The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1974
From the album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track #1)
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track #1) (this album) (1974)
- Seconds Out (track #7) (1977)
- Platinum Collection (track #32) (compilation) (2004)
- 1970-1975 (Box Set) (track #28) (compilation) (2008)
- Live In Poland (track #2) (2009)
- R-Kive (track #6) (compilation) (2014)
- The Story Of Genesis (track #6) (compilation) (1978)
- The Last Domino? (track #13) (compilation) (2021)
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A great opener to the greatest album ever created! (Edited)
Squonk007 08/08/2025 15:55 | #310478
What a stunning introduction to a quite magnificent record. (Edited)
What a perfect, bombastic introduction to this beast of a concept album. The transition from the creepy piano intro into the loud, streaming brightness of the first verse is magnificent ("And the lamb... lies down.... on Broadway!"), and the lyrical imagery throughout the entirety of the song is so well-done. It gives us an introduction to our protagonist, Rael, in perfect fashion. I couldn't think of a better way to set the scene for this record.
paladisiac 01/05/2012 21:14 | #34568
This song, from opening, building piano and crashing drums through the initial chorus, establishes the sound, mood and storyline gabriel intends to tell. It's an everyman tale in a magical world, as our hero "out on the subway, rael imperial aerosol kid, exits into daylight, spraygun hid". i love gabriel's howl of identity "i am RAEL". He loses his brother in this song.
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