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1	* AwardBaitSong: At least one per album: "To One in Paradise", "Don't Let It Show" (from ''Music/IRobot''), "Day After Day", "The Eagle Will Rise Again", "If I Could Change Your Mind", "Time", "Old and Wise", "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" (from ''Music/IRobot'')...
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
3	** "Sirius" is arguably '''the''' Crowning Music amongst [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] fans, due to [[SongAssociation its use by the Chicago Bulls as their player intro music]]. Even if you're not a Bulls fan, you do recognize the music. The song even spread to other NBA teams, the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]], the NCAA and even the Italian soccer team U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.
4	** Among fans, there seems to be general consensus that if Lenny Zakatek is singing on a track, it usually means the song in question is going to be good. Commonly cited evidence includes "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" (from ''Music/IRobot''), "Games People Play" and "You Don't Believe".
5	** Even some of their more obscure songs, such as "Can't Take it With You" and "La Sagrada Familia," are pretty epic.
6	* {{Broken Base}}: The fanbase seems to have varied opinions on post-''Eye In The Sky'' albums and ''Eve'', Especially ''Stereotomy''.
7	** In ''Stereotomy'''s case, some may say that it's a weak and filled with [[TheEighties 80's pop-themed production.]], although the other half may say that it's a good {{Synthpop}} album.
8	** ''Tales Of Mystery and Imagination'': Original or the 1987 remix? Although it is not as prominent as the other arguments due to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes the 1987 remix being available on most platforms]], but the argument is still a thing.
9	* EpicRiff: "Sirius".
10	** "(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether."
11	** Also, "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned."
12	** As for non-guitar riffs, [[Music/IRobot "I Robot"]], "Psychobabble", and "Standing On Higher Ground".
13	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: They're more popular in the United States than they are in their native United Kingdom.
14	** They're also popular in Spain, being the only country ''Gaudi'' peaked in and went gold there.
15	* GeniusBonus: Or rather, Well-Traveled Bonus. The escalators in the cover art for ''Music/IRobot'' are those of {{UsefulNotes/Paris}} Charles [=DeGaulle=] Airport as it stood in the 1970s. (The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through CDG; they're part of Terminal 1, which used to be the whole airport but is now something of a backwater, only operating flights for airlines not connected to Air France. It's rather a weird experience, whether or not you've seen the ''I Robot'' cover art.)
16	** "Time", about the finitude of life and originally sang by Eric Woolfson, became this after he passed away in 2009. His former teammate Lenny Zakatek recorded a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa_SulHZva4 tribute cover]].
17	** "Genesis Ch.1 V.32", from ''I Robot''. Chapter 1 of the Book of Genesis only has 31 verses.
18	* NightmareFuel: Quite some examples, surprisingly.
19	** The "Intermezzo" and "Fall" sections of the "Fall of the House of Usher" suite in ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' are some rather apocalyptic and scary short orchestral segments.
20	** "Total Eclipse", near the end of ''Music/IRobot'' is a creepy orchestral song reminescent of the music heard in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
21	** The creepy orchestral part that opens "Lucifer" from ''Eve''.
22	** In the middle of "Psychobabble" from ''Eye in the Sky'', there's an unsettling orchestral rise, similar to what's heard in "The Voice" from ''Music/IRobot''.
23	** Due to its atonal nature, some people may find certain parts of ''The Sicilian Defence'' creepy, like the beginning of "P-K4" or "Kt-B3".
24	* ShoutOut: And it's cold Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight...
25	** They also have quite a lot of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe [[ShoutOut shout-outs,]] such as most of ''Tales Of Mystery and Imagination'', ''The Gold Bug'' from ''Turn Of A Friendly Card'' and ''Stereotomy'' being a word taken from {{Literature/The Murders in The Rue Morgue}}.

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