The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Genesis

Label: Atco
Release: October 30, 1974
Rating: 5.0/5
Album time: 95:17

Counting out Time

The palpitating cherry-red organ was returned to its rightful place and began to beat faster as it led our hero, counting out time, through his first romantic encounter.
I'm counting out time,
Got the whole thing down by numbers.
All those numbers!
Give me guidance!
O Lord I need that now.
The day of judgement's come,


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#1 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (04:55)· #2 Fly on a Windshield (02:47)· #3 Broadway Melody of 1974 (01:58)· #4 Cuckoo Cocoon (02:14)· #5 In the Cage (08:15)· #6 The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging (02:45)· #7 Back in N.Y.C. (05:49)· #8 Hairless Heart (02:25)· #9 Counting out Time (03:45)· #10 The Carpet Crawlers (05:16)· #11 The Chamber of 32 Doors (05:40)· #12 Lilywhite Lilith (02:40)·	#13 The Waiting Room (05:28)· #14 Anyway (03:18)· #15 The Supernatural Anaesthetist (02:50) #16 The Lamia (06:57)· #17 Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats (03:06)· #18 The Colony of Slippermen: The Arrival/A Visit to the Doktor/The (08:14) #19 Ravine (02:05)· #20 The Light Dies Down on Broadway (03:32)· #21 Riding the Scree (03:56)· #22 In the Rapids (02:24)· #23 It (04:58)·



Review Given all the overt literary references of Selling England by the Pound, along with their taste for epic suites such as "Supper's Ready," it was only a matter of time before Genesis attempted a full-fledged concept album, and 1974's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was a massive rock opera: the winding,... read more