Trilogy [Gold CD]

Emerson Lake & Palmer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 17, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Gold CD
• Label: Mobile Fidelity
• ASIN: B000000ITR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #266,431 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Endless Enigma, Pt. 1

2. Fugue

3. The Endless Enigma, Pt. 2

4. From the Beginning

5. The Sheriff

6. Hoedown

7. Trilogy

8. Living Sin

9. Abaddon's Bolero

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and unsparing!, May 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Trilogy (Audio CD)

ELP's "Trilogy", despite reviews to the contrary by professional reviewers, remains, 25+ years after it's inital release, as a true definition of the trio. "The Endless Enigma" parts I/II are still works of art that can be listened to, over and over, without ever tiring the listener. The words and lyrics of this album demonstrate ELPs incredible range of musical interpretation and performance. Another Aaron Copeland salute, via "Hoedown" helps round this album out completely. Both ELP hardcore fans, and those just becoming acquainted with their works, cannot help but put "Trilogy" at the top of their list of "must haves."

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ELP DISC!, December 30, 2001

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Samhot (Star Land) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trilogy (Audio CD)

Trilogy finds ELP at a more harnessed, yet still experimental and progressive format, as this offering is not as harsh and abrasive sounding as Pictures at an Exhibition. It seems more clean, crisp and refined, yet still encompassing the complex and manic keyboard flourishes of Keith Emerson. It also has the more elegant Greg Lake pieces (In The Beginning), and Carl Palmer's fabulous drumming. You get quirky numbers like The Sheriff, which features a crazed, yet humorous piano solo what I would describe as "wild west ragtime" at the end. Man, Keith Emerson can play the hell out of his instrument. Hoedown, if you remember the "Beef, it's what's for dinner" commercial, then you'll know this is a unique remake of a classical piece. This one is a more rocked up version. Trilogy is one of the prog-rock epics on the disc. It almost has a latin-like feel to it in the way Greg Lake delivers his vocals against Keith's synths and the percussion used in the last few minutes. Living Sin is a great tune. My only complaint is the annoying dark-pitched vocals. Abaddon's Bolero is a synth experiment and is all instrumental clocking in at 8 minutes. And it all starts out with The Endless Enigma, a 10 minute prog fest spread across the first three tracks. This is my favorite from the disc. This truly has some creepy parts in it. Not the least of it is brought on by Keith Emerson's synths. It truly has a creepy last second synth echo that you just can't get out of your head, at least for me.

Overall, a fine offering from ELP. This was my second purchase and I look forward to owning more ELP discs, as they have become a new favorite of mine.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keith Emerson turns in his synthesizer for a good old piano, October 24, 2000

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trilogy (Audio CD)

There two things I always remember about this album is that every time the beginning of "From the Beginning" played on the radio it sounded so much like the beginning of "Roundabout" by Yes, and that the end of "Living Sin" was used as the theme music for one of the local television news shows in Albuquerque. "Trilogy" was the third album from Emerson, Lake & Palmer, the British Progressive (nee Classical) Rock group and it is certainly interesting in retrospect to consider those first three albums as a set. On their self-entitled debut album, ELP offered a balance between tracks featuring synthesizer overkill by keyboard virtuoso Keith Emerson and the melodic compositions of guitarist Greg Lake, wherein Emerson turned in his organ for a piano. Their second album, "Tarkus," went in the first direction, with the Tarkus Suite representing their best effort along those lines. "Trilogy," represents the other direction of ELP, one which I personally favor.

The two parts of "The Endless Enigma" are bridged by a "Fugue," that shows ELP's interest in pursuing classical musical forms, as does the final track, "Abaddon's Bolero." "The Sheriff" is one of those cute ditties the group tended to indulge in a bit too much, while "Hoedown" from Aaron Copeland's "Rodeo" is one of their better direct adaptations of a classical work. "Trilogy" and "From the Beginning" highlight the instrumentality of the group in a clearer, cleaner style. All in all, the high points on "Trilogy" are not as strong as on their debut album, but this certainly got ELP back on track for my money.