Arena - Contagion

From in UK.

Neoprogressive Rock

Arena - Contagion - 2002

Tracks.

01. Witch hunt (4:17)
02. An angel falls (1:13)
03. Painted man (4:41)
04. This way madness lies (3:35)
05. Spectre at the feast (5:34)
06. Never ending night (3:23)
07. Skin game (4:43)
08. Salamander (3:59)
09. On the box (2:40)
10. Tsunami (2:38)
11. Bitter harvest (2:52)
12. The city of lanterns (1:22)
13. Riding the tide (4:28)
14. Mea culpa (3:46)
15. Cutting the cards (4:57)
16. Ascension (4:34)
Total Time: 58:44

Members.

- Clive Nolan / keyboards
- Mick Pointer / drums
- Rod Sowden / vocals
- John Mitchell / guitars
- Ian Salmon / bass

Godspeed!

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - brain salad and surgery

From in UK.

Symphonic Progressive Rock

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - brain salad and surgery - 1973

Tracks.

01. Jerusalem (2:44)

02. Toccata (7:23)

03. Still... You Turn Me On (2:53)

04. Benny The Bouncer (2:21)

05. Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression - Part 1) (8:44)

06. Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression - Part 2) (4:47)

07. Karn Evil 9 (2nd Impression) (7:07)

08. Karn Evil 9 (3rd Impression) (9:03)

Members .

- Keith Emerson / organ, piano, harpsichord, accordion, custom-built Moog synths, Polyphonic Moog Ensemble, voice of bridge computer in 3rd Impression
- Greg Lake / vocals, bass, Zemaitis electric 6-string and 12-string guitars
- Carl Palmer / drums, percussion, percussion synthesizers

Godspeed!

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy

Symphonic Progressive Rock

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy - 1972

Tracks.

01. The Endless Enigma, Pt. 1 6:41

02. Fugue 1:56

03. The Endless Enigma, Pt. 2 2:00

04. From the Beginning 4:13

05. The Sheriff 3:21

06. Hoedown 3:43

07. Trilogy 8:53

08. Living Sin 3:12

09. Abaddon's Bolero 8:07
Members.
- Keith Emerson / Hammond organ C3, Steinway piano, Zoukra, Moog synthesizer IIIC, Mini Moog Model D
- Greg Lake / vocals, bass, electric & acoustic guitar
- Carl Palmer / drums, percussion

Godspeed!

Trilogy is the third studio album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, originally released in 1972.

The band had already released two very carefully performed studio albums, Emerson, Lake and Palmer (1970) and Tarkus (1971), the former being dominated by virtuoso keyboards and drumming; the latter being as bombastic as it was ambitious. Trilogy, their third studio album, increased ELP's worldwide popularity, and included "Hoedown", which was one of their most popular songs when performing live.

The song "Endless Enigma Part One" opens with the sound of a beating heart, an effect created by the bass drum pedal of Palmer's Ludwig Octoplus kit. Notably, this effect was invented by Carl Palmer long before it was ever used on Jethro Tull's A Passion Play.

The opening drum solo on the track "The Sheriff" features a slight time-mistake, followed by drummer Carl Palmer responding with the word "shit" which can be heard when listening carefully.

"Abaddon's Bolero" sounds like a martialized Bolero (in 4/4 rhythm rather than the usual 3/4). A single melody containing multiple modulations within itself is repeated over and over in ever more thickly layered arrangements, starting from a quiet flute-like sound over a single drum, and building up to an ear-shattering wall of sound. This aspect may well be a nod to the similar effect in Maurice Ravel's famous Bolero.