Critics in 1971 were mostly cold toward this album (and especially its title track), calling it self-indulgent and repetitive. How and why did its reputation change over time into a classic of progressive rock?
>>129807264The title track is great and the rest is filler
I prefer this Tarkus
>>129807264Critics didn't like prog to begin with. A lot of people who were open to it bought it and enjoyed it, and those critics are dead or in homes with dementia having contributed nothing to society in their lives, so now it's a classic
he's a funny little guy
>>129807264its really good
>>129807374tarkus is lovetarkus is life
>>129807264It was critic trendy to be cold on prog and ELP were like the poster boys for prog bad.
>>129807355But Christgau "The Dean of Rock Critics™" lives on still making reviews.
>>129808042sticky incoming any day now
>>129808402He had heart surgery recently, can't be too much longer.
>>129808402>Robert Christgau: Christgau's Record Guide (New York City, 1942) *dud*
