I find it sounds more distinct, with better stereo separation and more treble, than their earlier work.
Musically, I prefer the best of the Gabriel era work, but I still think "Trick..." and "Wind...." are the ones that sound best.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 24 March 2006 23:01 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Friday, 24 March 2006 23:09 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 24 March 2006 23:40 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Lotta Continua (Damian), Saturday, 25 March 2006 21:15 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Lotta Continua (Damian), Saturday, 25 March 2006 22:19 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 25 March 2006 23:20 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 25 March 2006 23:52 (twelve years ago) Permalink
I've never heard a whole album by the quintet, but I have a hard time accepting that anything they did could be as thrilling as Queen II. Jesus, the intro to "Ogre Battle" !!
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:11 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:34 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Marmotdeth (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:39 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:41 (twelve years ago) Permalink
"Misunderstanding" hit top 20 before that, so the later success wasn't completely by surprise.
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 23:24 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 23:27 (twelve years ago) Permalink
perhaps one should not presume that anyone that doesn't do backflips for the era one likes the most has not heard a particular comp. one would seem condescending if one was to do so.
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 03:22 (twelve years ago) Permalink
perhaps one should not presume that anyone that doesn't do backflips for the artist iteration one likes the most has not heard a particular comp. one would seem condescending if one was to do so.
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 03:23 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Pangolino 2, Wednesday, 31 May 2006 04:14 (twelve years ago) Permalink
"The Musical Box"?
― LC (Damian), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 06:54 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:11 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:40 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:37 (twelve years ago) Permalink
his worst is his crap Keef pantomime on "I Can't Dance."
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:52 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:32 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:20 (twelve years ago) Permalink
not one person on this Earth would rather hear "Calling All Stations" from '97 than those aforementioned orphaned tunes.
or are you going to defend that tune, GH?
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:52 (twelve years ago) Permalink
Couple that with Hogweed and Seven Stones, and The Musical Box without the self-conscious middle bit, and you've got a magic run of songs.
Foxtrot hurts my brain. Apocalypse 9/8 sounds like primary school kids learning how to play their instruments.
― Hotman Paris Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 3 June 2006 01:32 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:44 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:56 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 14 September 2006 13:24 (twelve years ago) Permalink
The Lamb, for me. Although I should give the other albums a chance.
So, all of the post Gabriel shit: DEFEND IT! Wind & Wuthering, Trick of the Tale... I asked Genesis fans about them, and they all say they are not bad but pale in comparison to everything The Lamb and before... and one friend said that Duke was the last Genesis album he didn't want to throw against the wall.
― the dow nut industrial average dead joe mama besser (donut), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 04:38 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 07:30 (twelve years ago) Permalink
I think it is so good, with the fluid running synth lead etc, how it sets up the really tender "play me my song" return, which in turn sets up the huge, monolithic closing. Probably my favorite Genesis song.
― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Wednesday, 20 September 2006 13:10 (twelve years ago) Permalink
(That's a joke, son.)
― Eazy-Esteban Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 13:12 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 13:16 (twelve years ago) Permalink
This sounds like praise!
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 23:42 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 21 September 2006 00:30 (twelve years ago) Permalink
W&W and Trick of the Tail are both pretty badass albums with few weak spots and are more 'economic' with regards to having none of Gabriel's penchant for running amuck lyrically (at the time), no impenetrable concepts and over-elaborate costumes...just solid writing and performances. Also, dare I say, Collins does a fantastic job as both drummer and vocalist.
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 21 September 2006 00:34 (twelve years ago) Permalink
He usually does. And Genesis would have been a lasting quality band had he stuck to that, and kept himself away from involving too much in the songwriting.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 21 September 2006 00:42 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Thursday, 21 September 2006 03:17 (twelve years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 21 September 2006 06:55 (twelve years ago) Permalink
Ambition and indulgence should never be edited. Anyway, Tony Banks was always there, and was just as much of the musical genius Gabriel was. He sadly has lost it more than Gabriel has though.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 21 September 2006 08:38 (twelve years ago) Permalink
Can't...quite...find...joke...
― Everything Is Ill-Educated (noodle vague), Thursday, 21 September 2006 08:41 (twelve years ago) Permalink
Uh, Geir...pretty much anything would have been a huge leap in the right direction from "We Can't Dance".
And honestly, Ray "Stiltskin" Wilson was a better singer than Phil Collins. Then again, you could select anyone off the street and nine times out of ten, they'd be better than Phil Collins.
― Eazy-Esteban Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 21 September 2006 10:37 (twelve years ago) Permalink
Can I just get a gut check here - do you people like Wind and Wuthering, and if so, why? Why do so many progheads love this incredibly boring album? Or am I just not listening close enough?
― frogbs, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:10 (six years ago) Permalink
spent like a month last year getting acquainted with duke, abacab and the self-titled record all of which are AWESOME
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:15 (six years ago) Permalink
Foxtrot.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:36 (six years ago) Permalink
wind & wuthering is (a) mostly great (b) the perfect album to play on a cold dry windy morning
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:25 (six years ago) Permalink
Foxtrot
― Jaap and roids (NickB), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:34 (six years ago) Permalink
trespass was killer when i heard it first, selling england by the pound was even greater especially that part in teh battle of epping forest where the music takes off, where it reaches this metaphysical plateau. this moment of bliss, which should last forever. but in the end nursery cryme is the one, i think. the lyric sheet with all those drawings. so english, so strange, so cruel.
― miesepeter (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 1 February 2013 22:05 (six years ago) Permalink
Selling England by the Pound. Before that I only really love one song per album ("Stagnation," "The Musical Box," "Supper's Ready").
― jim, Friday, 1 February 2013 22:08 (six years ago) Permalink
cosign, this was a month well-spent
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 2 February 2013 01:47 (six years ago) Permalink
I haven't heard it in many years but there are so many great parts I forgot about, listening to it now.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:31 (one year ago) Permalink
The swelling mellotron on the intro to 'The Fountain of Salmacis' is one of my favourite moments in a Genesis song ever, as well as the rocking out sections in 'The Musical Box' etc. etc. As much as I find Nursery Cryme, in a way, to be a bit of a dry run for Foxtrot, it's got some stunning moments on it. With a better production job it could have even been one of their best ever.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:33 (one year ago) Permalink
The early epics rock hardest on Genesis Live. Plus that album cover is one of my favourite rock images.
― dinnerboat, Sunday, 16 July 2017 18:41 (one year ago) Permalink
The shredding guitar solo bits on "Musical Box" feel a bit proto-Maiden to me.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 16 July 2017 20:32 (one year ago) Permalink
Are Iron Maiden the Ramones of prog?
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 16 July 2017 22:36 (one year ago) Permalink
something something two-handed tapping something
― The Saga of Rodney Stooksbury (rushomancy), Monday, 17 July 2017 01:27 (one year ago) Permalink