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
#"Tarkus" – 20:35
##"Eruption" (Emerson) – 2:43
##"Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake) – 3:44
##"Iconoclast" (Emerson) – 1:15
##"Mass" (Emerson, Lake) – 3:11
##"Manticore" (Emerson) – 1:52
##"Battlefield" (Lake) – 3:51
##"Aquatarkus" (Emerson) – 3:59
;Side two
#"Jeremy Bender" (Emerson, Lake) – 1:46
#"Bitches Crystal" (Emerson, Lake) – 3:55
#"The Only Way (Hymn)" (Emerson, Lake) – 3:49
#"Infinite Space (Conclusion)" (Emerson, Palmer) – 3:18
#"A Time and a Place" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 2:57
#"Are You Ready Eddy?" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 2:10
===Japanese 2010 edition bonus===
#"Prelude and Fugue" (Friedrich Gulda) – 3:17
===2012 edition===
;The Alternate Tarkus
Includes the following bonus tracks
#"Oh, My Father" (Lake) – 4:07
#"Unknown Ballad" (Emerson) – 3:04
#"Mass (Alternate take)" (Emerson, Lake) – 4:30
Category:Emerson, Lake & Palmer albums