The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack

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The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack
Studio album by The Nice
Released	1967
Recorded	1967
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	37:50
Label	Immediate Records Essential (reissue)
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	The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack (1967)	Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968)

The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack is the 1967 debut album by the English progressive rock group The Nice. It is often considered one of the first albums in the genre.

The name Emerlist Davjack is a pseudonym created by combining the last names of the four members of the group; keyboardist Keith Emerson, guitarist David O'List, drummer Brian Davison, and bassist/vocalist Lee Jackson. The song "The Cry of Eugene" was thought to have inspired the Pink Floyd song "Careful With That Axe, Eugene".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Flower King of Flies" (Emerson/Jackson) – 3:19
2. "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" (Emerson/O'List) – 2:49
3. "Bonnie K" (Jackson/O'List) – 3:24
4. "Rondo" [instrumental] (Brubeck/Emerlist Davjack) – 8:22
5. "War and Peace" [instrumental] (Emerlist Davjack) – 5:13
6. "Tantalising Maggie" (Emerson/Jackson) – 4:35
7. "Dawn" (Davison/Emerson/Jackson) – 5:17
8. "The Cry of Eugene" (Emerson/Jackson/OList) – 4:36

The following have been added on reissues of the album.

1. "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" [Single Version] (Emerson/O'List) – 2:48
2. "Azrial (Angel of Death)" (Emerson/Jackson) – 3:44
3. "Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon" (Davjack) – 2:47
4. "America" [instrumental] (Bernstein/Davjack/Sondheim) – 6:18
5. "America" (Bernstein/Davjack/Sondheim) – 3:55