Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works Live

Primary Artist
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Album Title
Works Live
Release Date
November 2, 1993 
Time
87:39 
Review by Bruce Eder & Francois Couture
In 1977, after three years' time off working on various solo projects -- which were to have culminated with a trio of solo albums -- Emerson, Lake & Palmer reunited to release Works, Vol. 1, a double LP containing the best of the solo works plus a side of group-conceived pieces. All in all, it was the most ambitious and wide-ranging body of music they'd ever released, and was followed by the more modestly proportioned but still successful Works, Vol. 2 in November of that year, and a tour that fall and winter; in keeping with the albums that spawned it, the concerts initially featured a 90-piece orchestra supporting the trio. Read More