CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
I guess this one ought to be called English Art Rock Visited. Not Revisited, because I did my best to ignore these groups altogether when they were around. But I must admit that their memory persisted, which is why I feel impelled to explain my distaste now.
CHRISTAGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
DEPARTMENTS
by
Robert Christgau
I guess this one ought to be called English Art Rock Visited. Not Revisited, because I did my best to ignore these groups altogether when they were around. But I must admit that their memory persisted, which is why I feel impelled to explain my distaste now.
GENESIS: "Nursery Cryme" (Famous Charisma '71):: God's wounds! It's a "rock" version of the myth of Hermaphroditus! In quotes cos the organist and the (mime-influenced) vocalist have the drummer a little confused! Or maybe it's ju^t the invocation to Old King Cole! (Reissued as a two-LP set with Foxtrof). C*