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Genesis -The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway dlp

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Double album on black vinyls with printed innersleeve and gatefold cover featuring the story of the album written by Peter Gabriel

Given all the overt literary references of Selling England By The Pound, along with their taste for epic suites such as Suppers Ready, it was only a matter of time before Genesis attempted a full-fledged concept album, and 1974’s The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was a massive rock opera: the winding, wielding story of a Puerto Rican hustler name Rael making his way in New York City. Peter Gabriel made some tentative moves toward developing this story into a movie with William Friedkin but it never took off, perhaps it’s just as well; even with the lengthy libretto included with the album, the story never makes sense. But just because the story is rather impenetrable doesn’t mean that the album is as well, because it is a forceful, imaginative piece of work that showcases the original Genesis lineup at a peak. Even if the story is rather hard to piece together, the album is set up in a remarkable fashion, with the first part being devoted to pop-oriented rock songs and the second being largely devoted to instrumentals. This means that The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway contains both Genesis most immediate music to date and its most elliptical. Depending on a listener’s taste, they may gravitate toward the first part with its tight collection of ten rock songs, or the nightmarish landscapes of the second, where Rael descends into darkness and ultimately redemption (or so it would seem), but there’s little question that the first part is far more direct than the second and it contains a number of masterpieces, from the opening fanfare of the title song to the surging In the Cage, from the frightening Back in NYC to the soothing conclusion The Carpet Crawlers. In retrospect, this first part plays a bit more like the first Gabriel solo album than the final Genesis album, but there’s also little question that the band helps form and shape this music (with Brian Eno adding extra coloring on occasion), while Genesis shines as a group shines on the impressionistic second half. In every way, it’s a considerable, lasting achievement and it’s little wonder that Peter Gabriel had to leave the band after this record: they had gone as far as they could go together, and could never top this extraordinary album.

Track listing:
1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
2. Fly On A Windshield
3. Broadway Melody Of 1974
4. Cuckoo Cocoon
5. In The Cage
6. The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging
7. Back In N.Y.C.
8. Hairless Heart
9. Counting Out Time
10. Carpet Crawl
11. The Chamber Of 32 Doors
12. Lilywhite Lilith
13. The Waiting Room
14. Anyway
15. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
16. The Lamia
17. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
18. The Colony Of Slippermen
19. The Arrival
20. A Visit To The Doktor
21. The Raven
22. Ravine
23. The Light Dies Down On Broadway
24. Riding The Scree
25. In The Rapids
26. It

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