Love Beach

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Love Beach
Love Beach cover
Studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Released November 18, 1978
Recorded 1978
Genre Symphonic rock
Length 41:03
Label Atlantic Records
Producer Greg Lake
Professional reviews
Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology
Works Volume II
(1978)
Love Beach
(1978)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer In Concert
(1979)

Love Beach is a 1978 album by English progressive rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer, produced to satisfy contractual obligations.

The group was reportedly not satisfied with the album; Carl Palmer even compared the cover photograph of the group to the Bee Gees.

Critical appraisal of the album is mixed; some reviewers consider it the nadir of ELP's 1970s output, while others refer to the continued popularity of songs such as "Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman". Some outraged fans even went so far as to give it the nickname "love bitch". [1]

It was the last studio album by the original ELP trio until 1992's Black Moon.

Contents

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Track listing

  1. "All I Want Is You" (Lake, Sinfield) – 2:35
  2. "Love Beach" (Lake, Sinfield) – 2:46
  3. "Taste Of My Love" (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:33
  4. "The Gambler" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 3:23
  5. "For You" (Lake, Sinfield) – 4:28
  6. "Canario (From Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre)" (J. Rodrigo) – 4:00
  7. "Memoirs Of An Officer And A Gentleman" (Emerson, Sinfield) – 20:16
    1. Prologue / The Education Of A Gentleman
    2. Love At First Sight
    3. Letters From The Front
    4. Honourable Company (A March)

[edit] Bonus Tracks

  1. "Canario" - 4:38
  2. "Taste of my Love" - 3:01
  3. "Letters From The Front" - 8:52

[edit] Singles

  • Canario / All I Want Is You