Tiger in a Spotlight

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"Tiger in a Spotlight"
Single by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
from the album Works Volume 2
B-side "So Far to Fall"
Released28 December 1977 [1]
Recorded1973
Genre Progressive rock
Length4:02
Label Atlantic, Shout! Factory
Songwriters Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Peter Sinfield
Producers Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Peter Sinfield
Emerson, Lake & Palmer singles chronology
"C'est la Vie"
(1977)		"Tiger in a Spotlight"
(1977)		"Maple Leaf Rag"
(1977)

"Tiger in a Spotlight" is a song by the progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It was recorded in 1973, but not released until 1977, when it was released on the album Works Volume 2 . "Tiger in a Spotlight" was released as a single in Germany, and was added to the setlist for the 1978 tour. [2]

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Reception

Vintagerock.com said that "Tiger in a Spotlight" was the most accessible song on Works Volume 2. [3]

François Couture of AllMusic said that the song had more energy and excitement than most of the songs on the band's previous album, Works Volume 1 . Couture also said that "Tiger in a Spotlight" is "one of the very few worthy group songs ELP recorded after the album Brain Salad Surgery ." [4]

Paul Stump, in his 1997 History of Progressive Rock, called the song "a cheesy plod [which] shows just how low the band's collective inspiration had sunk." [5]

Paste magazine deemed the song one of the highlights on Works Volume 2. [6]

Other appearances

"Tiger in a Spotlight" has also been included on the live albums Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert , King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live and Then and Now . The song has also been included on the compilation albums The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Gold Edition , as well as the box sets From the Beginning and The Return of the Manticore .

References

  1. ↑ "ELP singles".
  2. ↑ "The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults, Vol. 1 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ admin. "Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works Volume 2 - CD Review". www.vintagerock.com.
  4. ↑ "Tiger in a Spotlight - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Song Info - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ Stump, Paul (1997). The Music's All that Matters: A History of Progressive Rock. Quartet Books Limited. p. 218. ISBN   0-7043-8036-6.
  6. ↑ "Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tiger In The Spotlight". Paste. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018.
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