Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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Free Music Review: Hard-Hitting Material With Peter Gabriel's Last Genesis Record
Hit: 5 Stars
It is a well known fact that Peter Gabriel has proven himself quite the observational songwriter much like Bob Dylan, as I hear the other reviewers say. And yes, it's quite true, actually. The songwriting is incredible; Peter tells a long story through this dual-disc effort about someone named Rael. I'm not certain of how the story goes, but long story short, it is quite the musical effort you'd expect from someone like Peter Gabriel. I am aware that there are many Genesis albums out there, many of which are from the Phil Collins era. But if you are willing to check out one of the older Genesis albums from the Peter Gabriel era, make it this one.Free Music Review: Its Only Knock and Knowall, But I Like It
Hit: 5 Stars
Among Genesis fans, it's just "Lamb." I stayed home to practice guitar instead of going to a Genesis concert in 1974 with my friends, and have been kicking myself ever since. They performed their new album, complete with Peter Gabriel onstage theatrics to a spellbound audience in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The bizzare story of a New York City Puerto Rican street punk's journey through the spirit world after nuclear holocost is a concept only Gabriel and Genesis could create and perform, producing irresitable and deep music in the process. Thirty four years later, it remains unchallenged as at least the greatest "rock opera" of all time, and to many the greatest album before, after or since by any artist, especially when pitted against the "me too" music created by today's uninspiring artists. What happened to this type of creativity? - I'd rather trust a man who works with his hands. Free Music Review: Genesis' finest hour
Hit: 5 Stars
I believe this album to be Genesis at their peak. It sounds nothing like anything they had produced before or after. It was Pete's swan song. I still listen to it and sometimes find it hard to believe that this was the same band that put out "Selling England...", etc. It's very different and it stands alone. For a lot of people, this seems to be the last Genesis album they pick up. The story IS very strange but I think it still holds up. Why a concert of it wasn't filmed, in it's entirety is a damn shame! They performed it 102 times - the WHOLE thing from "The Lamb" to "It".Free Music Review: not a masterpiece for me
Hit: 1 Stars
This is widely regarded as a brilliant album from Genesis, but I never could figure out why. The only song I really like a lot is the title track. The album is overly lavish and artificially grandiose. The story makes no sense, the narrative is impossible to follow, and the music tries to be classical while remaining in a rock and roll realm. I'm not a huge fan of Peter Gabriel either; I prefer Phil Collins.Free Music Review: A Progressive Masterpiece - but very under-rated by casual observers...
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my absolute favorite album of all time. It is the ultimate "Stranded on a desert Island" album because every time I listen to it, I hear something new. I can't wait for the 2008 Remix of it!!!!
Most reviews I see here try to explain this album and re-tell the story of the album over and over again...We all know the general idea. Let's face it, only Peter Gabriel knows what the album is truly about, and he is not here to back me up, SO I WILL NOT ANALYSE IT! I will just explain why I love it!
The average listener of rock music often overlooks Genesis...I don't know why? Maybe it is because they got so popular in the 80s and 90s? It really depresses me. I feel I have been put on this earth to spread the "good word of Genesis" and remind (if not INTRODUCE) people to the earlier Genesis albums and how brilliant they were. One friend of mine bought this album on a whim after hearing me mention it in passing and fell in love with it!
This is music to provoke thought. It is NOT SPOONFED to you. You have to think about it, which is why most people probably overlook Prog rock in the fist place. Mike Nesmith from the Monkees made a very intelligent statement once..."People just want to dance to music anymore," they don't really care about musicianship and awe-inspiring playing!
I feel that Genesis always get slighted when Prog Rock is mentioned. YES and Crimson and ELP always get most of the credit. Though, they are great bands that all have their own style and respective creativity, Genesis, I always thought, were the standouts! The playing, the drama, and the incredible personalities of this group are what make them the BEST> I love (Bill Bruford era) YES and early King Crimson, but I don't think they can hold a candle to GENESIS. Every Yes album sounds the same, until they went poppier, too. I felt as though they never moved on...Close to the Edge sounds a lot like Fragile and The Yes Album; Time and a Word sounds a lot like "YES" and so on...
Each Genesis album progressed to the next level..."Trespass" sounds gothic, Nursery Cryme sounds Victorian, Foxtrot sounds majestic, Selling England sounds very classical, The Lamb is dark and brooding..., Wind and Wuthering is romantic, Abacab is stark and rough, and so on....
Each song sounds like it is placed perfectly within each Genesis album. A track like "Whodunnit" can be compared to something like "The Waiting Room" because they are experiments in atmoshpere and sounds. Being a musician, Genesis always have fascinated me with their writing.
This album is the apex of their creativity!
As far as I am concerned, everyone should own this album and LOVE IT! I know that is a little far fetched, but it truly is incredible music...NOT FOR THE CASUAL LISTENER> TRUE MUSIC HEADS ONLY!!!!!
A MASTERPIECE THAT SHOULD BE PUT IN A TIME CAPSULE AND DUG UP IN 2000 YEARS and STUDIED!!!!!!!
Thanks to Genesis (Then and now - because I love EVERY ERA of Genesis, not just the Gabriel period)for making consistantly great music....I will always worship you guys!!!