Pictures at an Exhibition (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)

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Pictures at an Exhibition
PicturesatanExhibitionLP.jpg
Live album by
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
ReleasedNovember 1971
Recorded26 March 1971
Venue Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle
Genre
Length38:00
Label Island (UK)
Cotillion (US)
Producer Greg Lake
Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology
Tarkus
(1971)		Pictures at an Exhibition
(1971)		 Trilogy
(1972)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer live chronology
Pictures at an Exhibition
(1971)		 Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends
(1974)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Promenade" Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Keith Emerson 1:58
2."The Gnome"Mussorgsky, arr. Carl Palmer 4:18
3."Promenade"Mussorgsky, arr. Emerson, Greg Lake / lyrics: Lake1:23
4."The Sage"Lake4:42
5."The Old Castle"Mussorgsky, arr. Emerson2:33
6."Blues Variation"Emerson, Lake, Palmer4:22
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Promenade"Mussorgsky, arr. Emerson1:29
8."The Hut of Baba Yaga"Mussorgsky, arr. Emerson1:12
9."The Curse of Baba Yaga"Emerson, Lake, Palmer4:10
10."The Hut of Baba Yaga"Mussorgsky, arr. Emerson1:06
11."The Great Gates of Kiev"Mussorgsky, arr. Emerson / lyrics: Lake6:37
12."Nut Rocker" Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Kim Fowley, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer4:26

Personnel

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Production

Charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [14] 19
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [15] 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 6
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [17] 8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 9
Italian Albums ( Musica e Dischi ) [19] 5
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [20] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [21] 18
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 3
US Billboard 200 [23] 10
Chart (2016)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [24] 32
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [25] 22

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [27] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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