...AND THEN THERE WERE THREE...

People love to shoot this album down as the biggest disappointment in Prgressive Rock. I wish these people would just accept the fact that Genesis went in a different direction. This album isn't "Selling England" or "Trick", but what can you want when such a great guitarist and such a great frontman are missing from an equation?

I have a special connection with this album. Think of me as Rael. "...And Then There Were Three..." is the black cloud that came down from the sky. When I woke up, I was in the cage of progressive rock. And quite frankly, I don't want to get out of this cage. This was the first Genesis album I heard and really was the door into progressive rock for me. Right from "Down and Out", I knew these guys were something special. I had no idea what was waiting on the other side of this door though.

This is another Tony dominated album. My favorites on this are "Down and Out", "Undertow", "Snowbound", "Burning Rope", "Deep in the Motherlode", "Many Too Many", and "The Lady Lies". I know I have the habit of listing prectically every song on an album. "Say it's Alright Joe" sadly got cut from my list to shorten it but it's great song too. But, that's how much I love this album.

Another thing, Lay off Phil. The man is phenomenal. He didn't take Genesis pop. It was all three of them. Just listen to it again if you are one of those people that hate this album. Man, I love these guys:)