CALLING ALL STATIONS

I listen to this album and actually feel sorry for Tony Banks and Michael Rutherford. This disc carries with it the weight of the history of Genesis. Ant, Peter, Steve, Phil - all gone, but their shadows remain. Frankly, this is the album's greatest problem.

The best thing that happened to "And Then There were Three" was that the band had a chance to find it's legs - again. No such luck this time. Ray Wilson suffered for sounding like Peter Gabriel (I also hear Greg Lake.). Yes, I'm aware that lies at the feet of Mike & Tony, but it is what it is. But there was potential here. I think this band would have done OK, perhaps even well, if not for the storied history it carried on it's back.

Favorite tracks: Congo, The Dividing Line, Uncertain Weather, There must be some other way, If that's what You Need (I'm a romantic at heart.), One Man's Fool.

Lousy track: Small Talk.

Why Four Stars? Listen, and hear what might have been.