Lake & Palmer Emerson - Tarkus
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Artist: Lake & Palmer EmersonEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Music Label: Shout Factory
Soundtracks:
- Medley: Tarkus - Eruption/Stones Of Years/Iconoclast/Mass/Manticore/Battlefield/Aquatarkus
- Jeremy Bender
- Bitches Crystal
- The Only Way (Hymn)
- Infinite Space (Conclusion)
- A Time And A Place
- Are You Ready Eddy?
Free Music Notes for Tarkus
Free Music Review: The definitive prog-rock album
Hit: 5 Stars
I should start this review by pointing out that I am reviewing this album based on the K2HD AND the MFSL versions that I own & NOT the one for sale from SHOUT Factory. I consider the two versions cited to be definitive examples of the state-of-the-art recording, at their respective times and that we do not need to dwell upon their respective audiophile tweakish differences - on which I could expound, boringly & probably boorishly for hours.
What I would like to say about this album, and most notably the title "track", is that this is probably Emerson's most "complete" work, to date (since I haven't heard his soon to be released KEB album due in July 2008). Keith's Piano Concerto was a work from the heart, which I feel will stand the test of time, but TARKUS (the suite) is a truly thematically complete work, from a man whom his own band-mates, of many years, accuse of "... never finishing anything...". It is impossible to categorize - it's not rock, it's not jazz, it's not classical - it's Emerson, with a fair shake of the highly talented Mr. Palmer for flavor (I'm not including Mr. Lake as I feel that this piece stands alone as an extremely powerful instrumental piece). From the furious intro of Eruption to the sombre and unsettling Battlefield, this piece moves me like few pieces of music in my 50+ years have done. I recently found out that it has been arranged for trombone and orchestra and will likely be picked up by other major orchestras for arrangement. THIS is what struck me most as an adolescent when I first picked up and heard this album - the title track was so HUGE in sound - it needed an orchestra. This arrangement - by a 3 piece band - still sounds like a full orchestra, even 37 years ago. This is a must have for any true music lover.
By the way, most of the other material is darned good, too - even the "throw-away" tracks like "Jeremy Bender" and "Are You Ready Eddy".
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On the strength of an epic 20-minute opening track, ELP's second album, Tarkus, set the gold standard for progressive rock upon its release in 1971. Though the "Tarkus" medley is the album's centerpiece, it is only one half of a great album that demonstrates what these incredible musicians were capable of. Remastered from the original master tapes.Pop Music CDs
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