THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

The Lamb is a masterpiece, an artform of its own. An unbelievable and breathtaking combination of the finest progressive music ever created and a superb theatrical performance that left a legacy of mythical proportions. The fact that the original live show was never captured on film is a terrible loss for our civilization's art archive; then again, it added even more to the album's myth and mystique.

The Gabriel-era-Genesis had already touched perfection, delivering prog masterpieces such as The Musical Box, Supper's Ready and Firth of Fifth, but up until then not a whole album of prog perfection. Something solid was forming in the air, that culminated in The Lamb. With this double concept album, the Gabriel-led band reached its highest point and went as far in the prog undiscovered country as no band ever had, or did ever since.

When they lost Peter, they lost the front man, the main artist, the inspiration. When they lost Steve, they lost yet another great musician. In the following Genesis works, the great music is still there, but the magic is forever gone, let alone the incredible theatrical aspect of the Gabriel years.

Listening to The Lamb always sends shivers down my spine and evokes all kinds of emotions in me, time and time again - I dare to say that it has made my life richer. So thank you Peter, Steve, Tony, Mike and Phil for having been there and having created this unsurpassable masterpiece!

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