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The big one. The grand masterpiece of pretentious, I mean progressive rock. I do love it, so don't get me wrong. From start to finish,you are taken on an adventure with this album. Side one, is the obvious overwhelmer here with it's intricate weaving of musical and lyrical ideas. It is a powerful song, piece, opus...whtever you want to refer to it as. I still get a charge out of the end with the "attention all planets of the solar federation...we have assumed control". Fantastic! Now, let us not forget the shorter songs on side 2 for they too are fantastic. "Passage To Bancock" and "Something For Nothing" alone would make the LP a must have. Is the whole thing kinda silly? Well..yeah, but...it's a great kind of silly and it rocks. Still a favorite!