THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

What can one really say about this LP? It is a unique vision presented in a unique manner by a very unique band. It is unlike any of their other fine albums and yet, very connected to them all. The songs here are aces and the way they flow together is flawless. It is a grand scale sculpture this one and it manages to succeed on it's own terms. While it always did start to lose me by around side 4 of the original LP, it does hold up rather well. The first half of the thing in particular is brilliant. "Lamb", "Fly", "Cuckoo", "Cage", "NYC","Carpet"...all classics. It captures the true nature of "progressive" rock in that by this time, they had progressed beyond the scope of the previous few years. They were not re-writting "The Kinfe" over and again. If Gabriel had to "go out on a high note", this certainly fit that bill.