Album of the day (#1850): The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

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Today's album of the day

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1974.
Country:
Overall rank: 222
Average rating: 82/100 (from 407 votes).

Tracks:
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 Crawlers
11. The Chamber Of 32 Doors
12. Lilywhite Lilith
13. The Waiting Room
14. Anyway
15. Supernatural Anaesthetist
16. The Lamia
17. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
18. Colony of Slippermen: The Arrival/A Visit To The Doktor/The Raven
19. Ravine
20. The Light Dies Down On Broadway
21. Riding The Scree
22. In The Rapids
23. It

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[Applerill]

Apparently this album is very Joycean. I appreciate that side of the album much more than the costumes and time signatures.

[Anti]

I have an original pressing I got from a Phoenix, Arizona radio station. Been meaning to clean it before I lay it on the turntable.

[AAL2014]

I really love a lot of this album, some of Phil's best drumming, some remarkable lyrical content from Gabriel too, but I've always thought that if disc two was able to hold my attention anywhere close to the way that the first disc does, this album would be an all time great. Most of the time I only listen to the first disc and I don't usually like to do that with albums.

It's a tough fucking son of a bitch of a listen though.
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[craola]

we would never have gotten Spinal Tap without The Lamb. as noted previously, the second disc does not hold up to the first disc at all. The band was all but broken up before the album was even released, so it's not too much of a surprise how inconsistent it is, but there are moments of absolute greatness.
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