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Genesis

Symphonic Prog

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Autoband

Good album, but TOO overrated.

This is where my prog journey started, the first prog album I ever bought. Now I understand why, this is an easy listen, and because of it never up to the higher standards layed down by Yes and for example Van der Graaf Generator.

This album has a lot of good moments, like Dancing with the moonlith knight, firth of fifth and cinema show, however it also has it's share of weaker moments, like the ending of the first track and the start of Cinema show.

The weakest moment of all is the track "more fool me" a horrible track where Phill Collins is showcasing? his vocal abilities (not so good at the time, they would improve a lot after), why this track is on the album, is beyond me, but I guess all members wanted some contribution.

The album is pretty unbalanced with VERY good moments to horrible moments, I can't see why this is considered as such a masterpiece, we true progheads should be more interested in some more complex prog (obviously the reason this is so popular is that this is easy to listen).

3 stars, no more, maybe a bit less ;)

Autoband | 3/5 | 2006-12-7

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