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Review by kegumo May 9, 2010 (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
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This album showcases all that was good and bad with "progressive rock" in the early 1970's. The album is a mixture of long, epic ballads like The Musical Box and shorter, harmonic songs like Harequin. Overall the longer songs become a bit tedious and by the time you hear "the Fountain of Samalicas", you realise how self indulgent "prog rock" had become at the time. The "Musical box" is the exception as it is an excellently crafted piece of music which really highlights the higher hertz and decibal range you can get on a SACD.
Fortunately fun songs like "Harold the Barrel" and "For Absent friends" make the album more enjoyable.
Phil Collins and Steve Hackett had joined the band for this album and these desire for simpler shorter songs is evident on "for absent friends" and "Harold the Barrel"
Sonically this album is very good and doesn't suffer from the compression and brightness of the 1975-1981 Genesis SACDs.The acoustic instruments are very crisp and the sound from the mellotron/keyboards are also clear but not over-whelming. The multi-channel mix is very good with a clear sound coming out of all five speakers. Highlights are the piano on "Harold the Barrel" and the concert like feel of "The Musical Box".
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