Complete List Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) Songs From A to Z

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer created one of progressive rock’s most ambitious catalogs, combining classical adaptations, jazz-influenced improvisation, electronic experimentation, extended suites, orchestral writing, and technically demanding rock performances. This complete A-to-Z guide gathers the trio’s studio recordings, deluxe-edition mixes, remaster bonuses, alternate versions, and officially released live tracks through July 2026.

List Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer Songs From A to Z

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer formed in England in 1970, bringing together keyboardist Keith Emerson, bassist and vocalist Greg Lake, and drummer Carl Palmer. The trio quickly became one of progressive rock’s defining acts through complex compositions, virtuosic musicianship, and a fusion of classical, jazz, and rock influences.

The band released nine studio albums, beginning with Emerson, Lake & Palmer in 1970 and ending with In the Hot Seat in 1994. Their best-known records include Tarkus, Trilogy, and Brain Salad Surgery, the latter featuring the extended composition “Karn Evil 9.”

ELP’s live performances became central to the band’s reputation. Emerson’s theatrical keyboard work, Lake’s vocals and bass playing, and Palmer’s precision and power helped create elaborate concerts built around custom instruments, ambitious arrangements, and rapidly developing music technology.

The group brought classical works and compositional ideas into mainstream rock through pieces such as “Hoedown,” “Fanfare for the Common Man,” “Toccata,” “The Barbarian,” and the live adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Original songs including “Lucky Man,” “From the Beginning,” and “Still…You Turn Me On” gave the trio a strong melodic counterbalance.

Keith Emerson and Greg Lake died in 2016. Carl Palmer has continued performing and preserving the band’s music through solo projects and concert productions. Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s recordings remain a benchmark for progressive rock musicianship, arrangement, and ambition.

Complete List Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer Songs From A to Z

A–E

“Abaddon’s Bolero” – Trilogy (1972)
“Affairs of the Heart” – Black Moon (1992)
“All I Want Is You” – Love Beach (1978)
“Aquatarkus” – Tarkus (1971)
“Are You Ready, Eddy?” – Tarkus (1971)
“Are You Ready, Eddy? (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)
“The Barbarian” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
“The Barbarian (New Stereo Mix)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“Barrelhouse Shake-Down” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Benny the Bouncer” – Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
“Better Days” – Black Moon (1992)
“Bitches Crystal” – Tarkus (1971)
“Bitches Crystal (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)
“Black Moon” – Black Moon (1992)
“A Blade of Grass” – Black Moon (1992)
“Blues Variation” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“Brain Salad Surgery” – Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
“Brain Salad Surgery (B-side of ‘Fanfare for the Common Man’)” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Brain Salad Surgery (B-side of single K10946)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) (2014)
“Brain Salad Surgery (instrumental)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) (2014)
“Brain Salad Surgery (single)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2001 Castle Edition) (2001)
“Bullfrog” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Burning Bridges” – Black Moon (1992)
“C’est la Vie” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Canario” (from Fantasía para un gentilhombre) – Love Beach (1978)
“Change” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“Changing States” – Black Moon (1992)
“Close but Not Touching” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Close to Home” – Black Moon (1992)
“Closer to Believing” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“The Curse of Baba Yaga” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“Daddy” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“Drum Solo” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“The Endless Enigma (Part 1)” – Trilogy (1972)
“The Endless Enigma (Part 2)” – Trilogy (1972)
“The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits (Live in Indiana, 24 January 1978)” – Works Volume 1 (2004 Reissue) (2004)
“Eruption” – Tarkus (1971)
“Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery” – Brain Salad Surgery (2001 Castle Edition) (2001)
“Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery (flexi disc)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) (2014)
“Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery (NME flexi disc version)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) (2014)

