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Tucker Constable
Hello there, my name is Tucker. I love all sorts of music especially the music of yesteryear. I hope you enjoy my reviews, and I hope they entertain you, (I try to make my reviews funny and interesting), and maybe add a new perspective to an album you enjoy or do not enjoy.
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"The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" is quite a touchy album for Genesis' fanbase, It finds Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett and Rutherford exploring the left side of their musical abilities. "The Lamb", while not completely flawless, is a near perfect prog album, with it's fluttering melodies, spiritual lyrics, and Gabriel's vocal range on display more so than ever it proves time and time again it is one of the strongest records Genesis ever released.
The strongest point of the record would be it's incredible innovation, for such a young band they have such a magnificent scope and feel for music. Banks classical tinged piano lines seamlessly run through out the record, on top of Phil Collins' wired drumming, Mike Rutherford's swelling bass lines, and Steve Hackett's swirling guitar melodies it's one of the most band representative albums despite having Gabriel write most of the lyrics. The album is a concept album dealing with a young street punk named Rael. Rael takes part in a spiritual and incredibly surreal journey across the dark underbelly of New York City. "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" is almost a Gabriel's love letter to New York City, with many of the lyrics telling of the landscape of skyscrapers or it's seedy underground sewers.
In terms of music, the album is completely all over the place, jumping from hypnotic jazz like tracks to raunchy, rebellious rock numbers. This is basically The Who's "Quadrophenia" on crack, and "Quadrophenia" is quite an eclectic record also!
Sadly, this would be Peter Gabriel's last album as frontman for the group; but in a way it's the perfect way to end what is dubbed as "The Gabriel Era". "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" is like a constantly unraveling mystery, shrouded under the covers of a secret, locked in a box of questions, and kept in a room of riddles.
Final Rating-9.5/10
Stand-Out Tracks- "Carpet Crawlers", "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway", "Counting Out Time" and "In The Cage"
The strongest point of the record would be it's incredible innovation, for such a young band they have such a magnificent scope and feel for music. Banks classical tinged piano lines seamlessly run through out the record, on top of Phil Collins' wired drumming, Mike Rutherford's swelling bass lines, and Steve Hackett's swirling guitar melodies it's one of the most band representative albums despite having Gabriel write most of the lyrics. The album is a concept album dealing with a young street punk named Rael. Rael takes part in a spiritual and incredibly surreal journey across the dark underbelly of New York City. "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" is almost a Gabriel's love letter to New York City, with many of the lyrics telling of the landscape of skyscrapers or it's seedy underground sewers.
In terms of music, the album is completely all over the place, jumping from hypnotic jazz like tracks to raunchy, rebellious rock numbers. This is basically The Who's "Quadrophenia" on crack, and "Quadrophenia" is quite an eclectic record also!
Sadly, this would be Peter Gabriel's last album as frontman for the group; but in a way it's the perfect way to end what is dubbed as "The Gabriel Era". "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" is like a constantly unraveling mystery, shrouded under the covers of a secret, locked in a box of questions, and kept in a room of riddles.
Final Rating-9.5/10
Stand-Out Tracks- "Carpet Crawlers", "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway", "Counting Out Time" and "In The Cage"
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