Works Volume II

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Works Volume II is an album released in 1978 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Unlike Works Volume I which consisted of three solo and one ensemble sides, Volume II was a single album which had the appearance of a patchwork pieced together from left-overs. Even so, however, there were some worthy tracks in this album, such as "Watching Over You" and "I Believe In Father Christmas". Furthermore, despite its apparent lack of focus, it does give a different side of the band, with blues, bluegrass and jazz being very prominent as musical genres in this recording.

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Album material

"When The Apple Blossoms Bloom..." 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.

An orchestral version of "I Believe In Father Christmas" was released in the UK as a Greg Lake single and became something of an annual Christmas standard, alongside such others as Slade's "Merry Xmas, Everybody" and Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day". It has often been refered to as the only atheist Christmas carol.

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Track listing

  1. "Tiger in a Spotlight" (4:32)
  2. "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (5:36)
  3. "Bullfrog" (3:49)
  4. "Brain Salad Surgery" (3:07)
  5. "Barrelhouse Shake-Down" (3:37)
  6. "Watching Over You" (3:54)
  7. "So Far To Fall" (4:55)
  8. "Maple Leaf Rag" (2:00)
  9. "I Believe in Father Christmas" (3:17)
  10. "Close But Not Touching" (3:18)
  11. "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (3:09)
  12. "Show Me The Way To Go Home" (3:30)

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