...AND THEN THERE WERE THREE...

Well....Hackett left,and with him the prog Genesis.... The previous EP Spot the Pigeon shows us that Genesis started to fill their albums with pop..... But this is not the through-and-through pop album! Sure, it's also not a through-and-through prog album, but for example 'Burning Rope' has got nothing to do with songs like 'Illegal Alien'. When you listen to Undertow, Snowbound, Burning Rope, Deep In The Motherlode and Say It's Alright Joe, you can still feel the "progressive power". The first track is a very important track on ATTWT. It's a bit aggressive, but Undertow is a wonderful ballad. Snowbound is very beautiful. Burning Rope is another mini-epic, the most notable track on this one. Deep In The Motherlode is my favourite track. Listen to it and you can feel some Gabriel-ish moments.... Many Too Many is a pop song, but a good pop song, like All In A Mouse's Night on Wind and Wuthering. The rest isn't very good, but it's also not very bad. Say It's Alright Joe is also a wonderful ballad. The end of The Lady Lies makes you think "A cool album, I've enjoyed some of the tracks, it's not as bad as I thought. Now up is the closer. It must be a very strong song for such an album" but........ STAY WITH ME MY LOVE I'LL HOPE YOU'LL ALWAYS BE..... they've written better love songs! MUCH better! This is brainless and the first Collins pop song (maybe More Fool Me and Your Own Special Way were also pop, but not the 80's Genesis pop I mean) that appeared on a Genesis album..... Maybe Hackett would have done it better, maybe not. They've just started with pop.....

the Sorcerer