...AND THEN THERE WERE THREE...

Let me just start off by saying that I never imagined that I would be reviewing albums on a progressive rock website, as I am not really into the genre. Matter of fact, I really don't look at music in genres or categories, beyond your basic country, jazz, blues, rock categories. I just think that Genesis is a great rock band, and it's disappointing to find that a lot of the fans of the Peter Gabriel era really turned on the band after he left, for not being "progressive" enough. Gabriel took his fox head and red dress and left the band, they did not kick him out, so the bitterness about the Phil Collins era is hard to understand. Ok, now that that is off my chest, on to what I thought of 1978 Genesis release of "...And Then There Were Three..." The album is hard to listen to all the way through, it doesn't flow very well. I know that this was sort of a transitional album because Steve Hackett had just left, so alot of the uneveness I forgive. This album does still sound like it was made in the 70's, but it hints that there is a new direction coming, which is cool to listen to. This album is very dark for the most part, goes along with the ominous album cover. All together, not my favorite album, but very solid nonetheless.