Black Moon [Bonus Track]

Performer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Engineer: David Mitchell; Steve Kempster
Producer: Mark Mancina; Mark Mancina; Jeff Palo (Reissue); David McLees (Reissue)
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Keith Emerson (keyboards); Greg Lake (vocals, guitar, bass); Carl Palmer (drums, percussion). Lyricist: Greg Lake. Personnel: Ian Morrow, Gary Hodgson, Tim Heintz (programming). Audio Mixers: David Mitchell; Steve Kempster. Recording information: Front Page Recorders; Marcus Studios. Unknown Contributor Role: Carl Palmer. Arranger: Keith Emerson. Returning to the studio after a 14-year layoff, Emerson, Lake & Palmer stripped down their sound and amped up their attack for 1992's BLACK MOON. Its closest sonic cousin is the mid-'80s album Emerson and Lake recorded with drummer Cozy Powell. Sharp digital electronics replace Keith Emerson's classic analog synthesizer sounds, and the fanciful, classical-influenced prog-rock epics of yore are streamlined into a more accessible mainstream rock format, though some traces of the trio's vintage flash still pop up. The original trio's first studio album in a dozen years suffers from the inevitable aging and darkening of Lake's voice, and a lack of real impetus, although it does contain one first-rate classical adaptation, The Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. [Black Moon was reissued in 2004 with the bonus track "A Blade of Grass."] ~ Bruce Eder

Spin (10/92, p.109) - Highly Recommended - "...easily one of the finest discs of the year....makes Pearl Jam seem like long-haired New Kids in comparison..." Q (7/92, p.93) - 3 Stars - Good - "...it's all a treat..."

Emerson, Lake & Palmer were one of the most popular of the initial wave of 1970s British prog-rock bands. They sported post-British Invasion rock's first alternative to the guitar hero in Keith Emerson, whose outlandish keyboard antics rivaled the onstage pyrotechnics of Hendrix and Townshend. The group mixed heavy rock riffs with classical influences, relying equally on instrumental virtuosity and an epic sense of showmanship that won them countless fans in their '70s heyday.

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