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bob_32_116 · 10-20-2021, 12:15 PM

There are two tracks on Abacab that I quite like: the title track, and "Like It or Not". "Me and Sarah Jane" is not too bad. The rest? I can quite happily live without them.

I dislike "No Reply At All" almost as much a I dislike "Whodunnit?", though to be fair this is not intrinsically bad in itself, it's more that the sound is totally at odds with even the rest of this album, let alone the rest of Genesis' catalogue to that point. Those horns, mimicking the line that has just been sung - Urrgh. Maybe on second thoughts I DO think it's bad. Still it wouldn't be that bad on a Phil Collins album.

Annoyingly, "Abacab", which is probably my favourite (or least unfavourite) on the album, mainly for its musical groove and definitely not the lyrics, fades out just as it sounds as though some really interesting modulation is about to occur. This is one occasion where I think a bit of a jam would have improved the song, and thereby the album.

10-20-2021, 12:15 PM	#22 (permalink)
bob_32_116 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: 32S 116E Posts: 324	There are two tracks on Abacab that I quite like: the title track, and "Like It or Not". "Me and Sarah Jane" is not too bad. The rest? I can quite happily live without them. I dislike "No Reply At All" almost as much a I dislike "Whodunnit?", though to be fair this is not intrinsically bad in itself, it's more that the sound is totally at odds with even the rest of this album, let alone the rest of Genesis' catalogue to that point. Those horns, mimicking the line that has just been sung - Urrgh. Maybe on second thoughts I DO think it's bad. Still it wouldn't be that bad on a Phil Collins album. Annoyingly, "Abacab", which is probably my favourite (or least unfavourite) on the album, mainly for its musical groove and definitely not the lyrics, fades out just as it sounds as though some really interesting modulation is about to occur. This is one occasion where I think a bit of a jam would have improved the song, and thereby the album. Last edited by bob_32_116; 10-20-2021 at 12:24 PM.