Complete List Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) Songs From A to Z

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) was formed in 1970 in England, bringing together three highly accomplished musicians: keyboardist Keith Emerson, bassist and vocalist Greg Lake, and drummer Carl Palmer. The band emerged as one of the definitive acts of progressive rock, combining complex compositions, virtuosic musicianship, and a fusion of classical, jazz, and rock influences. They quickly gained attention for their innovative approach to music, which set them apart in a competitive rock scene.

The band released nine studio albums during their career, starting with their self-titled debut in 1970 and concluding with In the Hot Seat in 1994. Their most commercially successful albums include Tarkus (1971), Trilogy (1972), and Brain Salad Surgery (1973). They achieved notable chart success, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom, with multiple albums reaching the top 10. Brain Salad Surgery is widely considered their most iconic work, featuring the ambitious track “Karn Evil 9.”

ELP’s live performances were a cornerstone of their legacy, showcasing Emerson’s theatrical keyboard techniques, Lake’s emotive vocals, and Palmer’s precise drumming. Their elaborate stage shows, complete with custom-built instruments and innovative technology, set a new standard for live rock performances. This commitment to excellence earned them a dedicated following and influenced countless bands in the progressive rock genre.

The band received numerous accolades throughout their career, including being inducted into the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards in 2010. While they never won a Grammy Award, their impact on progressive rock has been acknowledged in retrospectives and documentaries celebrating the genre. Their singles “Lucky Man” and “Fanfare for the Common Man” remain staples in classic rock playlists.

In music history, Emerson, Lake & Palmer are regarded as one of the pioneers of progressive rock, known to experiment with form and structure. They played a significant role in bringing elements of classical music to mainstream rock, influencing both their contemporaries and future generations of musicians. Their legacy endures as a benchmark of creativity and innovation in the rock genre.

This is a complete list of all Emerson, Lake & Plamer songs from the band’s officially released studio albums, including the deluxe editions and remasters,

