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THE REVIEW
If the career of a musical group is truly seen from the beginning, then the Genesis should never have been born...
Their idolized masterpieces are known worldwide... But few are aware that the British band, before recording the excellent "Trespass," had already debuted in the music world with an LP that few were aware of: "From Genesis To Revelation."
If you think this album is like "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway," "Foxtrot," or "Nursery Cryme," you are greatly mistaken! Here we are faced with a somewhat immature album (just consider the age of the members, barely eighteen...), very pompous, but surprisingly, also quite catchy... Gabriel's eccentricity is already felt in an LP that addresses, among other things, religious themes related to the Old Testament, which certainly were not very fashionable at a time when the musical veins were rampant with LSD and Zeppelin-style hard rock...
The album as a whole still has an enigmatic and rarefied identity, mixed with pop-folk flavored and inflated with strings that only serve to embellish the concoction, ultimately worsening the final result... which in some cases is not bad (see songs that are still catchy and nice like When The Sour Turns To Sweet, Fireside Song, One Eyed Hound, Am I Very Wrong?), but at times monotonous and predictable...
The songs tend to resemble each other too much, Banks' keyboards are still too overshadowed, Gabriel's voice is already well structured, but the rest of the instrumentation is poor...
In short, between Adam and Eve, parables and various religious clichés, this mediocre, naive album is shaped, occasionally with a commercial and easy-listening sound but also boring and inscrutable on the emotional theme... The true Genesis are born under the shadow of Trespass, this is just a separate chapter in the Genesis history, a chapter relegated to the most absolute oblivion... thankfully!
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This review examines Genesis' first album 'From Genesis To Revelation,' noting its immaturity and pop-folk style. Although catchy at times, it is seen as naive and overshadowed by later masterpieces. The album’s religious themes and instrumentation set it apart but ultimately make it a minor chapter in Genesis' history.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Genesis
English rock band formed in 1967, celebrated for landmark early-1970s progressive albums (Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, The Lamb) and a later, more pop-oriented phase led commercially by Phil Collins.116 Reviews
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By Grasshopper
There are flops that, in the long run, prove to be a true blessing.
While the strings smothered every attempt at originality, the brief quiet moments gave a glimpse of the band’s true potential.
By trespass
Re-listening to the record after a long time, I discovered that, in the end, the quality of the work by Gabriel's band is not that low-profile.
Listen carefully to these songs, not just the first 30 seconds as I did the first time, but delve deeper into the listening and you will already find traces of what would later become the Genesis evolution of 'Trespass'.
