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THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

Genesis

 

Symphonic Prog

4.31 | 3353 ratings

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sukmytoe
4 stars "I've got sunshine in my stomach..............................." Damn I love the opening of "In The Cage"! This is Peter Gabriel's last album with Genesis and this album is also very much Peter Gabriel backed by Genesis. A double, concept, album - the concept being a tale that is complicated, so much so that I ignore the story when I listen to this. For whatever the real reason Gabriel and the rest of the band no longer saw eye to eye and classic Genesis as we know it was dealt an almost irrecoverable from knock out blow when he left the band after this album - as far as I was concerned.

I really enjoy the first six tracks, there is magic in the music there. I don't enjoy "Back in N.Y.C. very much at all. "Hairless Heart" brings things back to an even keel for me. I adore "Carpet Crawlers". "The Lamia" to my ears is brilliant. Through the rest of the album I find the music brilliant at times, good at times and I must admit that there is some music that I find to be pointless and even bad at times.

It is a very difficult album, for me, to rate. The concept is strong and very cleverly seen through by Gabriel and the band. A lot of the music soars beautifully. Some of the music could have been cut out of the album because I personally believe that it is there purely to fill the double album record space. I could say that if it were cut down in size to fill a single album that it would probably easily be a 5 star effort but then in a way the music itself would have been compromised, I feel. I love 5 tracks on the album and they are, to my mind, among the best that Genesis have ever done but 5 out of 23 tracks is really not enough. I like the balance of the music except for parts of tracks and tracks that don't do it for me.

This is not a five star rated album for me and neither is it a three star effort so I'll go with that and award 4 solid stars.

sukmytoe | 4/5 |

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