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| Genesis | Primary Artist |
| Phil Collins | Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Voices, Vibes |
| Peter Gabriel | Flute, Percussion, Vocals, Voices |
| Steve Hackett | Bass, Guitar |
| Tony Banks | Keyboards, Vocals |
| Brian Eno | Track Performer |
| Mike Rutherford | Bass, Guitar |
| Phil Collins | Composer, Contributor |
| Peter Gabriel | Composer, Contributor, Liner Notes |
| Genesis | Arranger, Producer |
| Steve Hackett | Composer, Contributor |
| Tony Banks | Composer, Contributor |
| John Burns | Producer |
| Brian Eno | Composer |
| Dave Hutchins | Engineer |
| Mike Rutherford | Composer, Contributor |
| George Hardie | Illustrations |
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
I thought I knew what a concept album was all about until " The Lamb " came into my life a long time ago ( 01/75 ).This is still my favorite.In my humble opinion the best ever in this catagory including Sgt. Pepper,Days of Future Passed,Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.The only negative criticism I have of this album is that it's a bit too long, it could have easily lost a few bits and pieces, but despite its length it is one of the great story albums of the 70's. A profound Progressive Rock album.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Genesis is the greatest prog band ever to exist. This concept album compares to Dark Side of the Moon. It makes me sad that after this album, phil collins took over and destroyed Genesis, but while Peter Gabriel was there, he took Genesis to its apex. Peter Gabriel is the greatest artist alive today.
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Posted October 1, 2010
First things first, I like only Peter Gabriel-era Genesis (with the exception of A Trick of the Tail), and if you're looking for a pop confection like that of Abacab, you're looking in the wrong place. At this point Genesis were still one of the greatest progressive rock bands of the time. Although they had already done Supper's Ready, Peter Gabriel decided that another lengthy masterpiece was in order, creating a double-LP concept album that followed the mysterious travels of a Puerto Rican street kid named Rael, who has been transported to another dimension. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, doesn't it? The amazing thing is, it wasn't. The Lamb is often considered to be the high point of this band's output, and for good reason. Even if the lyrics are immensely important, the instrumental sections are good and intriguing. Most importantly, the story (however odd it may be) holds together surprisingly well, better than Pink Floyd's The Wall (though I love that album too), and The Who's Tommy. Also, if you look for an underlying meaning the first time listening to it, you'll be completely mindboggled. Read the story that comes in the booklet first, then listen to it without trying to find any sort of deep message. After several listens, you may make your own conclusions. Personally I feel it has a religious message (after all, many early-era Genesis albums do - Supper's Ready, for one) that says that Rael dies early on and is traveling through some purgatory which he eventually escapes in the final songs. But please, listen to it before you accept my idea (which was actually stolen from someone else) or anybody else's.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Softly, expectantly, “I’m hovering like a fly, waiting for the windshield on the freeway.” BOOM! The full force of the band kicks in, shaking the windows and upholstery of the car you’re riding in. This work by Genesis has the lyrical intensity and range of musicianship characteristic of the early years of the band and so sought-after by loyal fans after the incarnation of the 80s pop group of the same name. Don’t listen to this as background music. It is for a road trip across the plains or for viewing mountain vistas—either in reality or in your mind. While many have derided prog rock as being pretentious and often hard to grasp, the themes in the piece are timeless and, like many early Genesis efforts, have a mythological and psychological undertone that are thought-provoking for anyone who takes the time to break away from the repetitive playlists spoon-fed to radio listeners today.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This is a good record. I don't like it as much as a lot of people I've met, but there is some great material here. The bizarre storyline is difficult to follow without completely emersing yourself in it (though less so than say, Tommy). The first half is great music, start to finish. Every piece is a winner, and a number of Genesis classics are contained therein. The second disc or LP is OK. They had to work a little harder here, digging through some unused material they had written a few years earlier to fill things out (e.g. "Anyway" "Lilywhite Lilith", parts of "Slippermen"). For me the ending is disappointing -- the climax occurs in an unexciting, lugubrious piece called "In the rapids". "Supper's Ready" was a much more satisfying piece of musical drama, IMHO. But this was a daring record to make for them, and the tour, which consisted of them playing the entire album, start to finish with costumes and scenery, was quite bold, though it probably did more for their reputation than for their career! Interestingly enough, Peter got a short hair-cut for this record, and The Lamb's protagonist is a street punk -- so PG was at least trying to *look* like the new angry youth movement that was sweeping England at the time...there *are* a couple of angry songs on the Lamb, but there are a few too many keyboard solos for this to be confused for a Sex Pistols record.
