ABACAB

Abacab is the first through-and-through pop album of Genesis. They experimented with pop on And Then They Were Three, you can feel this influence stronger on Duke ("Turn It On Again") and now it's all pop. If Genesis prepared to die with Duke, they died with that. But why 3 stars? Well, "Man On The Corner" is a pretty good Collins ballad. And I have to say I quite like "Like It Or Not", but there's one very crappy song. Compared to that one "Land Of Confusion" sounds like "Musical Box". It's "Who Dunnit". Even the lyrics are very bad. The music.... you think it's some kind of hip hop mixed with strange effects and disco sounds. But "Keep It Dark" has got strong lyrics again and, although it's not prog, it's one of the highlights on this Genesis pop album. "Dodo / Lurker" is the strongest piece. I also like the funk sequence of "Lurker", but even if it's progressive (or progressive pop), it doesn't even reach the ATTWT sound, nor the sound of Foxtrot.

Genesis are dead......dead as a DODO.....

the Sorcerer