FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION

I've owned this album forever but have always been close-minded when listening to it because I came to it after the entire Gabriel era was over and was, thus, tainted by the magic of "what was yet to come." But now, in my later years, as I study the band and it's history, hear their interviews (especially those with Ant Phillips), I can listen with an entirely different appreciation for the songs here. There are some pretty decent songs here--and yes, even some songs that give some indication for what was coming with Trespass and even Nursery Cryme. So, I cannot pan the album for not being proggy enough--the band wanted to go in that direction but were being reigned in by their record label and manager and even family members! The ideas and intentions are now more evident, the songs more pleasurable taken out of the context of the "but this is Genesis!" colored glasses. This is still kind of just for collectors, but, if you like Family and The Nice, you might like these songs--they're actually pretty good!