2112 holds a special place in my heart in that it kicks ass. My brother was a pre-hipster hipster and bought it on vinyl before collecting vinyl was cool - it was just cheap than buying CDs - so I heard it Side A first, then flipped it over. Side A is probably the coolest and least pretentious prog rock suite ever. It tells an weird sci-fi story but without the music being bloated and the guitar & keyboard solos overstaying their welcome like a lotta prog. Also, in a time before computers and the playing to 'grid' were standard issue in all recording studios, the music is amazingly tight. Plus, watching Neil Peart play that payload of a drum kit is crazy!
And then you get Side B, which is a great breather after the epic because it's just one great standalone tune one after the other. So that's my vote and reasoning behind it: 2112!
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