The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer

The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Compilation album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Released	2007
Recorded	1970–78, 1992–97
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Shout! Factory; Manticore
Producer	Greg Lake; Mark Mancina
Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology

Released2007

Recorded1970–78, 1992–97

GenreProgressive rock

LabelShout! Factory
Manticore

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The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer is a greatest hits album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 2007.

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"The Barbarian"	Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer	Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 1970	4:28
2.	"Take a Pebble"	Lake	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	12:29
3.	"Knife-Edge" (Adapted from Leoš Janáček's Sinfonia)	Leoš Janáček, Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Richard Fraser	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	5:03
4.	"Tank"	Emerson, Palmer	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	6:47
5.	"Lucky Man"	Lake	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4:36
6.	"Tarkus" "A) Eruption" "B) Stones of Years" "C) Iconoclast" "D) Mass" "E) Manticore" "F) Battlefield" "G) Aquatarkus"	Emerson, Lake	Tarkus, 1971	20:39
7.	"Bitches Crystal"	Emerson, Lake	Tarkus	3:55
8.	"Nut Rocker" (Live)	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Kim Fowley, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer	Pictures at an Exhibition, 1971	3:56
9.	"From the Beginning"	Lake	Trilogy, 1972	4:13
10.	"Hoedown"	Aaron Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer	Trilogy	3:43
11.	"Trilogy"	Emerson, Lake	Trilogy	8:54

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"The Endless Enigma, Part One"	Emerson, Lake	Trilogy	6:41
2.	"Fugue"	Emerson	Trilogy	1:56
3.	"The Endless Enigma, Part Two"	Emerson, Lake	Trilogy	2:00
4.	"Jerusalem"	William Blake, Hubert Parry, adapted by Emerson, Lake, Palmer	Brain Salad Surgery, 1973	2:44
5.	"Toccata" (Adaptation of Alberto Ginastera's 1st Piano Concerto)	Alberto Ginastera, arr. by Emerson	Brain Salad Surgery	7:21
6.	"Still...You Turn Me On"	Lake	Brain Salad Surgery	2:51
7.	"Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 1"	Emerson, Lake	Brain Salad Surgery	8:35
8.	"Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2"	Emerson, Lake	Brain Salad Surgery	4:49
9.	"Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff" (Live medley)	Emerson, Lake	Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 1974	5:02
10.	"I Believe in Father Christmas"	Lake, Peter Sinfield	Non-album single, 1975; later released on Works Volume 2, 1977	3:32
11.	"C'est la Vie"	Lake, Sinfield	Works Volume 1, 1977	4:17
12.	"Fanfare for the Common Man" (Edited version)	Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer	Works Volume 1	5:40
13.	"Honky Tonk Train Blues"	Meade "Lux" Lewis, arr. by Emerson	Non-album single, 1976; later released on Works Volume 2	3:12
14.	"Canario"	Joaquín Rodrigo	Love Beach, 1978	3:59
15.	"Peter Gunn" (Live version)	Henry Mancini, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer	Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert, 1979	3:38
16.	"Black Moon"	Emerson, Lake, Palmer	Black Moon, 1992	6:58
17.	"Paper Blood"	Emerson, Lake, Palmer	Black Moon	4:27

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Studio albums	Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970) Tarkus (1971) Trilogy (1972) Brain Salad Surgery (1973) Works Volume 1 (1977) Works Volume 2 (1977) Love Beach (1978) Black Moon (1992) In the Hot Seat (1994)
Live albums	Pictures at an Exhibition (1971) Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends – Ladies and Gentlemen (1974) In Concert / Works Live (1979) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1993) King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live (1997) Live in Poland (1997) Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (1997) Then and Now (1998) The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults (Vol. 1–4, 2001, 2002 & 2006) A Time and a Place (2010) High Voltage (2010) Live at Nassau Coliseum '78 (2011) Live at the Mar y Sol Festival '72 (2011)
Compilation albums	The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1980) The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2000) The Ultimate Collection (2004) The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2007)
Box sets	The Return of the Manticore (1993) From the Beginning (2007) Gold Edition (2007) A Time and a Place (2010)
Songs	"The Barbarian" "Take a Pebble" "Lucky Man" "Tarkus" "From the Beginning" "Still...You Turn Me On" "Karn Evil 9" "Fanfare for the Common Man" "Piano Concerto No. 1" "Tiger in a Spotlight" "I Believe in Father Christmas"
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The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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