Upon arrival, Sinfield found the group were barely talking to each other and he left the island when he was finished working on the album. Though frictions had arisen between Sinfield and Lake by this time Sinfield thought a break would be good for him and accepted however, because of the limited amount of time he had, he requested that he work alone. Lyricist Peter Sinfield, who had worked with Lake in King Crimson and on his collection of songs on Works Volume 1, was asked by band manager Stewart Young to join them in Nassau and assist Lake in writing the lyrics. Emerson's increasing drug use had additionally started to affect his ability to work or collaborate with others. The sessions were difficult due to the increasingly strained relations between the three musicians. Jack Nuber and Karl Pitterson were engineers. Early pressings of Love Beach carried no producer credit, but production and mixing of the album were largely carried out by Emerson. Recording took place in 1978 at Compass Point Studios without a dedicated producer, despite Lake having produced all of their previous albums. The band had become tax exiles and decided to record in Nassau in the Bahamas where Emerson and Lake were renting homes. Emerson therefore "eased up on my opinions to an extent, bit my nails, and gave him the freedom he kept asking for on side one". The need for a commercial album suited Lake's method of songwriting, as he was responsible for the group's radio friendly songs such as " Lucky Man" and " From the Beginning". Lake recalled that Ertegun threatened to decline the band the prospect of solo albums if they refused to work together, so they agreed. Emerson recalled the band's meeting with Ertegun and his suggestion for the group to make "a commercial album" which Emerson felt reluctant to do. He also reminded them that they had to deliver one more. Despite the group preferring to rest, they were encouraged by Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun to record a new album. Several early shows featured the group playing with a symphony orchestra on stage (as in Montreal at the Olympic Stadium) but it proved too costly to operate and the idea was dropped. In March 1978, the band finished their ten-month North American tour in support of Works Volume 1 (1977). The album was not supported with a tour and in early 1979, Emerson, Lake & Palmer disbanded. It spawned one single released in the UK, Lake and Sinfield's track "All I Want is You". 55 on the US Billboard 200 where it reached gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America in January 1979 for selling 500,000 copies. The album received negative reviews from critics. After Greg Lake and Carl Palmer had finished recording their parts they left the island, leaving Keith Emerson to finish the album himself. They retreated to Nassau, Bahamas as tax exiles to record Love Beach with lyricist Peter Sinfield who is credited as a co-writer of each track. By the end of their 1977–1978 North American tour internal relations had started to deteriorate, but the group were contractually required to produce one more album. It was released in November 1978 by Atlantic Records as their final studio album released prior to their split in the following year. Love Beach is the seventh studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
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