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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great songs, but...,
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)
If you are new to ELP, and insist on buying a "Best of" compilation, it would be better to buy the collection simply titled "Best of Emerson, Lake and Palmer" (as opposed to this, which is VERY best of ELP). "Best of" was released years ago, but is still available currently at most stores. That cd is better because it includes the entire Tarkus suite, and as any ELP fan well knows, it is ridiculous to call an ELP collection their "Very best" material if it excludes Tarkus. Also, the original "Best of" has Hoedown, an essential early instrumental hit.However, it should be noted that because this Cd ("Very Best of ELP") excludes the Tarkus suite (20+ minutes), it includes a few songs the other collection does not..."Pirates", the full version of "Fanfare for the Common Man," the "Peter Gunn" theme, and snippets from the "Pictures at an Exhibition" album. All things considered though, I would consider the other collection to be a hell of a lot closer to "The best" of ELP than this one because of Tarkus.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great Music, Lousy Mastering,
By SAL (NY US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)
This album is chock full of some classic music. A good selection overall that represents a fine cross section of the bands talents and evolutuion. Unfortunately, as any ELP fan can verify, the recordings leave a great deal to be desired. I find it odd that the best sound on the entire compilation is one of the live examples near the bottom of the track list. "C'est La Vie" is recorded live, but somehow outshines all of the studio material as far as Clarity, Depth of Image, Ambiance and Frequency Response. Almost all of the studio tracks sound flat and very scewed toward the high end. I am a fan from way back but have always been dissappointed with ELP's recordings and purchased this compilation hoping for some noticeable improvements from the mastering engineers at Rhino. Needless to say, I am not impressed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not "The Very Best Of...",
This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)
This is good to get if you are not the ELP fan and just like their acoustic songs like everybody else. However, if you are the ELP fan, you will think,"Why isn't Tarkus in here, or The Endless Enigma, or Hoedown, or Take a Pebble, or...(and the list goes on and on). If you want a better "Best of", go for "The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer" or "ELP: The Atlantic Years".
PROs: You get the great acoustic songs: Lucky Man, From the Beginning, Still... You Turn Me On, and C'est La Vie. And you get great rock songs like Pirates, the full Fanfare For The Comman Man, Knife-Edge, Karn Evil 9 1st Impression Part 2, Jerusalem, and Trilogy. CONs: It lacks a lot of songs. Also, the live versions here aren't all that great. An ELP fan would know why this is not "The Very Best Of Emerson Lake & Palmer". Look for better "Best of"s than this one.
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