When is Peter Gabriel not Peter Gabriel??

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: I don't think that's really the case at all.. I agree with Son of Tiresias; there are many little hints of later Genesis (the little snippet/ riff which later became 'Twighlight Alehouse' for instance) and they were very young and lots of the production decisions were taken away from them by Jonathan King (such as the string arrangements). I think that despite what many think about From Genesis to Revelation, it was an important and necessary step in their development, if only in part that it made them realise that they only really wanted to make the music that they wanted to make.

Its easy to Judge Genesis to Revelation (or  in hindsight.. the reason why it stands out is because it is so different from the later Peter Gabriel lps and yes it is unashamedly a group of young men trying to emulate their heroes who at that time happened to be the Beatles, Bee Gees, Beach boys plus a dollop of soul (on PG's side anyway) then manipulated by a 'Simon Cowell' figure, poorly produced and promoted then dropped. The Moody Blues first lp was also completely different from later lps (Ok it had quite a different line-up with a totally different song writing partner in Denny Laine and they had also been gigging regularly before recording) and therefore stands separately from the rest of their canon but is most definitely the first step in a long journey.