Emerson Lake & Palmer

With the crushingly dull "In the Hot Seat", their last and probably worst studio effort, ELP hit their creative rock bottom, and even though they kept going as a live outfit for another four years, it was clear that this was now really the…

»Live At The Royal Albert Hall« is a solid live album and one of the few bright spots of the legendary trio's relatively short reunion, which sadly lasted only seven years before the friction between them finally got too big.

With "Black Moon", sadly a long way from what ELP were once capable of, though at the very least a decent and listenable effort, the legendary trio announced that they had finally, after almost twelve years, come back from the dead.

"Love Beach" is one of the most embarrassing chapters in the career of the legendary trio, who had to honor their record contract and cranked out a studio album way below expectations, one you're better off laughing at than crying over…

Anyone who doesn't know when to step off the stage risks getting run over by history. That's exactly what happened to ELP with »Works Volume II«, an album that even the most masochistic devotees of the legendary trio can barely get through…

With the solo-minded and rather sprawling »Works Volume One«, ELP alienated plenty of old fans who had believed until then that the legendary trio ran on the musketeer principle of 'all for one, one for all'.

We got another reminder that Mr. Palmer hasn't lost a single step over the years when it comes to his theatrical dissection of the drum kit, with his young and much younger instrumental partners-in-crime giving him serious backup.

"Live At Nassau Coliseum '78" is a great investment for every ELP fanatic, and even for the slightly less hardcore fans, since it catches the legendary trio at the peak of their live powers.

"Welcome Back My Friends..." is one of those classic live albums that gives you the best possible window into a band's most fertile stretch, in this case the golden creative years of this legendary trio.

With "Brain Salad Surgery," the three wise men of prog rock created a timeless genre classic and their last studio masterpiece.

""Brain Salad Surgery" is the crown jewel of the great trio at the peak of their artistic powers, and it belongs in the collection of every honest rock fan."

The legendary prog rock trio, the purest embodiment of everything good and bad about progressive rock, was already

On "Pictures At An Exhibition," the notorious prog rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer boldly, uncompromisingly and arrogantly gave a near-revolutionary reinterpretation, for those days when classical music still counted as something…

After such an excellent debut, it was perfectly reasonable to expect that ELP wouldn't rest on their laurels and that their next album would be something special, thrilling and completely new. In the end it turned out (in my humble opinion)…

Label: Island RecordsRelease date: 20. 11. 1970Producer: Greg LakeLength: 41.13 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 When keyboard wizard Keith Emerson broke up The Nice, one of the best proto-prog bands around, because it had…

When keyboard wizard Keith Emerson broke up The Nice, one of the best proto-prog bands around, because they'd become too cramped for his extraordinary talent, he knew full well he was setting off on a whole new musical adventure. And when…