F–J

“Fanfare for the Common Man” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Farewell to Arms” – Black Moon (1992)
“Food for Your Soul” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Footprints in the Snow” – Black Moon (1992)
“For You” – Love Beach (1978)
“From the Beginning” – Trilogy (1972)
“Fugue” – Trilogy (1972)
“The Gambler” – Love Beach (1978)
“Give Me a Reason to Stay” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“The Gnome” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“Gone Too Soon” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“The Great Gates of Kiev” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“Hallowed Be Thy Name” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Hand of Truth” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“Heart on Ice” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“Hoedown” – Trilogy (1972)
“Honky Tonk Train Blues” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Honourable Company (A March)” (part of “Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman”) – Love Beach (1978)
“The Hut of Baba Yaga” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“I Believe in Father Christmas” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Infinite Space (Conclusion)” – Tarkus (1971)
“Infinite Space (Conclusion) (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)
“Jeremy Bender” – Tarkus (1971)
“Jeremy Bender (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)
“Jerusalem” – Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
“Jerusalem (alternate mix)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2007 Shout! Factory Edition) (2007)
“Jerusalem (first mix)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) (2014)

K–O

“Knife-Edge” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
“Knife-Edge (alternate take)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“Knife-Edge (with extended outro)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“L.A. Nights” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Lend Your Love to Me Tonight” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Letters from the Front” (part of “Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman”) – Love Beach (1978)
“Living Sin” – Trilogy (1972)
“Love at First Sight” (part of “Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman”) – Love Beach (1978)
“Love Beach” – Love Beach (1978)
“Lucky Man” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
“Lucky Man (alternate take)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“Lucky Man (first Greg Lake solo version)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“The Making of Brain Salad Surgery” – Brain Salad Surgery (1996 Rhino Edition) (1996)
“Man in the Long Black Coat” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“Manticore” – Tarkus (1971)
“Maple Leaf Rag” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Mass” – Tarkus (1971)
“Mass (Alternate take)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)
“Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman” (suite) – Love Beach (1978)
“New Orleans” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Nobody Loves You Like I Do” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Nut Rocker” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“Nut Rocker (Live in Indiana, 24 January 1978)” – Works Volume 1 (2004 Reissue) (2004)
“Oh, My Father” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)
“Old Castle” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“One by One” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“The Only Way (Hymn)” – Tarkus (1971)
“The Only Way (Hymn) (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)

P–T

“Paper Blood” – Black Moon (1992)
“Piano Concerto No. 1” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Pirates” – Works Volume 1 (1977)
“Prelude and Fugue” – Tarkus (2010 Japan SHM-CD Reissue) (2010)
“Prologue/The Education of a Gentleman” (part of “Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman”) – Love Beach (1978)
“Promenade” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“Promenade (Lake lyrics)” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“Promenade (New Stereo Mix)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“Rave Up” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“Romeo and Juliet” (Sergei Prokofiev, “Dance of the Knights” from the eponymous ballet, Op. 64) – Black Moon (1992)
“The Sage” – Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
“The Sheriff” – Trilogy (1972)
“Show Me the Way to Go Home” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Show Me the Way to Go Home (live at Hulman Civic Center, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, 24 January 1978)” – Works Volume 2 (2001 Bonus Tracks) (2001)
“Still…You Turn Me On” – Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
“Still…You Turn Me On (first mix)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) (2014)
“Stones of Years” – Tarkus (1971)
“Street War” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“Take a Pebble” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
“Take a Pebble (alternate take)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“Take a Pebble (New Stereo Mix)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“Tank” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
“Tank” (Live in Indiana, 24 January 1978) – Works Volume 1 (2004 Reissue) (2004)
“Tank (New Stereo Mix)” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Reissue) (2012)
“Tarkus” – Tarkus (1971)
“Tarkus (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)
“Taste of My Love” – Love Beach (1978)
“Thin Line” – In the Hot Seat (1994)
“The Three Fates: Atropos” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
“The Three Fates: Clotho” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
“The Three Fates: Lachesis” – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
“Tiger in a Spotlight” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Tiger in a Spotlight (live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 30 November 1977)” – Works Volume 2 (2001 Bonus Tracks) (2001)
“A Time and a Place” – Tarkus (1971)
“A Time and a Place (New Stereo Mix)” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)
“Toccata” – Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
“Toccata (alternate version)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) (2014)
“Toccata (first mix)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) (2014)
“Trilogy” – Trilogy (1972)

U–Z

“Unknown Ballad” – Tarkus (2012 Edition) (2012)
“Watching Over You” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“Watching Over You (live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 30 November 1977)” – Works Volume 2 (2001 Bonus Tracks) (2001)
“When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine” – Works Volume 2 (1977)
“When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine (B-side of single K13503)” – Brain Salad Surgery (2014 Legacy/Sony Edition) (2014)