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Genesis

Symphonic Prog

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In 1973, this was my first sound experince to prog/alternate music from the main stream AM POP music. I must have played this over and over until my LP player need to have its needle changed.

The first song opens with a Dancing ... wow what a masterpiece. Leading on into What I Like in your wardrobe... This was maybe my fav at the time. It sounded like fantasy. Firth or Fifth is a long winded symphony, but I always like gettting excited by the musical interlude. More Fool Me is my least fav on the LP. At the time I did not know that Phil Collins was leading up this song. I always felt that this tune just did not fit into the prog music. Thankfully, the 2nd side goes into my most fav side. The Battle ... After the Ordeal .. Cinama Show and Aisle of Plenty are all TOP NOTCH tracks.

This is one of my all time fav, but not a total masterpiece because of Phil's More Fool Me. Sadly, this is the road that Genesis was to take after Peter and later Steve left the band. TOO BAD that there are more POP Genesis CD rather than Prog CD's.

yesterrific | 4/5 | 2008-1-1

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