Emerson, Lake & Palmer discography
Encyclopedia
The discography of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
, an English
progressive rock
band, includes 9 studio albums, 17 live albums, 13 compilation albums, and 13 singles.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, also known as ELP, are an English progressive rock supergroup. They found success in the 1970s and sold over forty million albums and headlined large stadium concerts. The band consists of Keith Emerson , Greg Lake and Carl Palmer...
, an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band, includes 9 studio albums, 17 live albums, 13 compilation albums, and 13 singles.
Studio Albums
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1970 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 18 | 4 |
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| 1971 | Tarkus Tarkus Tarkus is the second album by the British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971.In 1993 the album was digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio... |
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| 1972 | Trilogy Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album) Trilogy is the third studio album by the English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1972. The front cover depicts Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, while the interior of the original gatefold sleeve features a photomontage showing multiple images of the band in Epping Forest... |
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| 1973 | Brain Salad Surgery Brain Salad Surgery Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1973 and the first under their Manticore Records imprint. It fuses rock and classical themes. Lyrics were co-written by Greg Lake with fellow ex-King Crimson member Peter Sinfield. Cover... |
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British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... : Gold |
| 1977 | Works Volume 1 | 12 | 9 |
Music Canada Music Canada was a Canadian music television miniseries which aired approximately monthly on CBC Television from 1966 to 1967.-Premise:This series featured various special productions of music and dance, from classical to modern styles.-Scheduling:... : Gold |
| Works Volume 2 | 37 | 20 |
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| 1978 | Love Beach Love Beach Love Beach is a studio album by English progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer released in 1978. It was the band's final album of original material until Black Moon and was produced to satisfy contractual obligations with the group's record company. It was a critical and commercial... |
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| 1992 | Black Moon | 78 | - | |
| 1994 | In the Hot Seat In the Hot Seat In The Hot Seat is a studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer released in 1994. Keith Emerson had nerve problems in his right hand, which made it almost impossible to play the keyboards... |
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Live albums
| Year | Title | Billboard album 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1971 | Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition (album) *The material on the second disc was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in December of 1970.-Personnel:*Keith Emerson - Pipe Organ, Hammond C3 and L100 Organs, Moog Modular Synthesizer, Ribbon controller, Clavinet*Greg Lake - bass, acoustic guitar, Vocals... |
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| 1974 | Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer is a 1974 live album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, originally released as a three-disk vinyl album in a gatefold cover, the inside of which used the letters "E", "L" and "P" as... |
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| 1979 | In Concert Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert Emerson, Lake and Palmer In Concert is a live album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer , recorded at the 26 August 1977 show at the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, which is featured on the album cover. It was released by Atlantic Records in November 1979, following ELP's breakup... |
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| 1993 | Live at the Royal Albert Hall | - | - | - | - |
| Works Live Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert Emerson, Lake and Palmer In Concert is a live album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer , recorded at the 26 August 1977 show at the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, which is featured on the album cover. It was released by Atlantic Records in November 1979, following ELP's breakup... |
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| 1997 | Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 Emerson, Lake and Palmer Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 is an album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, recorded at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 and released on CD in 1997... |
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| Live in Poland Live in Poland Live in Poland is a live album by the progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It features a performance in Katowice, Poland, during June 1997... |
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| King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Greatest Hits Live | - | - | - | - | |
| 1998 | Then & Now Then and Now (ELP) Then and Now is a live album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1998.It brings together two separate periods of the band's career and places them back-to-back. First is the legendary California Jam performance , which took place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in... |
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| 2001 | The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults: Volume One | - | - | - | - |
| The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults: Volume Two | - | - | - | - | |
| 2002 | The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults: Volume Three | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults: Volume Four | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | High Voltage | - | - | - | - |
| A Time and A Place A Time And A Place The A Time And A Place box set brings together a select body of live performances by Emerson, Lake & Palmer captured before worldwide audiences during the band's career and tenure at the sharp end of the Progressive rock genre. It features high-quality soundboard recordings on the first three discs... |
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| 2011 | Live at Nassau Coliseum '78 Live at Nassau Coliseum '78 Live at Nassau Coliseum '78 is a double live album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 2011.The live concert recording was recorded at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on February 9, 1978, and was remastered from original analog tapes for... |
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| Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival '72 Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival '72 Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival '72 is a live album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 2011.Previously available only on the 5CD + 1DVD box-set From the Beginning, this concert has been meticulously re-mastered from the original multitrack tapes in order to provide... |
