Ben Wener of the Orange County Register recently wrote an article which chronicles the history of the concept album. Rush gets a mention of course:
... Prog-rock reached its zenith – and then its nadir – as Yes told "Tales From Topographic Oceans," Genesis sacrificed "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway," Rush zoomed into "2112" and Jethro Tull got "Thick as a Brick" and so on. ...
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