Emerson, Lake and Palmer / discography

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 1992

This discography is an overview of published sound recordings of British progressive rock - band Emerson, Lake and Palmer .

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer DE7 (32 weeks)
DE 		- - UK4 (28 weeks)
UK 		US18th
gold
gold

(42 weeks)US
1971 Tarkus DE4 (28 weeks)
DE 		- - UK1 (18 weeks)
UK 		US9
gold
gold

(26 weeks)US
1972 Trilogy DE6 (24 weeks)
DE 		- - UK2 (29 weeks)
UK 		US5
gold
gold

(37 weeks)US
1973 Brain salad surgery DE18 (24 weeks)
DE 		AT5 (8 weeks)
AT 		- UK2
gold
gold

(18 weeks)UK 		US11
gold
gold

(47 weeks)US
1977 Works Volume I. DE10 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (8 weeks)
AT 		- UK9
gold
gold

(25 weeks)UK 		US12
gold
gold

(26 weeks)US
Works Volume II DE10 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (8 weeks)
AT 		- UK9 (25 weeks)
UK 		US37
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
1978 Love Beach - - - UK48
silver
silver

(4 weeks)UK 		US55
gold
gold

(9 weeks)US
1992 Black moon DE45 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH23 (1 week)
CH 		- US78 (4 weeks)
US
1994 In the hot seat - - - - -
The band's last album

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Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1971 Pictures at an Exhibition DE9 (32 weeks)
DE 		- - UK3
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US10
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
1974 Welcome Back My Friends to the
Show That Never Ends… Ladies and
Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer 		DE26 (12 weeks)
DE 		AT2 (12 weeks)
AT 		- UK6 (5 weeks)
UK 		US4th
gold
gold

(24 weeks)US
1979 Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert
 - - - - US73 (10 weeks)
US
1993 Live at the Royal Albert Hall DE92 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - - -

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More live albums

  • 1977: On Tour with Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • 1993: Works Live
  • 1997: Live in Poland
  • 1997: King Biscuit Flower Hour (2 CDs)
  • 1998: Then & Now (2 CDs)
  • 2000: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
  • 2001: Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults Vol. One (box with 7 CDs)
  • 2001: Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults Vol. Two (box with 8 CDs)
  • 2002: Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults Vol. Three (box with 5 CDs)
  • 2001: The Show That Never Ends (2 CDs)
  • 2002: Live
  • 2002: Fanfare - The 1997 World Tour
  • 2003: Fanfare: The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer - Live
  • 2003: From the Front Row… Live!
  • 2006: Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults Vol. Four (box with 8 CDs)
  • 2010: High Voltage Festival
  • 2010: A Time and a Place (box with 4 CDs)
  • 2011: Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival '72
  • 2011: Live at Nassau Coliseum '78
  • 2012: Live in California 1974
  • 2013: Live in Montreal 1977 (2 CDs)

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1980 The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer - - - UK-
gold
gold
UK 		US108 (7 weeks)
US
2004 The Ultimate Collection - - - UK43 (2 weeks)
UK 		-

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More compilations

  • 1980: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • 1992: The Atlantic Years
  • 1993: The Return of the Manticore (box with 4 CDs)
  • 1994: The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • 1994: Classic Rock Featuring "Lucky Man"
  • 1995: I Believe in Father Christmas (EP)
  • 1997: Lucky Man and Other Hits
  • 2000: Extended Versions (The Encore Collection)
  • 2001: The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • 2001: Fanfare for the Common Man (2 CDs)
  • 2002: Best of the Bootlegs
  • 2002: Lucky Man
  • 2003: gold
  • 2004: An Introduction to ... Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • 2008: Come and See the Show: The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer
  • 2010: High Voltage (2 CDs)
  • 2011: The Essential Emerson Lake & Palmer (2 CDs)
  • 2011: Original Album Classics (box with 3 CDs)
  • 2011: From the Beginning: The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer (2 CDs)
  • 2012: From the Beginning (box with 5 CDs)
  • 2013: The First Five: Picture Disc Collection (Box with 5 Vinyl Picture Discs)

Remix albums

  • 2003: Re-Works (remix album, box with 3 CDs)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1971 Lucky Man
Emerson, Lake & Palmer 		DE23 (14 weeks)
DE 		- - - US18 (19 weeks)
US
Author: Greg Lake
1972 Nutrocker
Pictures at an Exhibition 		- - - - US70 (6 weeks)
US
Author: Kim Fowley
Original: B. Bumble & the Stingers , 1962
From the Beginning
Trilogy 		- - - - US39 (11 weeks)
US
Author: Greg Lake
1977 Fanfare for the Common Man
Works Volume 1 		- - - UK2
silver
silver

(14 weeks)UK 		-
Author and original: Aaron Copland , 1942

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More singles

  • 1971: Stone of Years
  • 1973: Jerusalem
  • 1973: Brain Salad Surgery
  • 1978: Tiger in a Spotlight
  • 1978: All I Want Is You
  • 1979: Canario (Fantasia para un gentilhombre)
  • 1979: Peter Gunn (instrumental)
  • 1979: Peter Gunn (Live)
  • 1992: Black Moon
  • 1992: Affairs of the Heart
  • 1993: I Believe in Father Christmas (UK:silversilver)

Video albums

  • 1990: Pictures at an Exhibition
  • 1992: Welcome Back
  • 1996: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • 2003: Inside Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1970-1995: An Independent Critical Review
  • 2004: Masters from the Vaults
  • 2003: Works Orchestral Tour: Manticore Special
  • 2004: Live at Montreux 1997
  • 2005: Beyond the Beginning
  • 2005: Music in Review
  • 2007: The Definitive Critical Review
  • 2011: Live in Concert: Italy 1993
  • 2011: 40th Anniversary Reunion Concert: High Voltage Fest
  • 2013: On a Knife Edge

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE6thDE AT2AT CH-CH UK8thUK US4thUS
Albums in the charts DE10DE AT4thAT CH1CH UK10UK US12US
DE DE UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE UK-UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE-DE UK1UK US-US
Singles in the charts DE1DE UK1UK US3US

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1977: for the album Works Volume I.

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 9 × gold9 0! P- 4,500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 4 × silver4th Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 820,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 4 × silver4th Gold record icon.svg 13 × gold13 -

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  1. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: Singles albums UK US
  2. ↑ a b c The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

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