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Tarkus
(1996)
Emerson‚ Lake & Palmer
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Label: Rhino-Atlantic
Duration: 38:53
Genre: Classic Rock

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

In 1993, the album was digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio. The remastered version was released by Victory Records in the United Kingdom and Rhino Records in the United States.

The "Tarkus" suite forms the whole of side one of the album. Greg Lake stated in an early interview that he viewed Tarkus as a representation of the military-industrial complex, and that his lyrics were about that, and about the futility of war and strife.

On the album cover, commissioned to the graphic designer and painter William Neal, and made after the music was recorded, Tarkus is depicted as a half armadillo/half tank creature, born from an egg erupted from a volcano.

The inner gatefold sleeve features a sequence of pictures depicting battles between Tarkus and other half-mechanical creatures, until its eventual defeat by a manticore - the only creature in the tale that is wholly organic. Tarkus is then shown, defeated but still living, and weeping a tear of blood as he floats down a river in "Aquatarkus". The band later named its own record company Manticore Records.


TrackDuration
Tarkus20:35
Jeremy Bender1:50
Bitches Crystal3:58
The Only Way (Hymn)3:48
Infinite Space (Conclusion)3:20
A Time and a Place3:01
Are You Ready Eddy?2:10
Original Release: 1971-01-01
Composer: Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer
Arranged By: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Producer: Greg Lake
UPC: 81227222420, 886919379624