Emerson, Lake & Powell (album)

Emerson, Lake & Powell
Studio album by
Released2 June 1986
Recorded1985–1986
Studio
  • Maison Rouge, London
  • Fleetwood Mobile, Sussex
Genre
Length42:42
LabelPolydor
Producer
Singles from Emerson, Lake & Powell
  1. "Touch and Go"
    Released: 9 June 1986
  2. "Lay Down Your Guns"
    Released: 25 August 1986 (US)
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Emerson, Lake & Powell is the only studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Powell, released on 2 June 1986 by Polydor Records.

The album's debut single was "Touch and Go" which peaked at number 60 on the Billboard charts on 19 July 1986. Cash Box called it a "thunderous, large scale rock drama." The main synthesizer part of "Touch and Go" is based on the English folk tune "Lovely Joan". Another version of "Touch and Go" was recorded by Emerson, Lake & Palmer and is included in the box set The Return of the Manticore (1993).

The opening track, "The Score", is best known to have been used as the arena, intermission and TV theme song of New Japan Pro-Wrestling from the 1990s to the early 2010s.