Dodo/Lurker (track)
by Genesis
Dodo/Lurker appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- Abacab (track #5) (this album) (1981)
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| ! | 11/10/2025 05:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 17,145 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2025 11:36 | dukeboxkool | 6,537 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2025 23:20 | machiaj | 8,768 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2024 22:53 | davidleewrong | 988 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2024 14:07 |  AAL2014 | 33,942 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 9% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 19.4.
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Squonk007 01/17/2022 16:24 | #279566
Ah a puzzle in a song, great idea. I love the song, cleverly put together. I prefer the Lurker part.
This is how you do a callback to your prog roots. Dodo/Lurker is essentially two songs ("Dodo" and "Lurker," believe it or not) that span seven-and-a-half minutes touching some of the prog greatness that Genesis once was. Dodo is the better half if you ask me, with its deep lyrics about animal extinction and humans using the environment for their own gain, as well as it's tango between the three main sections: the crashing keyboard intro that reprises once, the heavy stomp that marches through the verses, and the groovy saunter that comprises the choruses. All throughout, Collins' vocals are flexible and fantastic. I'm not as big a fan of Lurker, as it features some of the cheesiest synth instrumentation on the entire album in the instrumental interludes, but the music of the lyrical sections returns to the same prog greatness that Dodo touched on. And the lyrics of Lurker? They're a riddle. That's not a metaphor, they're literally a riddle, with each verse ending with "who am I?" (the answer is a submarine, by the way). What a strange, fascinating duo to put in the middle of the album. I'm glad Genesis did.
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