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Posted October 1, 2010
First off, It's hard to believe that this is even Genesis!! After hearing the same few songs that got more airplay then a skydiver. I was shocked to hear them sound a lot more Ambient and Classical. The music is very Complex, And Filled with great Harmony, and very "YES" like storys. With out a doubt this is one of the best album I've ever owned!!
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Posted October 1, 2010
Just amazing, incredible history for an incredible sound... Peter Gabriel shows that he´s a genius
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Posted October 1, 2010
I am on the road to becoming diehard Genesis fan. And the weird thing is I'm 12 (you thought kids listened to the travesties known as pop and rap). After seceding from listening to the Duke/Abacab period which introduced me to Genesis (the Three Sides Live video gave me the obsession) and starting to know the lineup when they were 5. This is the expertly crafted rock opera about Rael, a New York streetkid who falls through a wall of death and endures tests to see whether he goes to heaven or hell (this is my understanding). Genesis reached their technological apex, because the technology at the time was suited enough to detail the story (Listen to ''The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging). Mike Rutherford's bass booms in certain areas, where Steve Hackett's guitar frequently becomes delayed for a sustained sound, Tony Banks' various keyboards and ARP ProSoloist synthesizer squealing high-pitched, but enjoyable noises, Phil Collins' superb drumming (but I liked it better when he always played drums instead of singing and sequencing drum machines) and last, but but not least Peter Gabriel's complex, soft, but sometimes haunting and disturbing lyrics. The first disc contains some of the group's best songs and the second disc is decent, but with a lot of instrumental bits, probably for Gabriel's infamous costumes (Hey, you know how long it takes to put on a ''Slipperman'' costume?). Overall, my favorite Genesis album. Kudos to Peter Gabriel for writing all the lyrics and writing the story that became a cult classic.
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Posted October 1, 2010
The last album Peter Gabriel recorded with Genesis, and their only double studio album, is pretty good. I know most Genesis fans rate this as their ''masterpiece'' and ''the swansong of the Gabriel era,'' but while the good songs (''Lamb Lies Down,'' ''In The Cage,'' ''Carpet Crawlers,'' ''It'') are some of the best Genesis have ever done, the weak stuff (particularly the filler instrumentals on Disc II) is some of the weakest stuff they have done. This is what prevents me from giving ''The Lamb'' a five-star rating. It appears that the band had no choice but to put the fillers in to stretch the album out to a double, and to give Peter Gabriel time to change into his outrageous costumes during the tour. Had CD been available in 1974, I think the band could have condensed the album, and left the actual ''songs'' and maybe ''Hairless Heart'' and ''The Waiting Room'' and had a great single album. But as a double, it starts strong and gradually weakens, only to end strong. Either way, a must for any Genesis fan.
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Posted October 1, 2010
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was a break-through for the music world. However, Peter Gabriel decided to sentence himself with the demanding and very complicated storyline of 20+ tracks all dealing with ther same story. There are only about four good songs on the album, the title cut, 'In the Cage,' 'Carpet Crawl,' and ' It.' It was probably better for the band, considering that the band's major success came after Gabriel left the group.
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Posted September 17, 2010
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Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Given all the overt literary references of Selling England by the Pound, along with their taste for epic suites such as "Supper''s Ready," it was only a matter of time before Genesis attempted a full-fledged concept album, and 1974''s The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was a massive rock opera: the winding, wielding story of a Puerto Rican hustler name Rael making his way in New York City. Peter Gabriel made some tentative moves toward developing this story into a movie with William Friedkin but it never took off, perhaps it''s just as well; even with the lengthy libretto included with the album, the story never makes sense. But just because the story is rather ...