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Today's CoronaVinyl category is "E," and like with "D," I don't have any "E" artists left that I haven't already featured. All I have left are Eagles, Sheena Easton, and Emerson Lake & Palmer, so I'm finishing off ELP, since I've listened to albums by the other two more recently.
The group released their third studio album, Trilogy, in 1972. They built off of the success of their first two albums, as Trilogy went to #5 on the Billboard album chart -- their highest-charting studio album in the U.S. -- and #2 on their native UK's album chart. It also featured their highest-charting (and only Top 40) single in the U.S., "From the Beginning," which reached #39 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Given that they were some of the pioneers of prog rock, it's not a shock that this album is all prog. Lots of jazz, jams, and organs. The Spotify version of the album has 11 extra tracks, which are all either alternate versions or alternate mixes.
Favorite song from Side 1: "The Endless Enigma, Part 1"
The album starts off with a nearly-seven-minute jazzy jam that breaks into something resembling rock and roll in the middle.
Favorite song from Side 2: "Living Sin"
This is the song on the album with the most vitriol. Greg Lake rips it up on the vocals, and the song has almost a funk feel to it in some parts.
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