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Old 08-22-2010, 04:55 PM   #14 (permalink)
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A classic. I am amazed every time I listen to it how fast it goes through those songs. They honestly feel like average length songs, but they are all around 10 minutes or more. It was actually this album along with Selling England by the Pound that really kick started my prog phase.
The neat thing is that while the songs on CTTE are longish, the album itself is just 38 minutes, which makes for a rather quick and breezy listen with not a second of wasted space, particularly in an era of releases that are more CD length and padded accordingly. I've noticed shorter albums returning in the last few years and that is a welcome trend to me.
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