K2 (TALES OF TRIUMPH & TRAGEDY)

When this album came out, I had no money to purchase it right away, having just completed my Slayer (!) collection. Later on, I found it hard to get in the local stores, and forgot about it, until about 5 years ago. After searching hard, and not finding it, I finally bought it in digital form online. From the day I got it, I liked the album a lot - although it is definitely an '80s album, it is also a piece of music brought by a fabulous set of musicians. It may not be neo prog, not even prog at all, but it keeps turning up on my playlist, simply because of the great keyboard and guitar work.

Love it or hate it, but this is one of my all time favourites. For not being prog, I'll rate it 3 stars, but on any generic rock or music site, I would have definely given it 4 stars.