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Genesis: No 'Pale' Imitation

John Swenson, Crawdaddy!, March 1974

Genesis combines surreal songwriting with an interesting instrumental and visual approach. Lead singer Peter Gabriel notes: "We all took courses in pretentiousness."

Total word count of piece: 822

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