Tarkus
Album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Released	June 14, 1971
Recorded	Advision Studios, 1971
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	38 min 40 sec
Label	Island (UK) Cotillion (US)
Producer	Greg Lake
Professional reviews
AMG	3.5/5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2CBB5310D1CAEE52B0DD6637388FE4A360285E36&uid=CADMR0412092252&sql=10:y2jn7i7jg71r~T1)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Chronology
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)	Tarkus (1971)	Pictures at an Exhibition (1972)

Tarkus is the second album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music).

"Tarkus" seems to be the hybrid machine-animal depicted on the cover. The inner gatefold sleeve featured a sequence of pictures depicting battles between this armadillo-tank hybrid and other half-mechanical creatures, until its eventual defeat by a manticore. The band later chose the name Manticore Records for their self-owned record label.

In 1993 the album was digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio. The remastered version was released by Victory Records in the UK and Rhino Records in the US.

Contents

1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts

Track listing

1. "Tarkus" (Emerson, Lake) - 20:35
   • "Eruption" - 2:43
   • "Stones of Years" - 3:44
   • "Iconoclast" - 1:15
   • "Mass" - 3:11
   • "Manticore" - 1:52
   • "Battlefield" - 3:51
   • "Aquatarkus" - 3:59
2. "Jeremy Bender" (Emerson, Lake) - 1:46
3. "Bitches Crystal" (Emerson, Lake) - 3:55
4. "The Only Way" [hymn] (Emerson, Lake) - 3:48
5. "Infinite Space" [conclusion] (Emerson, Palmer) - 3:18
6. "A Time and a Place" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 2:57
7. "Are You Ready Eddy?" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 2:10

Personnel

• Keith Emerson - organ, synthesizer, piano, celeste, keyboard, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer
• Greg Lake - acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Carl Palmer - percussion, drums

Production

• Producer: Greg Lake
• Engineer: Eddie Offord
• Mastering: Zal Schreiber
• Arranger: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Director: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Paintings: William Neal

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1971	Pop Albums	9