Emerson, Lake & Powell (album)

Emerson, Lake & Powell
Studio album by
Emerson, Lake & Powell
Released2 June 1986[1]
Recorded1985–1986
Studio
  • Maison Rouge, London
  • Fleetwood Mobile, Sussex
Genre
Length42:42
LabelPolydor
Producer
Singles from Emerson, Lake & Powell
  1. "Touch and Go"
    Released: 9 June 1986[2]
  2. "Lay Down Your Guns"
    Released: 25 August 1986 (US)[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

Emerson, Lake & Powell is the only studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Powell, released on 2 June 1986 by Polydor Records.

The album's debut single was "Touch and Go" which peaked at number 60 on the Billboard charts on 19 July 1986.[5] Cash Box called it a "thunderous, large scale rock drama."[6] The main synthesizer part of "Touch and Go" is based on the English folk tune "Lovely Joan". Another version of "Touch and Go" was recorded by Emerson, Lake & Palmer and is included in the box set The Return of the Manticore (1993).[7]

The opening track, "The Score", is best known to have been used as the arena, intermission and TV theme song of New Japan Pro-Wrestling from the 1990s to the early 2010s.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Greg Lake, except where noted; all music is composed by Keith Emerson, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Score"9:10
2."Learning to Fly"3:52
3."The Miracle"7:02
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
4."Touch and Go" Traditional English folk song Lovely Joan collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams (adaptation: Emerson)3:35
5."Love Blind"  3:08
6."Step Aside"  3:42
7."Lay Down Your Guns"Lake, Steve Gould 4:20
8."Mars, the Bringer of War" Gustav Holst (adaptation: Emerson, Lake, Cozy Powell)7:53
Total length:42:42
CD bonus tracks on some (but not all) US and Japanese Versions
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."The Loco-Motion"Gerry Goffin, Carole King4:40
10."Vacant Possession" 4:42
Total length:52:24

Personnel

Emerson, Lake & Powell

Technical personnel

  • Tony Taverner – production, engineer, mixing engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering engineer (at Sterling Sound, New York)
  • Debra Bishop – design

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[8] 87
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 35
US Billboard 200[11] 23

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 31.
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 6.
  3. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 30.
  4. ^ Eder, Bruce. Emerson, Lake & Powell: Emerson, Lake & Powell > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Emerson, Lake & Powell Chart History". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 14 June 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  7. ^ Duxbury, Janell R (5 February 2001). Rockin' the Classics and Classicizin' the Rock: A Selectively Annotated Discography: Second Supplement. Xlibris. p. 86. ISBN 9781462807369.
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  10. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  11. ^ "Emerson Lake Palmer Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  12. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Emerson, Lake & Powell – Emerson, Lake & Powell". Music Canada. Retrieved 4 June 2020.