Pictures at an Exhibition is a live album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in November 1971 on Island Records.

It features the group's rock adaptation of Pictures at an Exhibition, the piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, performed at Newcastle City Hall on 26 March 1971.

The album concludes with the concert's encore, "Nut Rocker", a rock adaptation of The Nutcracker originally arranged by Kim Fowley and recorded by B. Bumble and the Stingers in 1962.

The tour's setlist included their rock arrangement of the classical suite Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, which had been performed since their live debut in August 1970.

Palmer's drum roll connecting "Promenade" to the following section was added to give Emerson time to return to his keyboards.

Note that Mussorgsky's original compositions are listed in bold: The cover was designed and painted by William Neal, who produced every canvas.

On the inner gatefold all of the paintings were revealed, but "Promenade" remains blank; this section of the suite is not about a picture, but represents a walk through the exhibition.

Neal's paintings were later hung at Hammersmith Town Hall, and photographed by Keith Morris and Nigel Marlow, both former graduates from Guildford School of Art.

Robert Christgau gave the album a D+ and Lester Bangs, writing for Rolling Stone, brutally mocked the attempt at recording a classical suite.

The album was a great success with fans, however, and a shortened version of "Pictures" continued to be used as a live encore through the remainder of the band's career.

[13] The album was reissued in 2001 with a new master and a bonus studio version of the suite recorded in 1993 that was released The Return of the Manticore (1993) box set and some pressings of In the Hot Seat (1994).