Tarkus

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Tarkus is the second album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music).

"Tarkus" seems to be the hybrid machine-animal depicted on the cover. The inner gatefold sleeve featured a sequence of pictures depicting battles between this armadillo-tank hybrid and other half-mechanical creatures, until its eventual defeat by a manticore. The band later chose the name Manticore Records for their self-owned record label.

The final track, Are You Ready Eddy?, was written for their engineer Eddie Offord.

In 1993 the album was digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio. The remastered version was released by Victory Records in the UK and Rhino Records in the US.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Tarkus" (Emerson, Lake) - 20:35
    • "Eruption" - 2:43
    • "Stones of Years" - 3:44
    • "Iconoclast" - 1:15
    • "Mass" - 3:11
    • "Manticore" - 1:52
    • "Battlefield" - 3:51
    • "Aquatarkus" - 3:59
  2. "Jeremy Bender" (Emerson, Lake) - 1:46
  3. "Bitches Crystal" (Emerson, Lake) - 3:55
  4. "The Only Way" [hymn] (Emerson, Lake) - 3:48
  5. "Infinite Space" [conclusion] (Emerson, Palmer) - 3:18
  6. "A Time and a Place" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 2:57
  7. "Are You Ready Eddy?" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 2:10

Personnel

Production

  • Producer: Greg Lake
  • Engineer: Eddie Offord
  • Mastering: Zal Schreiber
  • Arranger: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Director: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Paintings: William Neal

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1971 Pop Albums 9
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