"Black Moon" is a studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer released in 1992. It was the first studio album by the band since 1978.
Its closest sonic cousin is the mid-'80s album Emerson and Lake recorded with drummer Cozy Powell. Sharp digital electronics replace Keith Emerson's classic analog synthesizer sounds, and the fanciful, classical-influenced prog-rock epics of yore are streamlined into a more accessible mainstream rock format, though some traces of the trio's vintage flash still pop up.
The original trio's first studio album in a dozen years suffers from the inevitable aging and darkening of Lake 's voice, and a lack of real impetus, although it does contain one first-rate classical adaptation, The Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.
Track listing
01. Black Moon (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
02. Paper Blood (Emerson, Lake , Palmer) - 4:26
03. Affairs of the Heart (Geoff Downes, Lake ) - 3:46
04. Romeo and Juliet (Sergei Prokofiev) - 3:40
05. Farewell to Arms (Emerson, Lake ) - 5:08
06. Changing States (Emerson) - 6:01
07. Burning Bridges (Mark Mancina) - 4:41
08. Close to Home (Emerson) - 4:27
09. Better Days (Emerson, Lake ) - 5:33
10. Footprints in the Snow (Lake ) - 3:50
Released: June 27, 1992
Recorded: Marcus Studios, Front Page Recorders, mixed at Conway Studios, 1992
Genre: Progressive rock
Length: 48:28
Label: Victory Music
Producer: Mark Mancina, Ian Morrow, John Van Tongeren
Personnel
Keith Emerson - keyboards, piano
Carl Palmer - percussion, drums
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