Let's be honest...most of this album sounds as if it was made at the last minute. Some of it sounds good, others of it sounds incredibly messed up. The only reason it doesn't completely remain horrifying is that Piano Concerto saves the album from being worthless.
I love Emerson's piano concerto, but I consider it a classical piece not progressive. Shame it gets hidden here. Like most of the bigger progressive names I'm not that big a fan of ELP.
Oh...and why are some things forced into a soundoff, I don't get it.
What happens when you add three guys with virtuoso skills and affinities to progressive music, let them frolick freely in the studio, and inflate their egos? You get a bloated wank-fest of ELP believing they're musical gods. I usually stick up for prog when it's bad-mouthed for being too pretentious and self-indulgent, but here ELP are giving the critics too much to work with. Well, at least it's no Love Beach. Ugggh.
