A TRICK OF THE TAIL

"A Trick of the Tail" is a very good album, just not quite the era that I really like Genesis from. I must admit that "Dance on a Volcano", "Squonk", and "Los Endos" are bangers and they give the album a much needed heavier feel. I almost wish they would have done the whole album as a hard charging experiment, as some of the slower, softer, folkier songs lost my attention. Don't get me wrong, the album is masterfully intricate and the production is full, I just fail to see a lot of the fuss made over this album. But then again, I'm not really one for the acoustic sounds, so I guess that says something about where I stand when listening to this album. I prefer the 1980s Genesis because that's what I grew up with and relate to more, but "A Trick of the Tail" is a good peek back in time if you're interested in going back to 1976.