...AND THEN THERE WERE THREE...

This is a pivotal point in Genesis' career where they took stock of the failure of WAW to sell records and rejigged as a prog influenced pop band. It was the beginning of a disaterous era in the evolution of rock where the playing of instruments was progessively abandonded in favor of more reliance on technology. So it is impossible to be entirely happy with this record even though it has two potentially classic singles ( Many too Many and Down and Out ) and some other more than worthy tracks (Undertow,Burning Rope and The Lady Lies ). Two major irritants on this album is the Americanised lyrics and where as Genesis previously had an ability to contrast moods there is a certain sameness that pervades the tracks. Probably if you picked it up now you would find it enjoyable but it was a disappointment at the time. However it was going to get a lot worse than this. About 3.5 stars.