SECONDS OUT

"Seconds Out" is an achievement without parallel: in this reviewer's opinion, it's the best live album ever, the best Genesis album, and one of the three best progressive rock albums of all time.

From start to finish, this album is astonishing in its excellence. Tracks like "Squonk" and "Dance on a Volcano" have immense sonic power; "Cinema Show" and "The Carpet Crawl" offer the delicacy of angels. And all of this is captured in a recording of incredible clarity, warmth, and dynamic range.

Perhaps most amazing of all, the band takes songs from the Peter Gabriel-era and, with Phil Collins singing, actually improves on them with better production and engineering. Truly a pinnacle of modern music.