Counting Out Time (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1974
From the album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track #9)
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Counting Out Time appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track #9) (this album) (1974)
- Platinum Collection (track #33) (compilation) (2004)
- 1970-1975 (Box Set) (track #36) (compilation) (2008)
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| ! | 01/19/2026 00:53 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 00:48 | sunnydhamm | 18,449 | 57/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 17:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,942 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/19/2025 12:23 | steve397 | 4,989 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 12:02 |  ExTeaSea | 12,449 | 85/100 |
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Squonk007 04/15/2021 08:04 | #268552
Fantastic lyrics and quite quirky.
Probably the most poppy tune of the Gabriel era, and easily the funniest, as it recounts the backstory of Rael's first sexual encounter in hilarious fashion. Is it completely out of place on The Lamb? Absolutely. But I can't help but smile every single time I listen to it, and I'm willing to bet the band felt that way too, hence why it made it onto the record. It may be poppy, but the instrumentation is excellent as ever, and they fit the funny lyrics so well. Sometimes, poppy isn't a bad thing.
Good song, but extremely bizarre lyrics about a user manual to making love.
paladisiac 01/05/2012 21:20 | #34576
Tongue-in-cheek-in-heart love song with the funny line "erogenous zones i love you. / without you, what would a poor boy do." Rael buys a book which tells him how to score with women eventually receiving "unexpected distress from my mistress / i'll get my money back from the bookstore right away".
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