Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Released in 1975, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a 94 minutes album concept, the double-vinyl origin. This is the last album which involved Peter Gabriel, who writes most of the texts before leaving the group and start a solo career. Inspired by the film El Topo by Alejandro Jodorowsky, this album tells the initiation Rael, an offender Puerto Rican subtracted from the real world to confront dreamlike and surreal situations A story that is revealed over the tracks, where the group finally released bridles his academicism, allowing himself psychedelic flights at the height of the situation. The voices are filtered on Back in NYC Hairless Heart tickles ankle Close to the Edge; while The Waiting Room dare a padded atmosphere leading and Carpet Crawlers itself as one of the best ballads of Genesis. An ambitious album, accompanied by a booklet to follow to the letter the actions of the protagonist.