AMNESIAC

This album is arguably the most overlooked in their discography. I think the reason is, because it is their most sublime, perfect masterpiece. You just can't appreciate a slab of music of this subtlety with a couple of listens. The critics blasted it for the most part...and we all know what experts they are, and how much they love progressive music and its ilk. As is well known, the music was recorded during the same sessions as "Kid A", and shares many characteristics with that previous album. But for some reason (more time to perfect the mixing perhaps?) it works better. It would be easy for me to argue (if I wasn't so equivocal), that such music as this is the future of progressive rock. Before you start shouting, you know, those among you who are symph-snobs who automatically give 5 stars to the latest genesis-copycat bands' records, may or may not like this type of music. And yeah, Yes is my favorite band...but just remember that "PROGRESSIVE ROCK" embraces many other sub-genres than just symphonic progressive. We have Krautrock, RIO, Zeuhl, even fusion and many other genre-blurring examples that are appreciated under the umbrella of prog. So pull up in the shade, enjoy a nice cool smoke and an iced tea and appreciate the radiant brilliance of "Pyramid Song" and "You and whose Army?"...