Nothing To Lose is a better attempt at arena rock than most of Asia's debut IMO... Danger Money is certainly a different animal than the four-piece album but as an attempt at hard rock progressive it's pretty damn good, especially for a keys based power trio.
For me, the shock was Deep Purple In Rock. And the Fire Suite by Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, side one of the LP. King Crimson, not this one you've mentioned, but the song Starless from Red, after first hearing, I experienced a cathartic emotion. Led Zeppelin, again, not the first two, but the song from their 3d, Since I've Been Loving You. That was a shocking impression.
I was truly agog. Listening to it in 1970, it was unlike anything else out there. I'd imagine that one's reaction would be heavily dependent upon the context of the times within which the music was first heard. At the time of release: shocking. 20 years later, maybe not so much.
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