THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

Well ahead of its time and still sounding fresh today, this album is moody, dark, mysterious and humorous in one exceptional package. TLLDOB provides the listener with a truly unique soundscape: a double album that never seems too long; and a concept album, yet without being too repetitive or pretentious. It is totally emotive, ranging from sadness to euphoria, mourning to anger, desire to impotence. In its own surreal and beautiful way this album deals with the dilemma of humankind struggling to assert its identity in a commercial era. The story of Rael, the protagonist New Yorker, is difficult to comprehend and yet a joy to experience. This was the last album Peter Gabriel made with the band and IMHO is simply one of the best things both he and Genesis have ever done.