WIND & WUTHERING

I consider this an autumn album. Why? It is sleepy and melancholy in many parts and finishes off with a song that calls to mind reflection of previous experiences and a need to pause before continuing. This, however, is my second favorite Genesis album, after ATotT.

More than any other Genesis album do I find this entrancing. I like to listen to it, alone and with no interruptions. I am always immediately taken away to another place when my listening journey begins. Each track holds a special place with me. There are no songs that are fillers. I'd have to say that the song that affects me most is "Blood on the Rooftops". When the keyboards come in, I get a very strange and tremendous sinking feeling, which is odd because the words simply are nonsense about television programs on UK TV.

Standouts on this album for me are "One for the Vine", "Blood on the Rooftops", and "All in a Mouse's Night". This is an album Gabriel would not sing well on. Collins' voice is just what the doctor ordered. I think Hackett provided some of his best Genesis acoustic work ever. Even, though I understand there was inner turmoil with Hackett and wanting to depart, his musicianship comes through and the band jells. I have always felt that this is an album Genesis should have played start to finish in concert.