SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND

As I write this, there are nearly 500 reviews of this album on this site, so to think I can really add anything substantial to what has already been said seems a little like hubris. Rather than dissect the album song-by-song, I'll simply say that anyone who truly appreciates good music needs to own this album. This is not like a great metal album, where some people who simply don't like metal would never appreciate it. This is simply great music, and anyone with an ear for quality songwriting will probably appreciate this album immensely. I first heard this album as a teenager, before I had any idea what "prog" was. I loved it then, and I love it now. Probably the best album recorded in the 1970's (though there's some heavy competition, of course), and certainly one of the ten best albums (in any genre) of all time.