What happened? Where did this stuff come from? Even the name "progressive" rock, what is in anyway progressive about this? What's the progression at play here? Was it drugs? It is quite a shock to listen to something like this, I mean what were they thinking? Who is listening to this for pleasure, what do they seek in doing so? What thrill or joy does it bring. I'm gobsmacked by how awful this is, and I've had to listen to Manassas and Napalm Death in this process. Peter Gabriel. Ok so I'm pretty sure that he saw Bruce live after recording this and had the greatest what the fuck moment in the history of Western pop music. Standing out on Solsbury Hill indeed, he must have cringed all the way home. The notes say that he "insisted" on writing all the "lyrics", far out man. Was this the games without frontiers he was thinking of later? And the concept album. Someone needs to write a thesis on the concept of the concept album. Does Pete Townsend have a lot to answer for? Or was it Macca with his moment of madness, with JL letting his guard down due to too much acid? Regardless the concept album concept is, shall we say, totally fucked. I'm not sure I'm going to recover from this one. There had to be a flute right? There just had to be, fucking flute. Why the flute? What did they think they were doing with flutes? What happened, seriously what was this all about? I don't know what to do next after listening to this, I think I need to listen to Powerage or Rubber Factory to restore my faith in humanity? Minus 1,00000000000000