Pictures At An Exhibition
by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer bestography
Pictures At An Exhibition is ranked 5th best out of 15 albums by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer is Brain Salad Surgery which is ranked number 1342 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,282.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Pictures At An Exhibition track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Pictures At An Exhibition rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 2/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1971 | 28/41 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1971 | 31/34 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 95 Music Albums of 1971 | 33/95 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 51 Music Albums of 1971 | 41/51 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 36 Music Albums of 1971 | 13/36 | 3 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 81/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 89 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 204 | |||
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Pictures At An Exhibition ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/03/2026 04:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,527 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2025 14:05 | Jakor | 5,525 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2025 18:13 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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jackup 04/16/2021 15:50 in What album are you listening to right now? jackup 10/21/2020 16:53 in What album are you listening to right now? jackup 07/20/2020 16:32 in What album are you listening to right now?Pictures At An Exhibition comments
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A massively important album of its time, it revolutionised a mix of the "unmixable" genres of Classical and Rock Music, opening the musical eyes of two previously irreconcilable music genre lovers. It still sounds as original and iconic nearly 55 years on. Emerson's genius pervades the work and it's performance (Edited)
VictorVale 10/28/2023 11:21 | #299682
Um dos maiores registros de prog junto com música erudita. (Edited)
TheDude85 07/02/2022 19:06 | #286977 | TOP COMMENT
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I agree with Fischman's review in that it was quite a step forward for progressive rock at the time. Keith Emerson dominates this album, allowing Palmer and Lake to occasionally shine. The sounds Emerson gets his keyboards to emit were groundbreaking at the time.
quite the extravaganza featuring but not limited to classic talents of the Mr. Emerson
Fischman 01/20/2019 14:33 | #230098 | TOP COMMENT
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A ballsy move, taking Mussorgsky's classic and doing a rock version. There is much disagreement over the validity of the changes in the programme, but it works well for the most part.
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