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Critical reaction to the album was very favorable. It reached #73 on the Billboard 200 album chart, #2 on the Billboard Top Internet Albums, #6 on the Finnish Albums Chart and #8 on the German Albums Chart. The album was ranked number 95 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine's list of The greatest 100 guitar albums of all time. It is ranked as the 15th Greatest Concept Album (as of March, 2003) by Classic Rock Magazine.
In 2010, the album was awarded a gold certification from the RIAA, it being their second album awarded gold. The first was Images and Words.
In 2012, the readers of RollingStone.com have voted the album into the #1 position of their "Your Favorite Prog Rock Albums of All Time" poll.
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