NURSERY CRYME

For me, this is a perfect Genesis album. The only track that is somewhat weak is For Absent Friends, but I find it charming and it is short enough to avoid being annoying. Harlequin has outstanding vocal harmonies which make it a very worthy song in my opinion. Harold The Barrel is a much more interesting song than might be apparent at first, though it does have a somewhat whimsical, thowaway approach to it. The rest is, of course, classic PG Genesis. Musical Box is probably the song that best embodies everything I love about the early Genesis. Hogweed is a more experimental number that worked better live, but is still great here. Seven Stones is a simpler yet still classic number with some great vocals. And Salmacis is one of my favorite Gensis numbers of all time. A perfect prog epic condensed into 7 minutes. And those mellotrons......beautiful. Great album, great band. A masterpiece for me.