When Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer left the Nice, King Crimson, and Atomic Rooster, respectively, they created the first prog-rock supergroup. ELP's 1971 debut was full of just as much bombast, technical facility, and brash classical-rock fusion as prog admirers could have hoped. A large part of the band's appeal was the keyboard mastery of Emerson, who shows both superhuman chops and sophisticated compositional abilities on the classically tinged instrumental "The Barbarian," which opens the album.
"Take a Pebble" and "Lucky Man" represent the more pop-oriented ballad side of the ELP sound, for which bassist and singer Greg Lake is chiefly responsible. The instrumental epics "The Three Fates" and "Tank" find all three musicians interacting at a furious level, throwing awe-inspiring licks around with uncanny ease, with plenty of octopus-armed drumming from Carl Palmer. Epic, ambitious, and overflowing with technical mastery, EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER paved the way for the prog rock phenomenon of the '70s.
Adapters: Greg Lake; Carl Palmer; Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Greg Lake (bass instrument); Carl Palmer (percussion); Keith Emerson.
Personnel: Greg Lake (vocals, guitar); Keith Emerson (keyboards); Carl Palmer (drums).
Audio Remasterers: Joseph M. Palmaccio; Andy Pearce.
Liner Note Author: Steve Hochman.
Recording information: Adivision; Advision.
Directors: Greg Lake; Carl Palmer; Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Arrangers: Greg Lake; Carl Palmer; Emerson, Lake & Palmer.Rolling Stone (4/15/71, p.42) - "...This is such a good album, it is best heard as a whole..."
Uncut (magazine) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The LP's six tracks run the gamut of ELP, mood-switching from lakeside tranquility to a rockier, riffier attack."
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Average Rating: (3.6 out of 5 stars)    MASTERS OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS
EACH MEMBER WON POLL AFTER POLL FOR THREE YEARS FOR EITHER THEIR INSTRUMENTAL PROWESS OR SINGING. THIS FIRST ALBUM SHOWCASES THE BAND ON THE FIRST THREE TRACKS AND INDIVIDUALS ON THE LAST THREE. REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
Submitted by LUCKY MAN (KNIFE EDGE)
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 great cd
If you have a great stereo you must listen to the song Lucking man
Submitted by mild202 (Dubuque IA) 
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 PROG GENIUS
ELP , at their very best , a excellent
debut album, knife edge , lucky man ,
and the barbarian are really great.
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 ELP
Tried to find this cd for a while. Well worth the effort.
Submitted by pipes (Toronto, Canada)
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"Then watch it ripple!"
This debut lp by ELP is absolutely devine. Not only from a musical perspective but it has power, mood, & gracefulness to spare. Not very often can we find a debut that's this complete PLUS has a mega-hit to-boot!
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