THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

This is an album that grabbed me from the off to be honest. It beconned me in, spoke to me and felt I understood it....More so than any album before or after. It hits on all the buttons like a prize-fighter: it's soft; such as Cuckoo Cocoon and it's raw and rocky on In The Cage and every station in between. It has brilliant linking music between its lyrical sections and has just about every musical form possible: The Lamb (classical in places), Broadway Melody (proto rap), Slipperman (eastern instrumentation), Chamber of 32 Doors (country and gospel), The Waiting Room (avante garde). Time signatures galore, well recorded and fantastically played. It's original, brilliant and barking mad! The lyrics and music follow about every human emotion possible: Love, loss, pain and death = all the big ones! This was Genesis at their most experimental and playful best. I understand it's not an everyman album and as Phil Collins stated a 'record company' album: Thank God! However this album goes on to be influential and is heavily name-checked still by many musicians today. Perhaps that may be it's appeal but I have NEVER heard an album with as much scope, breadth and depth and MUSICAL IDEAS. I heard this over 20 years ago and it still impresses today. This is a pulitzer prize winner for the musical form. STANDING OVATION! BRAVISSIMO!!! Only one draw-back..... Why can't I give it 6 Stars. THE BEST ALBUM EVER MADE BAR NONE!