Rando Ken's Album Reviews
From Genesis to Revelation is the rather frigid beginning of one of Progressive Rock and Pop's greatest bands, and it fails either description.
The album is not quite the child of Genesis as it is of Jonathan King, the producer later known for 10cc. The entire band were high school students from Charterhouse and they chose King in particular given his alumni from the university and his hit status "Everyone's Gone to the Moon." By choosing King, they agreed to adopt his musical idea, a biblical album similar in style to the Bee Gees or Moody Blues.
The album is not entirely a religious affair as it was meant to be; the biblical concept disappears sometime after Side Two begins. In fact, the concept is hardly distinguishable given only two religiously titled tracks, "In The Beginning" and "The Serpent." It is very hard to recognize the voice given to this album is indeed Peter Gabriel's. Most of the album doesn't feel like a quintet effort given the orchestral overdubs. "The Conqueror" is a harder affair given the rest of the album and somewhat features Phillips' guitar, "Am I Very Wrong?" has a choral section that may be more mystifying than it is annoying.
The album may be enjoyable at some times but it is very likely that you could enjoy much more by listening to Trespass or Nursery Cryme and understand how the band came to be the same way. It has very little to contribute to the band's sound but more to the band's existence itself.
The album is not quite the child of Genesis as it is of Jonathan King, the producer later known for 10cc. The entire band were high school students from Charterhouse and they chose King in particular given his alumni from the university and his hit status "Everyone's Gone to the Moon." By choosing King, they agreed to adopt his musical idea, a biblical album similar in style to the Bee Gees or Moody Blues.
The album is not entirely a religious affair as it was meant to be; the biblical concept disappears sometime after Side Two begins. In fact, the concept is hardly distinguishable given only two religiously titled tracks, "In The Beginning" and "The Serpent." It is very hard to recognize the voice given to this album is indeed Peter Gabriel's. Most of the album doesn't feel like a quintet effort given the orchestral overdubs. "The Conqueror" is a harder affair given the rest of the album and somewhat features Phillips' guitar, "Am I Very Wrong?" has a choral section that may be more mystifying than it is annoying.
The album may be enjoyable at some times but it is very likely that you could enjoy much more by listening to Trespass or Nursery Cryme and understand how the band came to be the same way. It has very little to contribute to the band's sound but more to the band's existence itself.
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