OK, I've now played this album back-to-back against Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper, Fragile and Rumours.
It's held up well against AR and Pepper. When I played Fragile immediately after MPP, I was amazed at how well the end of Brothersport flowed into Roundabout. In fact, I think the closest "classic" pop/rock analog band to AnCo is probably Yes, a lot of the songs of the two bands are structured similarly.
But when I played Rumours after MPP, MPP didn't hold up as well - respectfully, but only moderately close. That said, not many pop/rock albums would. Rumours is tough to beat.
I think I might next try playing it back-to-back against Revolver, but I'm not sure MPP has much of a chance against that one.
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