Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Love Beach (1978)

Artist:  Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Title:  Love Beach

Year:  1978

Format:  LP

Label:  Atlantic

Genre:  Progressive Rock

Catalog#  ST-A-784185

"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 and was produced to satisfy contractual obligations with the group's record company. The group was reportedly not satisfied with the album; drummer Carl Palmer even compared the cover photograph to the works of disco stars the Bee Gees.

True, many of the songs are more concise and accessible than those on previous albums, and there are a couple of Greg Lake-dominated "romantic" tunes, but those had always been part of the deal. They're still at their classical-rockin' best on "Canario," and half the album is dominated by the 20-minute epic "Memoirs of an Officer & a Gentleman," which stands up well alongside such long-form ELP classics as "Trilogy."

Side one

1.  All I Want Is You  (2:35)

2.  Love Beach  (2:46)

3.  Taste of My Love  (3:33)

4.  The Gambler  (3:23)

5.  For You  (4:28)

6.  Canario (From Fantasia para un Gentilhombre)  (4:00)

Side two

1.  Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman  (20:16)

    (a) Prologue / The Education of a Gentleman  - 5:33

    (b) Love at First Sight  - 5:37

    (c) Letters from the Front  - 5:20

    (d) Honourable Company (A March)  - 3:46