Pictures at an Exhibition is an album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1972 as a live album and re-released in 2001 as a remastered edition including both live and studio versions of Mussorgsky's classical piece Pictures at an Exhibition.

There was also a video made of a different live performance. This had a limited theatrical release in 1973, and a remastered DVD release with Dolby surround sound in 2000. This performance is notable for its technical problems; Keith Emerson's voltage-controlled synthesizer sometimes plays the wrong notes, apparently due to power supply problems.

Cover design

The original album cover used a gatefold sleeve depicting, on the outside, blank picture frames labeled with the titles of the pieces: "The Old Castle", "The Gnome", etc. On the inside all the pictures were revealed, but one remains blank: "Promenade". (The musical piece, of course, is not about a picture, but represents a walk through the gallery.)

Some CD covers use only the "revealed" version.

Track listing

1. "Promenade/The Gnome/Promenade/The Sage/The Old Castle/Blues Variations [medley]" (Lake, Mussorgsky, Palmer) - 1:58
2. "The Gnome" (Mussorgsky, Palmer) - 4:18
3. "Promenade" (Lake, Mussorgsky) - 1:23
4. "The Sage" (Lake) - 4:42
5. "The Old Castle" (Emerson, Mussorgsky) - 2:33
6. "Blues Variation" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 4:22
7. "Promenade" (Mussorgsky) - 1:29
8. "The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky) - 1:12
9. "The Curse of Baba Yaga" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 4:10
10. "The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky) - 1:06
11. "The Great Gates of Kiev/The End" (Lake, Mussorgsky) - 6:37
12. "End/Nutrocker" (Fowley) - 4:26
13. "Pictures at an Exhibition" [studio version/*] (Lake, Mussorgsky) - 15:28
    1. "Promenade"
    2. "The Gnome"
    3. "Promenade"
    4. "The Sage"
    5. "The Hut of Baba Yaga"
    6. "The Great Gates of Kiev"

* This track, recorded in 1993, is only available on the 2001 remastered edition.

Personnel

• Keith Emerson - keyboard
• Greg Lake - bass, guitar, vocals
• Carl Palmer - percussion, drums

Production

• Producer: Greg Lake
• Engineer: Eddie Offord
• Remastering: Joseph M. Palmaccio
• Arrangers: Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
• Cover design: William Neal
• Cover painting: William Neal
• Artwork: William Neal
• Photography: Nigel Marlow, Keith Morris

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Miscellaneous

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition was also performed in a different electronic arrangement by Isao Tomita.