The Lady Lies (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1978
From the album ...And Then There Were Three (track #10)
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The Lady Lies appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- ...And Then There Were Three (track #10) (this album) (1978)
- 1976-1982 (track #27) (compilation) (2007)
- BBC Broadcasts (track #15) (compilation) (2023)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/24/2026 11:29 | Imaybeparanoid | 51,869 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 06:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,684 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 22:55 | Gedster | 384 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2025 11:51 | steve397 | 5,072 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 13:33 |  ExTeaSea | 12,449 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 15% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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Squonk007 10/15/2021 12:41 | #275049
I don't get this one and for me it's the weakest on the album by a long way. The lyrics are poor for a Genesis track and it's overlong. Maybe trying too hard in revisiting past themes.
A pretty musically interesting song, reintroducing the bluesy swing (almost medieval in parts) that was previously felt on Deep in the Motherlode, but it doesn't really make any improvements elsewhere. For the second longest song on the album, the lyrics just aren't interesting at all, a rather cliched retelling of a man who rescues a woman from a demon when the woman herself is actually the demon. Overall, it just feels a little too-drawn out, and it points it feels the lyrics aren't even trying to rhyme, notably in the chorus. It does feature a pretty damn awesome synth solo in the middle, but that's easily the highlight of the song. This also might be the best song on the album if you're looking for great bass work for Rutherford, but not really for anything else. I think shortening this one up a couple minutes and removing a lot of the filler lyrics could have made this one a lot stronger.
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