Album Wars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The great majority of the idiotic music press (Blender for example) that hates on progressive rock usually make Tales their greatest target and it's often cited as one of the main reasons prog rock fail out of favor.

Because of this when I checked the album out I had preconceptions that it would be horrible and what I found instead was a really damn good album that grew on me over time and only increased my love for the band.

I pretty much consider it the most misunderstood album in rock music history and not at all deserving of the smearing it gets.

Yeah it's a very long album but I think they suceed in providing enough interesting ideas to warrant the song length, for the most part anyway. The Ancient is too disjointed and padded out, the other 3 tracks are excellent though and besides it's not any more indulgent than the stuff Can did on Tago Mago. Yes should have made it a 3 side album but who in the f*ck does that? Release it as one LP and an EP?

Also 20 minutes of filler > 30 minutes of filler.
 
The Man in Black takes it 11-1!!! Next match:


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Stevie Wonder-Talking Book


vs.


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Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
 
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