THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

This is an extremely difficult album to review. As an old Genesis fanatic I much rather hear Foxtrot or Selling England By The Pound. This is not to say I don´t like this CD. I do. I think the story is fantastic, even though I´m not sure if I did really understand the complete concept (does anyone?). The music is what annoys me. Sometimes it sounds like a movie soundtrack: when you´re looking at the pictures (lyrics) it all makes sense. Without them it does not always work. There are some brilliant tunes here and there, and again I still think that if you´re not following the storyline - no matter how hard and confusing it may be - they seem awkward.

So, in the end, if you´re not in the mood to hear the whole story and picture the scenes, there are few songs here that pleases the listener (The Carpet Crawlers and In The Cage are great tunes on their own). Like some reviewers pointed out, it would be a masterpiece if it was a Peter Gabriel solo project. As a Genesis album it really disappoints in many aspects. I was expecting more instrumental parts, and more fine melodies too, from such a fantastic and talented line up.

As a visual show I´d Land Lies On Broadway a 5 star rating (like I saw The Musical Box staging of this piece). As an album, specially as a classic Genesis album, it lacks in melody and more dynamic playing. 3,5 stars.