Lilywhite Lilith
Driven on sharp angry guitar from Rutherford, this introduces the brief character of Lilith, a blind woman who is nevertheless able to guide Rael by her superior sense of smell, telling her which of the doors leads to freedom. She leaves him in a waiting room...
8/10
The Waiting Room
As close as Genesis ever came to expressionist art, with weird sounds, odd chords and screams, all evoking a sense of anticipation and fear as Rael waits to see whose waiting room he is in.
6/10
Anyway
Nice little piano-driven song, but it's never impressed me that much really. Good vocal from Gabriel with some death-influenced lyrics as the Grim Reaper approaches.
5/10
Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
Turns out it's Death, and here he comes, on a sort of whimsical little tune, nice stop/start guitar with a tune that would later surface in an altered form on 1980's
Duke.
6/10
The Lamia
One of the other standouts, and another ballad, but a bitter one, as Rael is seduced by beautiful creatures with the bodies of serpents but the heads of women, and finds himself cursed. Tony Bank's gentle piano lays down the atmosphere for this song, and it's his softly sighing synths that paint the backdrop for its epilogue.
10/10
Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats
A haunting dirge to mourn the loss of Rael's serpentine lovers, who died as soon as they had drawn his blood. A beautiful instrumental on which Banks makes his synth sound like the distant horns of ships at sea. Gorgeous choral vocals too add to the almost heavenly lament for the passing of things.