The most tragically overlooked track by Procol Harum: Homburg.

 I had this on a compilation album on cassette back when I was knee-high to a giraffe's eye and it still gives me goose-bumps after all this time. Often overlooked because of it's more famous counterpart "Whiter Shade Of Pale", this one really shines on it's own. Many bands have been buried beneath the overwhelming success of one song and then largely ignored for anything else they might have done; to some extent this is true for these guys even though they have some fantastic albums which work both lyrically and melodically extremely well. Well now, my multi-lingual business friends, throw down your hat and enjoy:

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