CALLING ALL STATIONS

NOt as bad as I initially thought it would be, nor the ´return´ to their prog roots as I read somewhere. In fact, it has some decent pop rock songs in it: Congo, It´s Not About Us and others. And even some interesting prog pop tunes like Alien Afternoon But there are also lame stuff like Shipwerecked. Ray Wilson´s voice is fine, but sounds nothing like Gabriel or Collins, so I really did not see the point of calling this a Genesis album. Rutherford-Banks Project? That would be more fitting, I guess. No wonder this album was not a success. And I am no too sad we did not see a follow up.

Still, it is done with the usual profissionalism and has a good production. If you like pop rock songs you´ll find some good tunes here. But, please, don´t look for anything that sounds like Genesis. Not even 80´s Genesis. It does not!

Two stars. For (hardcore) fans, collectors and completionists. And for pop rock lovers in general.