Pictures at an Exhibition (album)
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Pictures at an Exhibition is an album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1972 as a live album and re-released in 2001 as a remastered edition including both live and studio versions of Mussorgsky's classical piece Pictures at an Exhibition.
There was also a video made of a different live performance. This had a limited theatrical release in 1973, and a remastered DVD release with Dolby surround sound in 2000. This performance is notable for its technical problems; Keith Emerson's voltage-controlled synthesizer sometimes plays the wrong notes, apparently due to power supply problems.
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Cover design
The original album cover used a gatefold sleeve depicting, on the outside, blank picture frames labeled with the titles of the pieces: "The Old Castle", "The Gnome", etc. On the inside all the pictures were revealed, but one remains blank: "Promenade". (The musical piece, of course, is not about a picture, but represents a walk through the gallery.)
Some CD covers use only the "revealed" version.
Track listing
- "Promenade/The Gnome/Promenade/The Sage/The Old Castle/Blues Variations [medley]" (Lake, Mussorgsky, Palmer) - 1:58
- "The Gnome" (Mussorgsky, Palmer) - 4:18
- "Promenade" (Lake, Mussorgsky) - 1:23
- "The Sage" (Lake) - 4:42
- "The Old Castle" (Emerson, Mussorgsky) - 2:33
- "Blues Variation" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 4:22
- "Promenade" (Mussorgsky) - 1:29
- "The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky) - 1:12
- "The Curse of Baba Yaga" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 4:10
- "The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky) - 1:06
- "The Great Gates of Kiev/The End" (Lake, Mussorgsky) - 6:37
- "End/Nutrocker" (Fowley) - 4:26
- "Pictures at an Exhibition" [studio version/*] (Lake, Mussorgsky) - 15:28
- "Promenade"
- "The Gnome"
- "Promenade"
- "The Sage"
- "The Hut of Baba Yaga"
- "The Great Gates of Kiev"
* This track, recorded in 1993, is only available on the 2001 remastered edition.
Personnel
Production
- Producer: Greg Lake
- Engineer: Eddie Offord
- Remastering: Joseph M. Palmaccio
- Arrangers: Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
- Cover design: William Neal
- Cover painting: William Neal
- Artwork: William Neal
- Photography: Nigel Marlow, Keith Morris
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1972 | Pop Albums | 10 |
Miscellaneous
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition was also performed in a different electronic arrangement by Isao Tomita.