Editing Works Volume 1 (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Works Volume 1
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]
| cover      = Emerson Lake and Palmer Works Volume 1 album cover.png
| alt        =
| released   = 25 March 1977
| recorded   = 1976<ref>{{cite book|last1=Macan|first1=Edward|title=Endless Enigma|date=2006|publisher=Open Court|location=Peru, Illinois, United States of America|isbn=978-0-8126-9596-0|pages=353–355|ref=2}}</ref>
| venue      =
| studio     = [[De Lane Lea Studios]], London<br>[[Mountain Studios]], Montreux<br>Pathé-Marconi EMI Studios, Paris
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Contemporary classical music]]|[[folk rock]]|[[progressive rock]]|[[art rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/works-vol-2-mw0000197673|title=Works, Vol. 2 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer|first=David Ross|last=Smith|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=4 September 2012}}</ref>}}
| length     = 87:23
| label      = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Keith Emerson]]|[[Greg Lake]]|[[Carl Palmer]]|[[Peter Sinfield]]}}
| prev_title = [[Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends – Ladies and Gentlemen]]
| prev_year  = 1974
| next_title = [[Works Volume 2]]
| next_year  = 1977
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Works Volume 1
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Fanfare for the Common Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song)|Fanfare for the Common Man]]
 | single1date = 27 May 1977<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-05-28.pdf|title=Music Week|page=56|website=Worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
 | single2     = C'est La Vie
 | single2date = 26 August 1977<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-08-27.pdf|title=Music Week|page=48|website=Worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Works Volume 1''''' is the fifth studio album by English [[progressive rock]] band [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], released as a double album on 25 March 1977 on [[Atlantic Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8345-2097-2|title=Elvis Costello, Spike, Album|website=Bpi.co.uk|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref> Following their world tour supporting ''[[Brain Salad Surgery]]'' (1973), the group took an extended break before they reconvened in 1976 to record a new album. They were now [[tax exile]]s and recorded new material in London and overseas in [[Montreux]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Paris]], [[France]]. ''Works Volume 1'' features a side dedicated for each member to write and arrange their own tracks, while the fourth side features songs performed collectively. [[Keith Emerson]] recorded his [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Emerson)|Piano Concerto No. 1]], [[Greg Lake]] wrote several songs with lyricist [[Peter Sinfield]], and [[Carl Palmer]] recorded tracks of varied musical styles.

The album peaked at No. 9 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and No. 12 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and went gold in both countries, the latter for 500,000 copies sold. The group track "[[Fanfare for the Common Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song)|Fanfare for the Common Man]]", Emerson's adaptation of the [[Fanfare for the Common Man|1942 composition]] by [[Aaron Copland]], was released as a single in May 1977. It went to No. 2 on the [[UK singles chart]] to become the band's highest-charting single in the UK. Additional material recorded in 1976, plus songs from previous studio sessions, were released as ''[[Works Volume 2]]''. Both albums were supported with the 1977–1978 tour, which featured the band playing with an orchestra on stage for some early shows.