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Genesis - Genesis: 1970-1975
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| Much of Genesis: 1970–1975 — which contains five albums with Peter Gabriel, rarities, and a DVD of assorted material including a doc about their early years — is ''too artsy'' (to quote Bret Easton Ellis' late-period Genesis fan Patrick Bateman). But there are many moments of elegant prog-rock beauty as well. Meanwhile, in a 2007 video interview included here, Phil Collins sums up the drummer's role in a band: ''Farts, drinks too much, cracks the odd joke, and deflates the tension...full text |
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For many Genesis fans, the final box set of the progressive rock group's series of remixed and remastered studio albums is the one they've been waiting for the most. 1970-1975 documents the period when Peter Gabriel was the band's lead singer, before the group began a gradual move away from its art rock beginnings towards a more pop-oriented, radio-friendly sound. The previous two boxes—1976-1982 (Rhino, 2007) and 1983-1998 (Rhino, 2007)—while perhaps musically controversial to longtime fans for the apparent desertion of the music that garnered the group its early reputation, were nevertheless welcome for the unequalled sonic upgrades to discs that, when first released, often suffered from poor sound quality. While the five albums covered in this box set, originally released on Charisma—Trespass (1970), Nursery Cryme (1971), Foxtrot (1972), Selling England By the Pound (1973) and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)—did demonstrate gradually improving production values, the versions in this box set are so rich and full of depth that it's difficult to believe that some of the music is nearly 40 years old....full text |
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| At first, Genesis were five English ex-boarding-school mates playing complex songs about hogweed and Greek myth. They slimmed that audacity into platinum pop as members left: guitarist Anthony Phillips (1970), singer Peter Gabriel (1975) and guitarist Steve Hackett (1977). But bassist Mike Rutherford, keyboardist Tony Banks and drummer Phil Collins were never as compelling later as they were in the band that made the five LPs in this box. The country-cathedral air of 1970's Trespass and the prog-garage jolts on 1971's Nursery Cryme fuse to perfection in Gabriel's theatrical fables of greed and struggle in a fading Britain on 1972's Foxtrot and 1973's Selling England by the Pound. His story line on 1974's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is still impenetrable. Now the album just sounds like a set of ingenious songs that didn't need a suite to make them art....full text |
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