Take one disc from THE WHOs "Quadrophenia" and one disc from GENESIS' "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" and shuffle them. Although described as a rock opera for simplicity's sake, Avery actually surveys a broader musical landscape. It shifts from rock to prog rock at random, with acoustic songs providing a buffer zone. And, like a play within a play, there's even a rock opera within a rock opera. Ultimately, Avery is a triumph of the human spirit with underlying parables on globalization, free speech, and the environment--all that in about an hour and fifteen minutes.
01 Avery's theme 02 Sundog days 03 Avery the preview 04 Excerpt from everyman 05 Not gonna beat myself up anymore 06 I've enjoyed this enough for now 07 Hot 'n' humid jungle 08 Is that you avery? 09 The road to belmopan 10 The anguish of avery 11 Inceidents of travel 12 I'm alive
13 North by northeast 14 Collision course 15 Breaking water 16 The spiral 17 Avery the movie 18 The return of avery 19 Follow your bliss 20 The boy who got everything