Take A Pebble (track)
by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Year: 1970
From the album Emerson, Lake & Palmer (track #2)
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Take A Pebble appears on the following album(s) by Emerson, Lake & Palmer:
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer (track #2) (this album) (1970)
- Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (track #2) (1996)
- From The Beginning- The Best Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (track #15) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/05/2026 06:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,353 | 70/100 | |
| 10/19/2025 13:57 |  Ilolahti | 996 | 80/100 | |
| 07/17/2025 19:03 |  DommeDamian | 73,245 | 51/100 | |
| 01/12/2025 11:19 | Johnnyo | 42,997 | 80/100 | |
| 03/28/2024 22:30 |  charadeyouare | 1,603 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.1/100, a mean average of 85.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.6.
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Beautiful song—a real opportunity for Emerson to take center stage with the piano, completed with Lake's haunting voice and Palmer's tight drumming. A little jazzy, a lot proggy, very, very good.
A song within a song within a song. Main song - improvisation - classical guitar piece - return to improvisation - return to main song with coda.
Jboy56 01/08/2022 13:56 | #278841
One of the greatest voices in the rock, Greg Lake. Cast a pebble into the lake..
Beautifully haunting
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