Black Moon (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Black Moon
Type = Album
Artist = Emerson, Lake & Palmer


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
Last album = "In Concert" or "Works Live"
(1979)
This album = "Black Moon"
(1992)
Next album = "Live at the Royal Albert Hall"
(1993)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qp7uak1k5m3v~T1 link]

"Black Moon" is an album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). The first studio album under the band's original lineup since 1978, it was regarded by fans as a triumphant comeback, although the band's subsequent career did not fulfill its promise.

Track listing

#"Black Moon" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 6:56
#"Paper Blood" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 4:26
#"Affairs of the Heart" (Geoffrey Downes, Lake) – 3:46
#"Romeo and Juliet" (Sergei Prokofiev) – 3:40
#"Farewell to Arms" (Emerson, Lake) – 5:08
#"Changing States" (Emerson) – 6:01
#"Burning Bridges" (Mark Mancina) – 4:41
#"Close to Home" (Emerson) – 4:27
#"Better Days" (Emerson, Lake) – 5:33
#"Footprints in the Snow" (Lake) – 3:50

Personnel

*Keith Emerson - keyboards
*Greg Lake - guitar, vocals, bass
*Carl Palmer - percussion, drums

Additional personnel
*Willie Alexander - keyboard
*Tim Heintz - timbales
*Mark Holding - background vocals

Production

*Producers: Mark Mancina, Ian Morrow, John Van Tongeren
*Engineers: Steve Kempster, Stephen Marcussen, David Mitchell
*Assistant engineers: Anthony Danbury, Gil Morales, Marnie Riley, Brett Swain, Charlie Watts
*Mixing: Steve Kempster, David Mitchell
*Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
*Digital editing: Jay Rifkin
*Programming: Tim Heintz, Gary Hodgson, Ian Morrow, John Van Tongeren
*Keyboard technician: Willie Alexander
*Vocal arrangement: Mark Holding

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

ingles

* Black Moon / A Blade of Grass
* Affairs of the Heart / Better Days