Released 18 November 1978 Love Beach
(1978) In Concert
(1979) Release date 18 November 1978 Label Atlantic Records | Length 41:03 Artist Emerson, Lake & Palmer Producer Keith Emerson | |
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Recorded Summer 1978, Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas Genres Progressive rock, Symphonic rock, Pop rock Similar Emerson - Lake & Palmer albums, Progressive rock albums | ||
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Love Beach is the seventh studio album by English progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1978. It was the band's final album of original material until Black Moon (1992) and was produced to satisfy contractual obligations with the group's record company. It was a critical and commercial disappointment, charting at #55 on the Billboard 200, although it did eventually go gold.
Contents
- Emerson lake palmer love beach
- Elp all i want is you ogwt 1978
- Reception
- Bonus tracks
- Personnel
- Singles
- Songs
- References
Original pressings of Love Beach carried no producer's credit, but production and mixing of the album were largely carried out by Keith Emerson following contentious recording sessions in the Bahamas. According to Emerson, "everybody but me wanted to get the hell out of Nassau ... in the end I stuck the whole album together ... and sent it off to Atlantic".
Elp all i want is you ogwt 1978
Reception
Critical and fan appraisal of the album is negative; some consider it the nadir of ELP's output, while others consider Black Moon and In the Hot Seat to be worse. Writing in Rolling Stone magazine at the time of the album's release, reviewer Michael Bloom said that "Love Beach isn't simply bad; it's downright pathetic. Stale and full of ennui, this album makes washing the dishes seem a more creative act by comparison".
Bonus tracks
- "Canario (Rehearsal 1978)" - 4:38
- "Taste of My Love (Rehearsal 1978)" - 3:01
- "Letters from the Front (Rehearsal 1978)" - 8:52
Personnel
Singles
Songs
1All I Want Is You2:36
2Love Beach2:46
3Taste of My Love3:33