“A Blade of Grass” – Black Moon – 1992
“A Time and a Place” – Tarkus – 1971
“A Time and a Place (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
“Abaddon’s Bolero” – Trilogy – 1972
“Affairs of the Heart” – Paper Moon – 1992
“All I Want Is You” – Love Beach – 1978
“Aquatarkus” – Tarkus – 1971
“Are You Ready, Eddy?” – Tarkus – 1971
“Are You Ready, Eddy? (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
“Barrelhouse Shake-Down” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Benny the Bouncer” – Brain Salad Surgery – 1973
“Better Days” – Black Moon – 1992
“Bitches Crystal” – Tarkus – 1971
“Bitches Crystal (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
“Black Moon” – Black Moon – 1992
“Blues Variation” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“Brain Salad Surgery” – Brain Salad Surgery – 1973
“Brain Salad Surgery (B-side of ‘Fanfare for the Common Man’)” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Brain Salad Surgery (B-side of single K10946)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) – 2014
“Brain Salad Surgery (instrumental)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) – 2014
“Brain Salad Surgery (single)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2001 Castle Edition) – 2001
“Bullfrog” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Burning Bridges”  – Black Moon – 1992
“Canario” (from Fantasía para un gentilhombre) – Love Beach – 1978
“C’est la Vie” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Change” – In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Changing States” – Black Moon – 1992
“Closer to Believing” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Close but Not Touching” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Close to Home”  – Black Moon -1992
“Daddy” In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Drum Solo” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“Eruption” – Tarkus – 1971
“Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery” – Brain Salad Surgery (2001 Castle Edition) – 2001
“Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery (flexi disc)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) – 2014
“Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery (NME flexi disc version)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) – 2014
“Farewell to Arms” – Black Moon – 1992
“Fanfare for the Common Man” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Food for Your Soul” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Footprints In The Snow” – Black Moon – 1992
“For You” – Love Beach – 1978
“From the Beginning” – Trilogy – 1972
“Fugue” – Trilogy – 1972
“Give Me A Reason To Stay” – In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Gone To Soon” – In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Hallowed Be Thy Name” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Hand of Truth” – In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Heart On Ice” – In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Hoedown” – Trilogy – 1972
“Honky Tonk Train Blues” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Infinite Space (Conclusion)” – Tarkus – 1971
“Infinite Space (Conclusion) (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
“I Believe in Father Christmas” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Jerusalem” – Brain Salad Surgery – 1973
“Jerusalem (alternate mix)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2007 Shout! Factory Edition) – 2007
“Jerusalem (first mix)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) – 2014
“Jeremy Bender” – Tarkus – 1971
“Jeremy Bender (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
“Knife-Edge” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 1970
“Knife-Edge (alternate take)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“Knife-Edge (with extended outro)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“L.A. Nights” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Lend Your Love to Me Tonight” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Living Sin” – Trilogy – 1972
“Love Beach” – Love Beach – 1978
“Lucky Man” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 1970
“Lucky Man (alternate take)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“Lucky Man (first Greg Lake solo version)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“Manticore” – Tarkus – 1971
“Man In The Long Black Coat” – In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Maple Leaf Rag” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Mass” – Tarkus – 1971
“Mass (Alternate take)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman” – Love Beach – 1978
a. “Prologue/The Education of a Gentleman”
b. “Love at First Sight”
c. “Letters from the Front”
d. “Honourable Company (A March)”
“New Orleans” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Nobody Loves You Like I Do” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Nut Rocker” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“Nut Rocker (Live in Indiana, 24 January 1978)” – Works Volume 1 (2004 Reissue) – 2004
“Oh, My Father” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
“Old Castle” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“One By One” In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Paper Blood” – Black Moon – 1992
“Piano Concerto No. 1” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Pirates” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“Promenade” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“Promenade (Lake lyrics)” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“Promenade (New Stereo Mix)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“Prelude and Fugue” – Tarkus (2010 Japan SHM-CD Reissue) – 2010
“Rave Up” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“Romeo and Juliet” (Sergei Prokofiev, “Dance of the Knights” from the eponymous ballet, Op. 64) – Black Moon – 1992
“Show Me the Way to Go Home” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Show Me the Way to Go Home (live at Hulman Civic Center, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, 24 January 1978)” – Works Volume 2 (2001 Bonus Tracks) – 2001
“Stones of Years” – Tarkus – 1971
“Still…You Turn Me On” – Brain Salad Surgery – 1973
“Still…You Turn Me On (first mix)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) – 2014
“Street War” – In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Take a Pebble” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 1970
“Take a Pebble (alternate take)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“Take a Pebble (New Stereo Mix)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“Tank” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 1970
“Tank” (Live in Indiana, 24 January 1978) – Works Volume 1 (2004 Reissue) – 2004
“Tank (New Stereo Mix)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“Taste Of My Love” – Love Beach – 1978
“The Barbarian” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 1970
“The Barbarian (New Stereo Mix)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) – 2012
“The Curse of Baba Yaga” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits” – Works Volume 1 – 1977
“The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits (Live in Indiana, 24 January 1978)” – Works Volume 1 (2004 Reissue) – 2004
“The Endless Enigma (Part 1)” – Trilogy – 1972
“The Endless Enigma (Part 2)” – Trilogy – 1972
“The Gambler” – Love Beach – 1978
“The Gnome” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“The Great Gates of Kiev” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“The Hut of Baba Yaga” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“The Making of Brain Salad Surgery” – Brain Salad Surgery (1996 Rhino Edition) – 1996
“The Only Way (Hymn)” – Tarkus – 1971
“The Only Way (Hymn) (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
“The Sage” – Pictures at an Exhibition – 1971
“The Sheriff” – Trilogy – 1972
“The Three Fates: Atropos” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 1970
“The Three Fates: Lachesis” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 1970
“The Three Fates: Clotho” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 1970
“Thin Line” – In The Hot Seat – 1994
“Tiger in a Spotlight” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Tiger in a Spotlight (live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 30 November 1977)” – Works Volume 2 (2001 Bonus Tracks) – 2001
“Toccata” – Brain Salad Surgery – 1973
“Toccata (alternate version)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) – 2014
“Toccata (first mix)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) – 2014
“Tarkus” – Tarkus – 1971
“Tarkus (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
“Trilogy” – Trilogy – 1972
“When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine (B-side of single K13503)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) – 2014
“Unknown Ballad” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) – 2012
“Watching Over You” – Works Volume 2 – 1977
“Watching Over You (live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 30 November 1977)” – Works Volume 2 (2001 Bonus Tracks) – 2001

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