These definitive guides to the music of history's hottest bands examine every recorded song in each artist's catalog from the start to the end of their careers. All books have 8-page color photo sections and are shaped like a CD box, designed to fit alongside your CD collection.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Consumed Lamb,
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This review is from: Genesis (Music of) (Paperback)
It's a challenge to take The Complete Guide To The Music Of Genesis seriously after reading Chris Welch's review of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. His assessment of the early albums is astute, but one can only assume he needs to give The Lamb some more listening time. (Of course, serious fans of Genesis always knew it was not an obvious record, and that it required repeated headphone application.) Granted, there are unwieldy instrumental sections, and the story is a bit of a dud. But we never really bought progressive rock albums for the lyrics, did we? (In fact, if we'd wanted words, we'd surely have bought Penguin editions of William Blake?) No, we wanted to listen to music, and music that was arguably more interesting than anything else available at the time or, in many cases, since. However, to suggest that Phil Collins might have been "...falling asleep over his kit" on Hairless Heart, or that Tony Banks might have been making "... the best of a bad job" on Anyway, is simply short-sighted. Indeed, when Welch suggests that the punk movement was accelerated by such albums, one might, in turn, also observe that it was the punk movement which was influenced by such albums. Killing Joke or The Clash would have surely embraced Back In NYC with its manic insistence and demonic charge? Furthermore, even though The Lamb addresses a city theme in its story, the album still overflows with much the pastoral beauty and atmosphere with which we had come to associate Genesis. These qualities became virtually extinct in later albums and had all but disappeared by the time of Invisible Touch, an album Welch seems to think came "closest" to being the band's "ultimate" opus. Finally, to point out two small factual errors, it is clear on the album notes for Seconds Out that Phil Collins is not playing keyboards on Robbery, Assault and Battery and Cinema Show, but that he is playing drums during the respective keyboard solos. A track-by-track record of any great band's complete works is always welcome and, for this fact alone, praise must go to the publishers. However, there will be many a Genesis fan for whom this book will represent misplaced criticism of some of the band's greatest work.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Entertaining, but...,
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This review is from: Genesis (Music of) (Paperback)
Chris Welch is a very good writer, and I enjoyed his little pamphlet (for that is really all this is) on Genesis. When I first read this, I had no clue about his history with Melody Maker and so forth, I was just trying to learn about the band. He writes descriptions and short critiques of every song and every album they did up until "We Can't Dance" and pretty much every solo effort to that point (mid-1990's). I would only truly recommend this book to someone who values Welch's opinion on this sort of thing. Hardcore Genesis fans like myself would find it rather hard to swallow that he thinks "The Lamb" is a complete and utter waste of time, and that "Invisible Touch" is the ultimate Genesis album. Still, if you're a Genesis neophyte, and wish to know a general description of the style and contents of each album, this helps. Probably just as informative to read amazon.com reviews of each album!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A bit slight,
By twinsongsun "twinsongsun" (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Genesis (Music of) (Paperback)
This Guide is slighter than you'd expect with regard to the kind of detail that Genesis fans would really love. Good but not great.
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