NURSERY CRYME

Well well, an excellent album and IMO much better than Tresspass, even though the music here is not as "mature" as in foxtrot or selling england, They really did a great job. First of all, THE MUSICAL BOX, that legendary song that hooked me up to Genesis so much starts with an acoustic arrangement with guitars and hackett's peaceful playing adding the perfect sound to gabriel's sweet voice. Then the song features a musical and soft interlude with the flute and phil collins excellent backing vocals... Then the heavy parts with the great organ riffs and hackett's tapping add up to make one of the best genesis songs... The final part of the song where gabriel's voice is the most improtant thing almost brought me to tears when I heard the song after 6 months of being away from my cd's... Hackett's final solo is just too emotive and full... I've seen many live versions of this song but IMO no one gets close to the emotion I get when I listen to the album... The way they close the song is magnificent in my opinion.

Well, I think it's definitely clear that the musical box is my favorte track on the album, but it has some other great tunes like the hogweed and the fountain of salmacis, the first one starting with a great synchronized tapping intro by hackett banks and rutherford.. and featuring some weird voices somewhere in the song... The fountain on the other hand, is a more laid back tune in the musical sense, more calm and less powerful, but also a great demonstration of teamwork, specially in the instrumental section. GREAT SONG!

We also have the sweet songs "for absent friends", "Harlequin" and "Seven stones", being the first of these my favorite. Gabriel's voice is the most important things on these kind of tracks. Some people dislike his way of singing. I personally, love it. And finally, HAROLD THE BARREL, the "weird" track of the album is the story about this guy who wants to kill himself by jumping from the top of the building. The funny voices are the most important things on this song, it surely is a weird and very fast paced track.

I can't give this album a full 5 stars because some of it's tracks, even though they are great, are far from being masterpieces of prog. This album still deserves no less than a 4.5 that I'm rounding up to 5.

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