Title: Sprawling bombast
Product review: For the most part this album is alright, but it does contain a good dose of ELP's trademark overblown pretension. What really hurts this albums rating is the horrific recording quality. The piano sounds passible but everything else sounds like it was recorded with mics in the back of the auditorium. Lake's vocals are all but buried in the mix. No amount of remastering can fix that. I get the feeling a remix may not do much either. This is for someone who can overlook the the sound issues and must absolutely have every ELP release.
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