# "Undiscovered" Masterpieces on Classic Albums

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undiscovered-masterpieces-on-classic-albums/845887 "2020-01-03T16:38:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undiscovered-masterpieces-on-classic-albums/845887/121 "2020-01-13T19:12:00Z")

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> [@Smid](#):
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> Talking of that, niche, atypical albums of complete quality: Drama from Yes, with the new incarnation of Yes at the time without most of the usual members, was so much better than the crap Yes had been producing for about ten years at that point.

Gosh - and here I was thinking I was the outlier on that one. Yeah, as far as I’m concerned, they recorded nothing between _Close to Edge_ and _Drama_.

> [@Smid](#):
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> Long Way Home from Supertramp’s Breakfast in America is a classic too. Not sure how well known it is though.

In my region, that one was played on the radio as much as _Logical Song_ or _Goodbye Stranger_.

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undiscovered-masterpieces-on-classic-albums/845887/122 "2020-01-13T23:52:28Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> _Mother Goose_

^Yes, emphatically.

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undiscovered-masterpieces-on-classic-albums/845887/123 "2020-01-13T23:53:32Z")

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> [@Eonwe](#):
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> Add me to the list; Mad Man Moon is one of my favorite Genesis songs of all time.
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> [hijack]  
> And, there’s something about the sound of Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering that stand out in a really great way . . . maybe the most beautiful of Genesis’ albums? There’s just a dream-like cloak over both albums.  
> [/hijack]

And his name was…

**STEVE HACKETT.**

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**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undiscovered-masterpieces-on-classic-albums/845887/124 "2020-01-16T22:46:28Z")

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Parallel Lines, Blondie, 11:59 every bit as good as Heart of Glass, but never got the air play it deserved.

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