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Genesis Nursery Cryme Release Date: 1971 11 zz Running Time: 39:12 Label: Buddah If Genesis truly established themselves as progressive rockers on Trespass, Nursery Cryme is where their signature persona was unveiled: true English eccentrics, one part Lewis Carroll and one part Syd Barrett, creating a fanciful world that emphasized the band's instrumental prowess as much as Peter Gabriel's theatricality. Which isn't to say that all of Nursery Cryme works. There are times when the whimsy is overwhelming, just as there are periods when there's too much instrumental indulgence, yet there's a charm to this indulgence, since the group is letting itself run wild. Even if they've yet to find the furthest reaches of their imagination, part of the charm is hearing them test out its limits, something that does result in genuine masterpieces, as on "The Musical Box" and "The Return of the Giant Hogweed," two epics that dominate the first side of the album and give it its foundation. If the second side isn't quite as compelling or quite as structured, it doesn't quite matter because these are the songs that showed what Genesis could do, and they still stand as pinnacles of what the band could achieve. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Musical Box Collins, Gabriel, Genesis [1], Hackett, Banks, Rutherford 10:29 2 For Absent Friends Collins, Gabriel, Genesis [1], Hackett, Banks, Rutherford 1:47 3 Return of the Giant Hogweed Collins, Gabriel, Genesis [1], Hackett, Banks, Rutherford 8:09 4 Seven Stones Collins, Gabriel, Genesis [1], Hackett, Banks, Rutherford 5:08 5 Harold the Barrel Collins, Gabriel, Genesis [1], Hackett, Banks, Rutherford 3:00 6 Harlequin Collins, Gabriel, Genesis [1], Hackett, Banks, Rutherford 2:55 7 Fountain of Salmacis Collins, Gabriel, Genesis [1], Hackett, Banks, Rutherford 8:01 Releases: Year Type Label Buddah CD Atco CD Atco 1990 CD Atco 1994 CD Atco 1994 CD Atlantic/WEA 1994 CD Charisma 1999 CD Charisma 2009 CD EMI 2008 CD EMI Europe Generic 1999 CD Import 1995 CD Virgin 2007 CD Virgin CS Atco 1971 LP Atco 1971 LP Charisma 2001 LP Classic Compact Disc

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