Works Volume II
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| Studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer | ||
| Released | November 10, 1977 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Symphonic rock | |
| Length | 43:54 | |
| Label | Atlantic | |
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| Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology | ||
| Works Volume I (1977) |
Works Volume II (1978) |
Love Beach (1978) |
Works Volume II is an album released in 1977 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Unlike Works Volume I which consisted of three solo and one ensemble sides, Volume II was a single album which seemingly was a compilation of leftover tracks from other album sessions that had not made those albums. While many derided the album for its apparent lack of focus, others felt it showed a different side of the band, with blues, bluegrass and jazz being very prominent as musical genres in this recording.
[edit] Album material
"When The Apple Blossoms Bloom...", "Tiger In The Spotlight" and "Brain Salad Surgery" had been recorded at the 1973 sessions for the album Brain Salad Surgery but did not appear on it - rather strangely in the case of the latter.
Volume II also included a stripped-down version of Greg Lake's "I Believe In Father Christmas." An orchestral version had previously been released in the UK as a single and became something of an annual Christmas standard there, alongside such others as Slade's "Merry Xmas, Everybody" and Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day".
[edit] Track listing
- "Tiger in a Spotlight" (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Peter Sinfield) – 4:32
- "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 5:36
- "Bullfrog" (Ron Aspery, Mick Hodgkinson, Palmer)– 3:49
- "Brain Salad Surgery" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 3:07
- "Barrelhouse Shake-Down" (Emerson) – 3:37
- "Watching Over You" (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:54
- "So Far to Fall" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 4:55
- "Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin) – 2:00
- "I Believe in Father Christmas" (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:17
- "Close But Not Touching" (Palmer) – 3:18
- "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade "Lux" Lewis) – 3:09
- "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (L. James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 3:30
[edit] Singles
- Tiger in a Spotlight / So Far to Fall
- Watching Over You / Hallowed Be Thy Name
