What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library



As much as I mourned the departure of Peter Gabriel, this is a very good album, bordering on great. The first after his leaving and the groups 7th. I guess the decline for me comes later on, and I try and attribute it to Peters loss, but in actuality I think they just tapped out. The group did auditions for a replacement vocalist, but in the end Phil reluctantly took over the chores. This album reached #3 in the U.K. but stalled at #31 in the states. If not for the inclusion of the instrumental Los Endos this would have fallen in the LOVE category.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Los Endos

Best Track - Ripples

Bluegirls come in every size
Some are wise and some otherwise,
They got pretty blue eyes.
For an hour a man may change
For an hour her face looks strange -
Looks strange, looks strange.

Marching to the promised land
Where the honey flows and takes you by the hand,
Pulls you down on your knees,
While you're down a pool appears.
The face in the water looks up,
And she shakes her head as if to say
That it's the last time you'll look like today.

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back.
Gone to the other side.
Sail away, away.

The face that launched a thousand ships
Is sinking fast, that happens you know,
The water gets below.
Seems not very long ago
Lovelier she was than any that I know.

Angels never know it's time
To close the book and gracefully decline,
The song has found a tale.
My, what a jealous pool is she.
The face in the water looks up
She shakes her head as if to say
That the bluegirls have all gone away.

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back.
They've gone to the other side.
Look into the pool,
Ripples never come back,
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
Oh, they've gone to the other side...

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back.
They've Gone to the other side.
Look into the pool,
The ripples never come back, come back,
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
They've gone to the other side
Ripples never come back
Sail away, away...


1) Dance On A Volcano - **
2) Entangled - *** - live
YouTube - Genesis - Entangled live
3) Squonk - ** - audio
YouTube - Genesis - Squonk
4) Mad Man Moon - *** - audio
YouTube - Genesis--Mad Man Moon (WMG)
5) Robbery, Assault & Battery - ** - audio
YouTube - Genesis - Robbery, Assault and Battery
6) Ripples - *** - audio
YouTube - Genesis - Ripples
7) A Trick Of The Tail - ** - audio
YouTube - Genesis--A Trick Of The Tail (WMG)
8) Los Endos - * - live
YouTube - Genesis - Los Endos

3's - 3
2's - 4
1's - 1

Rating - 2.3