Works Volume 2

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Works Volume 2
Studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Released November 10, 1977
Recorded 1973-76
Genre Progressive rock, Symphonic rock
Length 43:54
Label Atlantic
Shout! Factory
Producer Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Peter Sinfield
Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology
Works Volume I
(1977)		 Works Volume II
(1977)		 Love Beach
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau (C+)[2]
Classic Rock 3/5 stars[3]
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Works Volume 2 is an album released in 1977 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Unlike Works Volume 1 (which consisted of three solo sides and one ensemble side), Volume 2 was a single album which seemingly was a compilation of leftover tracks from other album sessions that had not made those albums. While many derided the album for its apparent lack of focus, others felt it showed a different side of the band, with blues, bluegrass and jazz being very prominent as musical genres in this recording.

Contents

[edit] Album material

"When The Apple Blossoms Bloom...", "Tiger in a Spotlight" and "Brain Salad Surgery" had been recorded at the 1973 sessions for the album Brain Salad Surgery but did not appear on it - rather strangely in the case of the latter.

Volume 2 also included a stripped-down version of Greg Lake's "I Believe in Father Christmas". An orchestral version of the song had previously been released as a solo Lake single in the UK and became something of an annual Christmas standard there.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Tiger in a Spotlight" (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Peter Sinfield) – 4:32
  2. "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:56
  3. "Bullfrog" (Ron Aspery, Mick Hodgkinson, Palmer)– 3:49
  4. "Brain Salad Surgery" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 3:07
  5. "Barrelhouse Shake-Down" (Emerson) – 3:37
  6. "Watching Over You" (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:54
  7. "So Far to Fall" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 4:55
  8. "Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin) – 2:00
  9. "I Believe in Father Christmas" (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:17
  10. "Close But Not Touching" (Palmer) – 3:18
  11. "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade "Lux" Lewis) – 3:09
  12. "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (L. James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 3:30

[edit] Bonus Tracks

  1. "Tiger in a Spotlight" - 4:16
  2. "Watching Over You" - 4:31
  3. "Show Me the Way To Go Home" - 5:34

[edit] Singles

  • Tiger in a Spotlight / So Far to Fall
  • Watching Over You / Hallowed Be Thy Name

[edit] References

  1. ^ Smith, D. R. (2011 [last update]). "Works, Vol. 2 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r6757. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Christgau, R. (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: Emerson". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Emerson. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
  3. ^ Fielder, Hugh (February 2005). "Eight by Three". Classic Rock. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. pp. 104. 
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