Abacab, the 11th studio album by UK prog/pop legends Genesis, turns 40 tomorrow. Nursery Cryme, the band’s first album with drummer Phil Collins and guitarist Steve Hackett, turns 50 in November.

Here's the conventional narrative: Genesis were a prog-rock band in the '70s and a pop act in the '80s. Not quite true. Accessible songs like "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" and "More Fool Me" ...