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Frenetic Zetetic
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Other than the title track, Keep it Dark is the gem of said album, totally agree!
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Earl of Mar
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Sorry,I didnt like the album when I bought it on release and I have little love for it now.
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Progmind
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This!
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Dellinger
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Even though I do enjoy their pop stuff very much indeed, not this album, which I found rather forgettable. There are some other songs from that era that I love, and as far as an album goes, for me it would be Invisible Touch. |
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richardh
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I was musing on this and thinking its probably the only real Genesis 'experimental album'. They were in a strange moment and knew they wanted to do something different but didn't know what. It's very much throwing out the old formula and replacing it with something more punchier and 'cleaner' sounding. It was not well received by anyone generally but by about 1983 they had enough money and they stopped really caring about musical innovation and bothering much what people thought I believe.
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Deadwing
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2 Stars for me.
Best song of the album is Man On The Corner. Abacab is also good, but the live version of that song is a lot, lot better, the studio version feels a lot unfinished. Dodo/Lurker would have worked well if they kept Submarine as the third part of the album.The rest is pretty bad, except Me and Sarah Jones, but I hate any Genesis songs with that kind of horns, and the other tracks are way too average. A lot of the Outtakes from the album are really good, though.
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Steve Wyzard
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Agreed on the "experimental album" label. Certain songs on Abacab are the closest Genesis ever came to sounding like King Crimson (Discipline/Beat/Perfect Pair era), yet even then only just slightly.
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