09 2004 at 16:48 |
[QUOTE=Fitzcarraldo] I put the CD on this afternoon, just to see if everyone's comments might have 'opened my eyes' but, no, I still think all the tracks are excellent. Are You Ready Eddy is just a bit of fun at the end of the album, but
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maani
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Posted: May 09 2004 at 23:30 |
I like and respect Tarkus less for itself than for the fact that it produced what I consider the single greatest live recording: the Tarkus suite on Welcome Back My Friends. It is the most amazing, well-recorded, spine-tingling live version of a p
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richardh
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Posted: May 10 2004 at 02:40 |
[QUOTE=maani] I like and respect Tarkus less for itself than for the fact that it produced what I consider the single greatest live recording: the Tarkus suite on Welcome Back My Friends. It is the most amazing, well-recorded, spine-tingling liv
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lucas
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Posted: May 10 2004 at 06:26 |
 lucas wrote:
But does anyone of you heard the epic song "Pirates", it is to my mind one of the best songs they ever wrote. |
I am still looking forward to hearing from you.
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richardh
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Posted: May 10 2004 at 14:53 |
lucas wrote:
[QUOTE=lucas] But does anyone of you heard the epic song "Pirates", it is to my mind one of the best songs they ever wrote. |
I am still looking forward to hearing from you. [/QU
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Posted: May 10 2004 at 15:40 |
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Not too keen on "Pirates" myself, there's a bit too much of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice's, and not enough of the Karn Evil 9's!
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Posted: May 10 2004 at 16:16 |
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I remember "Pirates", but not enough to really comment. I'll dig it out and let you know.
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Posted: May 15 2004 at 15:52 |
lucas, I dug out Works Vol. 1 and listened to Pirates, and have to say I agree with Easy Livin. It's pleasant enough, but it sounds to me a bit like the background music for a National Geographic documentary, and I found some of the lyrics a bit
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Posted: May 15 2004 at 19:13 |
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I'm with the majority here, the "Tarkus" suite is probably some of ELP's very finest work. I rarely find it boring, and it's one of my favourite side-long-or-more classic prog epics. Songs like Close To The Edge, Lizard, Thick As A Brick, Karn Evil 9, Tale
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 00:38 |
Do it, bityear! It would be an interesting discussion too. 
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 00:50 |
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On a semi-related note to the Piares discussion, before I was into ELP I found both Works volumes at a used record store, but bought Vol. 2 because it was a dollar cheaper and I had no idea which one to go with. *Slaps self in face*
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