ABACAB

A fan of all Genesis music until 1978, I was stunned when this album was released. The title track - although a new sound for Genesis - is great, and Dodo/Lurker a treat for fans of the classic sound. But as for the rest of the album, it's embarrassingly bad and I cannot fathom why anyone would listen to it voluntarily. No Reply At All sounds like Miami Vice- music with its ridiculous horn section, while Whodunnit - the all time worst Genesis 'song' - is brain-numbing electronic non-sense that would be very useful in torture chambers.

What's extra puzzling is that there are least a couple very good songs from the Abacab sessions - "You Might Recall" and "Naminanu" - that were inexplicably left off the album in favor of weaker material, apparently demonstrating how much Phil Collins' unexpected solo success clouded the band's judgement.

With the exception of the mixed bag "Invisible Touch", I wouldn't recommend ANY Genesis albums after 1978s "And Then There Were Three." And it's interesting to note that - if you look on Amazon sales ranks - 70s Genesis albums on average sell much better today than their 80s releases. You'll also note that used copies of the 80s releases can be picked up very cheaply - simply because they're of little value.

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