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1971 is oozing with unbelievable albums. Here's a sampling of the ones I listen to the most:

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

The Who - Who's Next

Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

The Doors - LA Woman

Pink Floyd - Meddle

Deep Purple - Fireball

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Led Zeppelin - IV

Yes - The Yes Album, and Fragile (two classic albums in one year!!!)

Genesis - Nursery Cryme

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

Almost all of the albums above are considered near or at the top of that band's output (Fireball isn't top 3 Deep Purple, but I think for all the others an argument can be made they are top 3.)

What do you think is the best year for rock?

Hey everybody, I’m doing a relisten to their discography after about 30 years and I’m really enjoying it so far. I thought I would share my top 10 songs, with the caveat that I still have a bunch of albums to go.

1. South Side of the Sky
2. Gates of Delirium
3. Machine Messiah
4. Revealing Science of God
5. Awaken
6. Close to the Edge
7. Heart of the Sunrise
8. Roundabout
9. Siberian Khatru
10. Perpetual Change

What are yours?

We've got a lot of great energy on this forum, and tons of enthusiasm for MU breaking 1000/share. I see lots of posts speculating whether we will break 1500 by end of year or not, etc.

But for us MUU holders, it's actually a bit different. If you've read about leveraged ETFs, you know about the dreaded volatility decay. That's why a great stock like IONQ, up 47.81% year-to-date, has a doubler IONX that is up only 35.91% year-to-date. And that's because IONQ flip-flops nearly every day, up then down. But rarely do people read articles about the flipside of volatility decay, which I will call stability supremacy. 2x leveraged ETFs can far exceed doubling when the base stock is up almost every single day. And that's all we need as MUU holders, up 2% here, 3% here, almost every day. We don't need those big 15% jump days, though they are fun.

Micron year-to-date is 204.20%. Micron leveraged is up 595.36%. So Micron has tripled, which is amazing, and Micron leveraged has almost returned 7x. Keep in mind that includes two pretty significant drop periods too. At times I've seen Micron leveraged fully triple the base Micron.

So anyway, that's just my way of saying, keep it green every day everybody! That's all we need.

I feel like we mostly talk about the bands that are associated with progressive rock - Yes, Genesis, etc without acknowledging that some bands cover a wide range of music, including prog, and some bands have that one or two songs that qualify as prog despite usually making music of other genres.

Today I would like to discuss Led Zeppelin, because they actually have quite a bit of prog rock songs. While being at heart a blues rock band, you could say they "minor" in prog.

I don't see much prog rock in their first 3 albums. Led Zeppelin IV is arguably prog from Battle of Evermore through Goin to California. Houses of the Holy I think is essentially a prog rock album, led by songs like Song Remains the Same and No Quarter. Physical Graffiti of course has In the Light, and I think you can argue that Kashmir is prog as well. Presence has Achilles Last Stand, which would be right at home on a Yes album. And finally, their most prog song, Carouselambra, is the heart of their final album In Through the Out Door.

Anyway, if you enjoy Zeppelin's prog rock output, let me know in the comments.

What’s the biggest jump in a band’s quality you can think of from one album to the next?

Here are the top 5 I can think of in prog rock:

5. Pink Floyd: Obscured by Clouds to Dark Side of the Moon
   Obscured is a good listen, but wow Dark Side is a big leap forward

6. Yes: Time and a Word to The Yes Album
   Time and a Word is good, but they entered their prime in the next.

7. Jethro Tull: This Was to Stand Up
   This Was is a fun bluesy album, but showed not a hint of the classic that followed it

8. Jethro Tull: Under Wraps to Crest of a Knave
   Big rebound after a clunker

9. Genesis: From Genesis to Revelation to Trespass
   You can get whiplash from the move from amateur hour to prog gods.