NURSERY CRYME

I have always found it hard to choose the best GENESIS album. You have the enigmatic "Trespass", the lofty "Foxtrot", the utterly sublime "Selling England..." and the damn near perfect "The Lamb". Depends on what day of the week you ask me, I guess... but let me say that, despite the plethora of excellent albums that GENESIS have released over the past 35 years, this one will always be a definite contender for the top spot.

Why is that? What makes this album so good? The songs; the musicianship; the atmosphere; the lyrics; the eclecticism... there is no one factor that makes it great, but rather a combination of all the above. Each song has a special "niche" on the album and can be listened to seperately or all together as a whole.

There is a special sort of atmosphere on this release that wasn't really present on the others. I can't really put my finger on what that is, but it's there, pervasive throughout.

Don't listen to any criticism of this album, for, in my opinion, music this good is beyond it. Play me my song...

Definitely essential.