THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

A brilliant concept double album, which would in turn be the last album done with Peter Gabriel. Genesis was known for having a story behind their music in this era, and, if you were to look, I'm sure that many citations would be taken directly from this album. The concept of this work was a story of Rael, a Puerto Rican street kid, on what seems like an endless quest to find his brother, John, and his perils along the way. This is a spectacular work of art that is nothing short of a Prog-Rock masterpiece. Not to mention it contains my all-time favorite Genesis song, "Carpet Crawlers," among others within this extraordinary album. Every angle of Prog is pretty much covered (and mastered) within this album, and it must be enjoyed non-stop from beginning to end. By now you can pretty much tell I'm a huge Genesis fan, so believe me when I say that no Genesis, or for that matter, Prog collection is complete without the archetypal concept effort that Gabriel had to offer before his departure. I only wish I could've been alive then to see the live concerts.

On a side note, I found this cool website a while back that provides a bit more info on this album, entitled "The Annotated Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" (http://www.rawbw.com/~marka/music/lamb.html). Give it a look.

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