Black Moon (album)

Black moon
Studio album by Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Publication (s)	June 27, 1992
admission	1992
Label (s)	Victory Records
Genre (s)	Progressive rock , rock
Title (number)	10
running time	48:28
occupation	Keith Emerson : keyboard instruments Greg Lake : vocals , bass , electric and acoustic guitar Carl Palmer : drums , percussion
production	Mark Mancina , Ian Morrow, John Van Tongeren
Studio (s)	Marcus Studios, Front Page Recorders, Conway Studios
chronology Love Beach (1978) Black moon In the Hot Seat (1994)

Emerson, Lake and Palmer in concert in 1992

Black Moon (German: Schwarzer Mond) is the eighth studio album by the British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer , which was released in 1992, 14 years after the studio album Love Beach . The comeback album received mixed reviews and could not build on previous successes such as the albums Tarkus or Brain Salad Surgery . It reached number 78 on the US Billboard 200 charts.

AllMusic's verdict on the album: "The original trio's first studio album in a dozen years suffers from the inevitable aging and gloom of Lake's voice and the lack of real impulses."

The title " Affairs of the Heart " was based on a session in the summer of 1988 by Greg Lake together with Geoff Downes under the project name Ride the Tiger .

Track list

1. Black Moon ( Keith Emerson , Greg Lake , Carl Palmer ) - 6:56
2. Paper Blood (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 4:26
3. Affairs of the Heart ( Geoff Downes , Lake) - 3:46
4. Romeo and Juliet ( Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew , Dance of the Knights, Op. 64) - 3:43
5. Farewell to Arms (Emerson, Lake) - 5:08
6. Changing States (Emerson) - 6:02
7. Burning Bridges ( Mark Mancina ) - 4:41
8. Close to Home (Emerson) - 4:33
9. Better Days (Emerson, Lake) - 5:33
10. Footprints in the Snow (Lake) - 3:50

Bonus title

Victor Entertainment and Shout! Factory 2008

• A Blade of Grass (Emerson) - 2:15

Sanctuary and Sony

• Black Moon (single edit) - 4:48
• Affairs of the Heart (Edited version) - 2:20
• Paper Blood (Edited version) - 1:34
• Romeo and Juliet (Edited version) - 1:33

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Black Moon at Allmusic (English)

Web links

• Reviews of Black Moon on the baby blue pages
• Black Moon at Allmusic (English)