Works Volume II
Studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Released	November 10, 1977
Recorded	???
Genre	Symphonic rock
Length	43:54
Label	Atlantic
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Works Volume I (1977)	Works Volume II (1978)	Love Beach (1978)

Works Volume II is an album released in 1977 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Unlike Works Volume I which consisted of three solo and one ensemble sides, Volume II was a single album which seemingly was a compilation of leftover tracks from other album sessions that had not made those albums. While many derided the album for its apparent lack of focus, others felt it showed a different side of the band, with blues, bluegrass and jazz being very prominent as musical genres in this recording. Image File history File links Front cover of ELPs album Works Volume II This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Symphonic rock is a subgenre of rock music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Works Volume I is a 1977 album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer. ... Love Beach is a 1978 album by English progressive rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Works Volume I is a 1977 album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer. ...

Album material

"When The Apple Blossoms Bloom...", "Tiger In The Spotlight" and "Brain Salad Surgery" had been recorded at the 1973 sessions for the album Brain Salad Surgery but did not appear on it - rather strangely in the case of the latter. Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1973 and the first under their Manticore Records imprint. ...

Volume II also included a stripped-down version of Greg Lake's "I Believe In Father Christmas." An orchestral version had previously been released in the UK as a single and became something of an annual Christmas standard there, alongside such others as Slade's "Merry Xmas, Everybody" and Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day". This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... I Believe In Father Christmas is a song by Greg Lake. ... For the 1973 childrens picture book by Raymond Briggs, see Raymond Briggs. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that marks the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article refers to the 1970s rock and roll band. ...

Track listing

1. "Tiger in a Spotlight" (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Peter Sinfield) – 4:32
2. "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 5:36
3. "Bullfrog" (Ron Aspery, Mick Hodgkinson, Palmer)– 3:49
4. "Brain Salad Surgery" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 3:07
5. "Barrelhouse Shake-Down" (Emerson) – 3:37
6. "Watching Over You" (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:54
7. "So Far to Fall" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 4:55
8. "Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin) – 2:00
9. "I Believe in Father Christmas" (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:17
10. "Close But Not Touching" (Palmer) – 3:18
11. "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade "Lux" Lewis) – 3:09
12. "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (L. James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 3:30

Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944) is a British keyboard player and composer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Peter Sinfield (born on December 27, 1943 in London, England) is most famously known as the lyricist for early incarnations of King Crimson. ... Second edition cover of Maple Leaf Rag, perhaps the most famous rag of all The gay leaf rag (1899) is an early ragtime composition for piano by Scott Joplin. ... Scott Joplin (born between June 1867 and January 1868[1] – died April 1, 1917) was an African American musician and composer of ragtime music. ... I Believe In Father Christmas is a song by Greg Lake. ... Honky Tonk Train Blues is the name of a song written by Meade Lux Lewis. ... Meade Anderson Lux Lewis (1905 - 1964) was a United States pianist and composer noted for his work in the Boogie Woogie style. ... Show Me the Way to Go Home is a folk song and drinking tune. ...

Singles

• Tiger in a Spotlight / So Far to Fall
• Watching Over You / Hallowed Be Thy Name