Studio album by Genesis Released 18 November 1974 Recorded August–October 1974 Island Mobile Studios Wales Genre Progressive rock, art rock Length 94:22 Label Charisma, Atco Producer John Burns, Genesis Genesis chronology Selling England by the Pound (1973) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) A Trick of the Tail (1976)
Track listing All tracks credited to Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford. All lyrics by Peter Gabriel, except "The Light Dies Down On Broadway" lyrics by Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. All music written by Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Steve Hackett except "Lilywhite Lilith" (Gabriel & Collins) and "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" (Banks & Gabriel).[citation needed] Atco shortened the song title "Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist" to "The Supernatural Anaesthetist" for the US release. Disc 1 Side One No. Title Length 1. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" 4:55 2. "Fly on a Windshield" 2:47 3. "Broadway Melody of 1974" 1:58[19] 4. "Cuckoo Cocoon" 2:14 5. "In the Cage" 8:15 6. "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging" 2:45 Side Two No. Title Length 1. "Back in N.Y.C." 5:49 2. "Hairless Heart" 2:25 3. "Counting Out Time" 3:45 4. "The Carpet Crawlers" 5:16 5. "The Chamber of 32 Doors" 5:40 Disc 2 Side One No. Title Length 1. "Lilywhite Lilith" 2:40 2. "The Waiting Room" 5:28 3. "Anyway" 3:18 4. "Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist" 2:50 5. "The Lamia" 6:57 6. "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats" 3:06 Side Two No. Title Length 1. "The Colony of Slippermen" a) "The Arrival" b) "A Visit to the Doktor" c) "Raven" 8:14 2. "Ravine" 2:05 3. "The Light Dies Down on Broadway" 3:32 4. "Riding the Scree" 3:56 5. "In the Rapids" 2:24 6. "it" 4:58 Credits Tony Banks – Hammond T-102 organ, RMI 368x Electra piano, Mellotron M400, Elka Rhapsody synthesizer, ARP 2600 & ARP Pro Soloist synthesizers, acoustic piano Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vibraphone, backing vocals Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute, oboe, tambourine, experiments with foreign sounds Steve Hackett – electric guitar, classical acoustic guitar Mike Rutherford – bass guitar, 12-string guitar, bass pedals, fuzz bass