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Compilation albums
| Year | Title | Billboard album 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1980 | The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer | 108 | - | - | Gold |
| 1992 | The Atlantic Years | - | - | - | - |
| 1993 | The Return of the Manticore The Return of the Manticore The Return of the Manticore is a 4-disc retrospective on the band Emerson, Lake & Palmer's career. It was released in 1993 and features several new recordings of previously released songs, most notably a studio recording of "Pictures at an Exhibition," presented in Dolby Surround Sound... |
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| 1994 | The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer | - | - | - | - |
| Classic Rock Featuring "Lucky Man" | - | - | - | - | |
| 2000 | The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer is an album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 2000.-Track listing:# "Lucky Man" # "Knife Edge" # "From The Beginning"... |
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| Emerson Lake & Palmer Extended Versions: The Encore Collection (Live Recordings) | - | - | - | - | |
| 2001 | Fanfare for the Common Man - The Anthology | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Reworks: Brain Salad Perjury | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | The Ultimate Collection The Ultimate Collection (ELP) The Ultimate Collection is an album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 2004.- Track listing :Disc 1# "Fanfare for the Common Man" # "Still...You Turn Me On" # "Hoedown" # "Black Moon"... |
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| 2007 | The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer is an album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 2007.- Track listing :Disc 1# "The Barbarian" # "Take a Pebble" # "Knife Edge"... |
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| From the Beginning From the Beginning (box set) From the Beginning is a box set which presents aural and visual documentation celebrating Emerson, Lake & Palmer's career; consisting of five discs that include a number of single b-sides, significant live recordings, alternative studio mixes and material taken from band rehearsals, plus a bonus... |
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| Gold Edition Gold Edition (ELP) -Disc 2:#"Trilogy"#"Still...You Turn Me On"#"Jerusalem "#"Pirates"#"Tiger In A Spotlight"#"All I Want Is You"#"The Gambler"-Disc 3:#"Pictures At An Exhibition "#"Black Moon"#"Better Days"#"Romeo And Juliet "#"Daddy"... |
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Videos
- Isle of Wight Festival 1970' (Laserdisc 1971)
- Pictures at an Exhibition (Tape & DVD, 1986)
- The Manticore Special (Video tape, 2003)
- Works Orchestral Tour (Video tape, 2003)
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall (DVD, 2003)
- Welcome Back .... (DVD, 2003)
- Masters From The Vaults (DVD, 2004)
- Live At Montreux 1997 (DVD, 2004)
- Beyond The Beginning (DVD, 2005)
- Pictures At An Exhibition - 35th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD, 2005)
- The Manticore Special; Works Orchestral Tour (DVD, 2005)
- The Birth Of A Band - Isle of Wight 1970 (DVD, 2006)
- Live At The Royal Albert Hall (DVD, 2009)
- Welcome Back My Friends. 40th Anniversary Reunion Concert (DVD & Blu Ray, 2011)
Singles
| Year | Title | Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 1970 | "Lucky Man Lucky Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song) "Lucky Man" is a song by the English progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer, from the group's 1970 self-titled debut album. Written by Greg Lake when he was 12 years old and recorded by the trio using improvised arrangements,... " |
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| 1971 | "Stones of Years" | - | - | Tarkus Tarkus Tarkus is the second album by the British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971.In 1993 the album was digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio... |
| 1972 | "Nutrocker" | 70 | - | Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition (album) *The material on the second disc was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in December of 1970.-Personnel:*Keith Emerson - Pipe Organ, Hammond C3 and L100 Organs, Moog Modular Synthesizer, Ribbon controller, Clavinet*Greg Lake - bass, acoustic guitar, Vocals... |
| "From the Beginning" | 39 | - | Trilogy Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album) Trilogy is the third studio album by the English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1972. The front cover depicts Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, while the interior of the original gatefold sleeve features a photomontage showing multiple images of the band in Epping Forest... |
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| 1973 | "Jerusalem" | - | - | Brain Salad Surgery Brain Salad Surgery Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1973 and the first under their Manticore Records imprint. It fuses rock and classical themes. Lyrics were co-written by Greg Lake with fellow ex-King Crimson member Peter Sinfield. Cover... |
| 1977 | "Fanfare for the Common Man" | - | 2 | Works Volume 1 |
| "C'est La Vie" | 91 | - | ||
| 1978 | "Watching Over You" | - | - | Works, Vol. 2 Works Volume II Works Volume 2 is an album released in 1977 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Unlike Works Volume 1 , Volume 2 was a single album which seemingly was a compilation of leftover tracks from other album sessions that had not made those albums... |
| "All I Want Is You" | - | - | Love Beach Love Beach Love Beach is a studio album by English progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer released in 1978. It was the band's final album of original material until Black Moon and was produced to satisfy contractual obligations with the group's record company. It was a critical and commercial... |
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| 1979 | "Peter Gunn" | - | - | In Concert Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert Emerson, Lake and Palmer In Concert is a live album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer , recorded at the 26 August 1977 show at the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, which is featured on the album cover. It was released by Atlantic Records in November 1979, following ELP's breakup... |
| 1992 | "Black Moon" | - | - | Black Moon Black Moon Black Moon is a studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer released in 1992. The first studio album under the band's original lineup since 1978, it was regarded by fans as a strong comeback, although the band's subsequent career did not fulfill its promise.-Track listing:#"Black... |
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| 1994 | "Daddy" | - | - | In the Hot Seat In the Hot Seat In The Hot Seat is a studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer released in 1994. Keith Emerson had nerve problems in his right hand, which made it almost impossible to play the keyboards... |