This debut
Genesis
album, which has appeared under license to various labels in addition to
Decca
and
London
in different configurations, is largely of historical interest. The group was still in its formative stages, the members barely past their 18th birthdays and still working out what they wanted to sound like. Mostly they sound like
the Bee Gees
trying to be
the Moody Blues
(picture something similar to the sound of the former group's
Odessa
album).
"The Silent Sun"
"Where the Sour Turns to Sweet"
are pleasant enough, but scarcely indicate the true potential of the group or its members. A pleasant enough piece of
pop
-
psychedelia
/
art rock
, but not a critically important release, except to the truly dedicated. ~ Bruce Eder