THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

I must say that managing to do a full listen of this one album in one sitting was an absolute nightmare for me (which is already a red flag). Not just because of how long it is, but because of how massive the amount of filler tracks is, most of the time I would just fall asleep.

I simply cannot get to love this album like everyone else, and from the Peter Gabriel era (excluding debut), this is probably my least favorite album. Whether it's because of how overly long and colossal it is, or because of how uninteresting I find it. It surely has some standouts inside it, but they get drowned in a sea of content that's un- memorable in my eyes. With that said, I'm going to mention some tracks that could definitely justify the high rating this record has.

From the first side:

There's a good amount of tracks that I like in the first CD. Cocoon is a pretty sweet song, short and nice. In The Cage is overall a pretty solid all-round track, it's one of the cornerstones of the album. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging is very catchy, and features Peter Gabriel using as many voice effects as possible. Back In N.Y.C. is pretty boring but the last minute is actually one of the most bone-chilling sections I've heard from Genesis, a calm chorus that closes the song very well.

From the second side:

There really isn't many great songs in this CD. It does have my favorite from the album though, Anyway is a beyond killer track. Catchy, unexpected, progressive, all that in just three minutes. The other good song here is The Colony Of Slippermen, which definitely does a good job at being more of a suite-oriented progressive rock track with a much more complex structure. I legitimately don't like anything else from here.

The rest is either short 2-minute interlude tracks that don't add much to the album, or proper songs that I simply don't like. I really don't like the production of the album and I think it would benefit a lot from a remaster. Overall a good record that feels a little overlong, and simply doesn't justify its fat length of ninety minutes. Three Stars.

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