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NURSERY CRYME

Genesis

 

Symphonic Prog

4.42 | 3641 ratings

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sam81292
5 stars Genesis has its first masterpiece of Progressive Rock with Nursery Cryme. Not only that but it was also the first Genesis album with Steve Hackett and Phil Collins. Although I have always wonders how the group would do if Anthony Philips stayed with the group, I have always loved Hackett's skills.

The album starts with 'The Musical Box' which personally is one of my favorite Genesis songs ever. Starting with 12-string guitar before going into a more aggressive tone with a great guitar performance from Steve and wonderful organ from Tony Banks, this is what every artist should look for inspiration, a wonderful masterpiece.

Next is 'For Absent Friends', which is a nice folksy ballad. It may be a good thing that this song is only 1 minute and 45 seconds long because it doesn't have that much going for it. But still at its short length it is a nice break from the chaotic previous song.

Then the bombastic 'The Return of The Giant Hogweed', with aggressive guitar, organs and vocals it shoes us Genesis great exhibits in storytelling. This is about a rebel group of hogweed who start taking over humanity by spreading their seeds throughout England, a wonderful aggressive track.

'Seven Stones' is a good song, but for my taste it tends to drag a bit for too long. It can get a bit too boring at certain times. But I must give credit for the wonderful mellotron introduction that is very mystical and exquisite!

Genesis also displays their humor side with 'Harold the Barrel', a fun little track that has the right length and lyrics that fit the mood of the music very well. Defiantly one of my favorite Genesis songs.

But now for the worst song of the album. I'm sorry but 'Harlequin' is just boring, boring, boring, apart from the duo lead vocals of Gabriel and Collins, the actual music just sounds repetitive and but the 1st minute I'm skipping the next song. Luckily this song is not terrible bad and so does not harm the albums credit.

Finally the last song 'The Fountain of Salmacis' again is another lengthy epic with wonderful organs by Tony Banks and thumping bass by Mike Rutherford. Also throw in Hackett's guitar skills and you have a wonderful closer to end such a masterpiece.

In my mind every Prog fan must at least listen to this album once in their life.

sam81292 | 5/5 |

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