THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

Genesis

Symphonic Prog

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This will be a pretty short entry as so much has already been said about this masterpiece. Yes, definitely, a masterpiece.

If you're going to go out, go out on a high and that is what Peter Gabriel did in constructing the story and lyric for The Lamb. His magnum opus is perhaps not the best of the PG era Genesis albums but it is nevertheless an essential for any prog collection. I love this album, even the instrumental tracks that many consider to be filler, and still play it from start to finish despite it being in my collection for over 25 years. After all, one of the things that the combined instrumental talents within Genesis do is compose and play wonderful music.

Musically and lyrically, this is a journey of staggering length and breadth and a story that, whilst infused with Gabrielesque strangeness, is complete. Thus, as a concept album, The Lamb is among the few that actually stand up as complete work - which in itself is enough to make this album a classic.

So, those that haven't done so already, should join the "Imperial Aerosol Kid" on his underground odyssey as he struggles to save his brother, John - or is it his struggle to find and save himself?

scarista | 5/5 | 2007-10-23

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