Emerson, Lake & Palmer
by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer bestography
Emerson, Lake & Palmer is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer is Brain Salad Surgery which is ranked number 1358 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,266.
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #201-300 | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 | zsolti | Top 66 Music Albums of the 1970s | 46/66 | 6 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1970 | 31/100 | - |
| 2026 | emptysquares | Emerson Lake & Palmer | 1/10 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '65 to '74 | 83/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 57 Music Albums of 1970 | 14/57 | 4 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | emptysquares | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 24/100 | 76 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 87 Music Albums of 1970 | 80/87 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 210 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 957 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 06:01 | rjmcmanus94566 | 5 | 84/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2026 04:02 | ecocruzr | 241 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 22:14 | BurndenAce | 1,339 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer forum mentions
RockyRaccoon 09/17/2026 19:36 in From the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota: Rocky's Log
BestEverAlbums 08/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5416): By C_Krug2009 BestEverAlbums 08/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5410): By DeckillerEmerson, Lake & Palmer comments
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Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/18/2011 05:10 | #23197 | TOP COMMENT
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Brilliant album still holding up after 40 years. I refuse to call The Three Fates a Keith Emerson composition though, it is clearly ripped right off of Gershwin. Imagine what they had sounded like if Hendrix hadn't died and indeed had joined the band instead. (Edited)
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/20/2019 14:22 | #230095 | TOP COMMENT
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Absolutely killer debut! Keith Emerson forever changed how we would look a the possibilities of keyboards of all types in popular music. This album is a true landmark in music and remains a standard bearer for progressive rock. (Edited)
@Bork: I suppose the last 2-3 minutes of "The three fates" is a little bit Gershwin'ish. But they often quoted or reworked classical works. Pictures at an exhibition is of course the most obvious one, but on this album we have "The Barbarian", which is their version of Bartok's "Allegro Barbaro". Plus, "Take a pebble" contains a quote from Bach's Invention in C major. (Edited)
First ELP album, good work mixing classical music and prog rock not easy to listening... Contains the hit Lucky Man... (Edited)
Freddie55 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/23/2009 03:06 | #7806 | TOP COMMENT
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I remember being captivated by this album when it was first released. I never enjoyed any of the ELP albums that followed it in their entirety though each had its great highlights. Even this one has lost some of its lustre over the years.
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