FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION

I don't care, I like this. This was an experimental recording, and even the band members themselves didn't like the addition of strings, the production values, and so on. Tracks like "In the Beginning" show an understated power, and the ametuerish sounding playing (in some folk's view) actually offsets what serious business was going on here. The lyrics are poetic and Peter Gabriel delivers them like the natural that he is. Even the some what cheesy sounding rhythm section is good, with the addition of the Richie Havens-style strumming of acoustic guitar, and these songs are pretty good; sorry, all you one-star-givers. Listening to this is like looking at someone's photos from long ago, "yeah, she's just a kid there, but look at what she grew into" . This is just looking into the roots of an influential band, that's all. and, it's not bad.