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  Type Album
  Artist Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  Cover ELP - Brain Salad Surgeryjpg
  Background orange
  Released November 19 , 1973
  Recorded 1973
  Genre Rock
  Length 44:59
  Label Manticore
  Producer Greg Lake
  Reviews All Music Guide link
  Last Album '' Trilogy ''<br />(1972)
  This Album '''''Brain Salad Surgery'''''<br />(1973)
  Next Album '' Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends '' <br />(1974)


''Brain Salad Surgery'' is the fourth , ''Whip Some Skull on Yer''.

The most well-known track is "Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression, Part 2" (''Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends...''). "Karn Evil 9" was so long it originally had to be split between sides 1 and 2 of the album. The original US CD release also divided the piece, but subsequent releases have presented it in an uninterrupted version.

The lyrics were co-written by Greg Lake with fellow ex- King Crimson member Peter Sinfield . On the instrumental "Toccata", based on Alberto Ginastera 's 1st piano Concerto, special synthesized effects were produced not by Keith Emerson but by Carl Palmer using newly-developed drum synthesizers. Ginastera's agent apparently did not care for ELP's rendition and wasn't going to clear the publishing rights; however, Ginastera himself liked it a lot and arranged for clearance.

"Karn Evil 9" includes vocal credit for Keith Emerson, and is Emerson's only official vocal credit on an ELP record.

The album has also been released on DVD-Audio , remixed into Dolby 5.1 and in many cases using alternative vocal tracks.


TRACK LISTING

#" Jerusalem " ( Blake / Parry as adapted by Emerson / Lake / Palmer ) – 2:44
#"Toccata" ''Adaptation of Ginastera's 1st piano Concerto, 4th movement'' ( Ginastera , arr. Emerson) 7:22
#"Still...You Turn Me On" ( Lake )– 2:53
#"Benny the Bouncer" (Emerson/Lake/ Sinfield ) – 2:21
#" Karn Evil 9 " (Emerson/Lake/Sinfield) – 29:54
  • "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 1" (Emerson/Lake/Sinfield) – 8:43

  • "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2" (Emerson/Lake) – 4:46

  • "Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression" (Emerson/Lake) – 7:07

  • "Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression" (Emerson/Lake) – 9:03


  • "The Making of Brain Salad Surgery" on the 1996 Rhino Records release.



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ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS

Two further songs were recorded at the ''Brain Salad Surgery'' sessions but were not included on the album:
  • The instrumental "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" appeared on the B-side of the Single version of "Jerusalem".

  • The song "Brain Salad Surgery" surprisingly did not appear on the album of the same name, but was released on a promotional 7" flexi-disc together with excerpts from the album. It was also later used as the B-side of " Fanfare For The Common Man ".

    • Both songs were later included on '' Works Volume II ''.