Works Volume II
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Works Volume II is an album released in 1978 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Unlike Works Volume I which consisted of three solo and one ensemble sides, Volume II 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.
Album material
"When The Apple Blossoms Bloom..." 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 II also included a stripped-down version of Greg Lake's "I Believe In Father Christmas." An orchestral version had previously been released in the UK as a single and became something of an annual Christmas standard there, alongside such others as Slade's "Merry Xmas, Everybody" and Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day". It has often been referred to as the only atheist Christmas carol.
Track listing
- "Tiger in a Spotlight" (4:32)
- "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (5:36)
- "Bullfrog" (3:49)
- "Brain Salad Surgery" (3:07)
- "Barrelhouse Shake-Down" (3:37)
- "Watching Over You" (3:54)
- "So Far To Fall" (4:55)
- "Maple Leaf Rag" (2:00)
- "I Believe in Father Christmas" (3:17)
- "Close But Not Touching" (3:18)
- "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (3:09)
- "Show Me The Way To Go Home" (3:30)
| Emerson, Lake and Palmer |
| Keith Emerson | Greg Lake | Carl Palmer |
| Former members: Cozy Powell | Robert Berry |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Emerson, Lake and Palmer | Tarkus | Trilogy | Brain Salad Surgery | Works Volume I | Works Volume II | Love Beach | Black Moon | In the Hot Seat |
| Live albums: Pictures at an Exhibition | Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends | In Concert (also known as Works Live) | Live at the Royal Albert Hall | ' | Live in Poland | Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 | Then & Now | The Original Bootleg Series From Manticore Vaults Vol. 1 | The Original Bootleg Series From Manticore Vaults Vol. 2 | The Original Bootleg Series From Manticore Vaults Vol. 3 | ' | From The Front Row... Live! |
| Compilations albums: The Best of Emerson, Lake and Palmer | The Atlantic Years | The Ultimate Collection |
| Box Set: The Return of the Manticore |
| Related articles |
| Emerson, Lake & Powell | 3 |
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