110. Elizabeth Nelson Takes Over and Al Melchior Discusses Genesis, self-titled

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Elizabeth Nelson of The Paranoid Style turns the tables on Al for this episode, serving as host and asking Al about why he loves Genesis and their 1983 self-titled album (also known as the “Shapes” album). Al talks about how he became a Genesis superfan, what his first impressions were of the “Shapes” album and  how those impressions have changed over the decades.

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1:16 Elizabeth takes over!

2:14 Al joins the show

2:39 Al revisits how this episode came about

4:11 Al explains how he got into Genesis as a teenager

7:39 Al walks Elizabeth through the history of Genesis

11:53 Al identifies a Genesis album that is the best gateway to their proggy side

15:35 Al talks about his initial experience with listening to the “Shapes” album

19:35 Elizabeth shares Al’s opinion of “That’s All”

20:53 Al compares the versions of Genesis with three, four and five members

Discussion of specific tracks

24:06 Mama

29:00 Elizabeth asks Al what he thinks about the drum sounds on the album

32:44 Taking It All Too Hard

34:49 It’s Gonna Get Better

38:48 That’s All

39:20 Just A Job To Do

42:37 Illegal Alien

45:24 Silver Rainbow

47:38 Al recommends three songs from the album and three songs from the entire catalog to listen to as an introduction to each

Outro is from “The Thrill Is Back” by The Paranoid Style.

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