The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis

Gabriel era Genesis >> Collins era Genesis A rock opera of sorts, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a sprawling prog-rock adventure. In the Cage is an absolute jam. Love the synthesizer and bass work with the poly-rhythmic drums throughout. Back in N.Y.C. is another standout -- synthesizer dances up and down arpeggios while the bass thrums slowly. But really it is the drum work that shines here -- busy, but tight and always gratifying. Hairless Heart is both a very strange song name and a great instrumental ballad bridging Back in N.Y.C. into Counting Out Time. Things spread out into aural / ambient territory on Silent Sorry in Empty Boats before bleeding over to the multipart odyssey The Colony of Slippermen. The foreign sounding synth instrumental intro channels a more experimental atmosphere that's far from where this album started, but things quickly adopt a familiar tone as Gabriel takes the mic. Riding the Scree is way groovier than it has any right to be. While the tone of synths (often what I associate with ELP) is inherently silly (to me) the song absolutely jams with an energy similar to Stranglehold. Love this album through and through. Soft 5 (9/10) territory

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