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Genesis

Symphonic Prog

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bapazian

This album for me is very up and down.

The first track: Dancing with the Moonlit Knight is top knotch prog. The beginning of this song is very slow paced and with a very nice line between the keys and guitar. The instrumental section in the middle (and towards the end again) is just awesome.

I know what I like- Vocals in this song make me like it much less, this song is relatively poppy but with some interesting lead piano lines and floating synths.

Firth and Fith- Wow, prog rock at its finest- especially the flute/guitar solos. Keys are stellar in this as well.

More fool me- Not a fan of the vocals or lyrics of this song. Very simple poppy song much like I know what I like but without the quirky keyboard playing. I do enjoy the acoustic guitars on this and the harmonizing vocals.

The Battle of Epping Forest- Not a bad track but not great either. I enjoy the military march sound to the intro of this song. The keys in this song are very nice but I wish the guitar was more present in this song. The vocals in this song get quite annoying at times such as the chorus.. "This is the battle of Epping Forest!" and when Gabriel does the spoken word type vocals, the harmonizations that occur at times are cool though.

After the ordeal- I love the interplay between the guitar and the keys in the beginning of this song and also the lead guitar that breaks in halfway through is very nice. Good leadup to the Cinema Show.

Cinema Show- Again great keys in this song as per usual of Genesis. The vocals in this are also very nice. The instrumental section about 6 minutes through is my favorite part of this song.

Aisle Of Plenty- Good ending to the album. With themes from several songs reocurring in it. Sums up the album well.

So basically this is a great album with 3 tracks which are a bit iffy. If it wasn't for the cheesy lyrics that Gabriel has at times this would probably be a 5 star album. Despite this it is still one that everyone should check out

bapazian | 4/5 | 2006-4-26

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