The randomizer is spot on with the this choice today, as Genesis have just played their last concert ever having being together for over 50 years. This was also the first album to have the band reduced to a three piece, as Steve Hackett had left the band in ’77. Of course this was impossible to do live, so they had a couple of session guys help them out; Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson were the two that were with the band the longest.
I guess you can say this was the last full on Prog album by the band as after the chart success of Follow You Follow Me, the band would follow a more commercial path. That was not the only commercial track on the album, as the ballad Undertow was also going in that direction. For me though, the more old school sounding tracks like Down And Out, Ballad Of Big, Deep In The Motherlode, and Say It’s Alright Joe are more of what I like about Genesis – I was not a fan of what came after.
This is a very well produced album and this version is a remaster from 2012 – it sounds fantastic. Another band from my youth bows out, and I have to say it’s sad to see Phil in his current condition, but the band have left a great legacy of music to listen to.
8.5/10 from The Grooveman.
