Tarkus

Tarkus is the second studio album by the English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It was released on June 1971 by Island Records. Particularly well known for its iconic cover art (created by William Neal and featuring a Giant armadillo on tank treads) it has become one of their successful works, reaching number one in British charts.

Track listing

 * Side one
 * 1) "Tarkus" – 20:35
 * 2) "Eruption" (Emerson) – 2:43
 * 3) "Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake) – 3:44
 * 4) "Iconoclast" (Emerson) – 1:15
 * 5) "Mass" (Emerson, Lake) – 3:11
 * 6) "Manticore" (Emerson) – 1:52
 * 7) "Battlefield" (Lake) – 3:51
 * 8) "Aquatarkus" (Emerson) – 3:59
 * Side two
 * 1) "Jeremy Bender" (Emerson, Lake) – 1:46
 * 2) "Bitches Crystal" (Emerson, Lake) – 3:55
 * 3) "The Only Way (Hymn)" (Emerson, Lake) – 3:49
 * 4) "Infinite Space (Conclusion)" (Emerson, Palmer) – 3:18
 * 5) "A Time and a Place" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 2:57
 * 6) "Are You Ready Eddy?" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 2:10

Japanese 2010 edition bonus

 * 1) "Prelude and Fugue" (Friedrich Gulda) – 3:17

2012 edition

 * The Alternate Tarkus

Includes the following bonus tracks


 * "Oh, My Father" (Lake) – 4:07
 * 1) "Unknown Ballad" (Emerson) – 3:04
 * 2) "Mass (Alternate take)" (Emerson, Lake) – 4:30