Q (12/94, pp.162-3) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Their masterpiece...Sprawling and often obscure, it's the nearest they got to being cool....it iconised America in the same way SELLING ENGLAND [BY THE POUND] did their home country..." Q (Magazine) (p.120) - "'Back In NYC' plays like a trial run for the sort of edgy pop Gabriel would later make as a solo artist." Mojo (Publisher) (3/01, p.82) - "...Ambitious if often bewildering double set....Genesis began to perceived as a one-man band [Gabriel's]. He left at the end of the tour."