Emerson, Lake & Powell is the only studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Powell, released on 2 June 1986 by Polydor Records.
The album's debut single was "Touch and Go" which peaked at number 60 on the Billboard charts on 19 July 1986. Cash Box called it a "thunderous, large scale rock drama." The main synthesizer part of "Touch and Go" is based on the English folk tune "Lovely Joan". Another version of "Touch and Go" was recorded by Emerson, Lake & Palmer and is included in the box set The Return of the Manticore (1993).
The opening track, "The Score", is best known to have been used as the arena, intermission and TV theme song of New Japan Pro-Wrestling from the 1990s to the early 2010s.
Track listing
Personnel Emerson, Lake & Powell Keith Emerson – keyboards Greg Lake – vocals, guitars, bass, production Cozy Powell – drums, percussion
Technical personnel Tony Taverner – production, engineer, mixing engineer Greg Calbi – mastering engineer (at Sterling Sound, New York) Debra Bishop – design
Charts Chart (1986)Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 87Japanese Albums (Oricon) 19
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