DUKE

Duke is the 10th release by Genesis. It was released in 1980. As you probably know, Peter Gabriel who was the main singer had already left many albums ago to pursue his solo career. Guitarist Steve Hackett had left after the wind & wuthering release. You can tell Genesis is still suffering from this. They were 2 ofthe main songwriters in the band.

Genesis had already released 1 very good album without Hackett and this is the second. This album is suprisingly very good. Tracks like Duke's Travels, Behind The Lines and Cul-de-sac show that Genesis still had some prog left in them, while tracks like Turn It On again show that they will become pop giants. Turn it on again went on to become one of the bands biggest hits and the band even named their recent tour after it. Turn It On Again is probably my favorite song on the album along with Cul-de-sac and Behind The Lines.

All in all, If you are a fan of the band and don't automatically hate every album after Peter Gabriel, this is a must have album. If you are a fan of prog in general this will be a decent listen.