A TRICK OF THE TAIL

The first album without Gabriel is a truly progressive gem...this work has to be considered from a point of view very close to what have been the band members point of view: have to write an album which wouldn't disappoint all the fans, without Genesis pushing force: Peter Gabriel; they actually made it, this album not only is not disappointing at all, but contains beautiful and energic songs, not to mention Collins vocal performances, reminding Gabriel at his best. The weakest point of "A Trick Of The Tail" is the song "Robbery, Assault And Battery", a quite useless number. This album is brilliant and features well arranged songs, inspired lyrics, and some numbers which have become Genesis classics ("Dance On A Volcano", "Entangled", "Mad Man Moon", "Ripples"). Too bad that a couple of years later Genesis would have abandoned this way of making music, becoming a commercial band. I suggest it to every prog head out there! My rating is 4 stars.