{"product_id":"iconic-albums-genesis-the-lamb-lies-down-on-broadway-era-1974-a-track-by-track-journey-through-epic-storytelling-and-vision-9798198916180","title":"Iconic Albums Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Era (1974): A Track-by-Track Journey Through Epic Storytelling and Vision","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Ward\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStep inside one of the strangest, boldest, and most mysterious albums in progressive rock history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lamb Lies Down on Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e was not just another Genesis album. It was a double concept work, a surreal journey through identity, ego, sexuality, fear, death, rebirth, and transformation. It was the album that pushed Genesis to the edge of their creative powers - and became Peter Gabriel's final studio statement with the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores \u003ci\u003eThe Lamb Lies Down on Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e in depth, tracing the full story of Rael, the streetwise New Yorker who falls from the bright surface of Broadway into an underground world of cages, chambers, crawlers, Lamia, Slippermen, rapids, and revelation. Along the way, the album becomes much more than a strange rock opera. It becomes a psychological maze, a spiritual initiation, and a theatrical farewell to the Gabriel era of Genesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Genesis moved away from the pastoral English beauty of \u003ci\u003eSelling England by the Pound\u003c\/i\u003e into something darker, more urban, and more psychologically intense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Rael remains one of Peter Gabriel's most fascinating characters - tough, wounded, comic, frightened, and searching for something beyond himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow songs such as \"In the Cage,\" \"The Carpet Crawlers,\" \"The Lamia,\" \"The Colony of Slippermen,\" \"The Light Dies Down on Broadway,\" and \"It\" form one of progressive rock's most debated journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Tony Banks, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Peter Gabriel each shaped the sound, atmosphere, and drama of the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy the \u003ci\u003eLamb\u003c\/i\u003e tour became one of the most ambitious theatrical rock productions of the 1970s - and Gabriel's hidden farewell to Genesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat the album may really mean: identity, ego, sexuality, death, rebirth, brotherhood, celebrity, performance, and spiritual awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetailed, dramatic, and deeply reflective, this book offers a track-by-track and theme-by-theme exploration of Genesis' most challenging masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlawed, brilliant, theatrical, difficult, and unforgettable, \u003ci\u003eThe Lamb Lies Down on Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e remains the album where Genesis tore open their own identity and stepped into the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Genesis, Peter Gabriel, progressive rock, concept albums, and classic album analysis, this is a complete journey into the mystery of \u003ci\u003eThe Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890080202903,"sku":"9798198916180","price":1864.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198916180.webp?v=1781178759","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/iconic-albums-genesis-the-lamb-lies-down-on-broadway-era-1974-a-track-by-track-journey-through-epic-storytelling-and-vision-9798198916180","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}