The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1980 greatest hits album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer | ||||
Released | 14 November 1980[1] | |||
Genre | Progressive rock Symphonic rock | |||
Length | 38:51 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Greg Lake | |||
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The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer is an album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1980. Another compilation with the same title was released in 1994.
Original 1980 track listing
The original album had only 9 tracks.[2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
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1. | "Hoedown" | Copland | Trilogy, 1972 | 3:46 |
2. | "Lucky Man" | Lake | Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 1970 | 4:38 |
3. | "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2" | Emerson | Brain Salad Surgery, 1973 | 4:48 |
4. | "Jerusalem" | Blake, Parry | Brain Salad Surgery | 2:45 |
5. | "Peter Gunn" | Henry Mancini | Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert, 1979 | 3:37 |
6. | "Fanfare for the Common Man" | Copland | Single version; originally from Works Volume 1, 1977 | 2:57 |
7. | "Still...You Turn Me On" | Lake | Brain Salad Surgery | 2:54 |
8. | "Tiger in a Spotlight" | Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield | Works Volume 2, 1978 | 4:35 |
9. | "Trilogy" | Emerson, Lake | Trilogy | 8:51 |
Total length: | 38:51 |
1994 track listing
- "From the Beginning" (Greg Lake) (4:13)
- "Jerusalem" (William Blake, Hubert Parry, arr. by Keith Emerson, Lake, Carl Palmer) (2:44)
- "Still...You Turn Me On" (Lake) (2:53)
- "Fanfare for the Common Man" (Aaron Copland) (Single version) (2:57)
- "Knife-Edge" (Leoš Janáček, J. S. Bach, arr. by Emerson) (5:05)
- "Tarkus" (Emerson, Lake) (20:35)
- "Eruption" (2:43)
- "Stones of Years" (3:44)
- "Iconoclast" (1:15)
- "Mass" (3:11)
- "Manticore" (1:52)
- "Battlefield" (3:51)
- "Aquatarkus" (3:59)
- "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2" (Emerson, Lake) (4:43)
- "C'est la Vie" (Lake, Peter Sinfield) (4:16)
- "Hoedown" (Copland) (3:43)
- "Trilogy" (Emerson, Lake) (8:53)
- "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade "Lux" Lewis, arr. by Emerson) (3:09)
- "Black Moon" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) (Single version) (4:46)
- "Lucky Man" (Lake) (4:37)
- "I Believe in Father Christmas" (Lake) (Original single version) (3:30)
1984 German Track listing
The German version has different versions of tracks 1, 5, 6, and 8 and three additional tracks.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
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1. | "Hoedown" | Aaron Copland | Welcome Back My Friends..., 1974 | 4:31 |
2. | "Lucky Man" | Greg Lake | Emerson Lake & Palmer | 4:40 |
3. | "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2" | Keith Emerson | Brain Salad Surgery | 4:46 |
4. | "Jerusalem" | William Blake, Hubert Parry | Brain Salad Surgery | 2:48 |
5. | "Peter Gunn" | Henry Mancini | Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert | 4:31 |
6. | "Fanfare for the Common Man" | Copland | Works Volume 1 | 9:44 |
7. | "Still...You Turn Me On" | Lake | Brain Salad Surgery | 2:55 |
8. | "Tiger in a Spotlight" | Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Peter Sinfield | Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert | 4:14 |
9. | "Trilogy" | Emerson, Lake | Trilogy | 8:56 |
10. | "C'est la Vie" | Lake, Sinfield | Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert | 4:21 |
11. | "New Orleans" | Carl Palmer | Works Volume 1 | 2:48 |
12. | "Toccata" | Alberto Ginastera, arr. by Emerson | Welcome Back My Friends... | 7:28 |
Total length: | 61:42 |
Charts
Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[3] | 108 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Spain (PROMUSICAE)[4] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 41.
- ^ "EMERSON LAKE & PALMER - The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1980)". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Emerson Lake Palmer Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. 2005. ISBN 8480486392.
- ^ "British album certifications – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – The Best of". British Phonographic Industry.
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- 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)
- 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)
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- Live at Nassau Coliseum '78 (2011)
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- The Ultimate Collection (2004)
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