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FOXTROT

Genesis

 

Symphonic Prog

4.61 | 4048 ratings

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Boi_da_boi_124
5 stars Review #95!

Genesis's early days. The 'Nursery Cryme' and 'Foxtrot' era had such a charming amateur feel, from both the artwork and music. This album is such a superb example of what Genesis should be. The album starts off with 'Watcher of the Skies'. People swear by this song, but I personally think it's overrated. Not bad, but not the best Genesis song ever made. 'Time Table' has a great chorus and even better lyrics. I think this is a better song than 'Watcher of the Skies' in itself. Next is 'Get 'Em Out by Friday', an almost ELP-like track, the second longest in this album. Pretty funky, which is something I would expect from Yes with Chris Squire more than Genesis. 'Can-Utility and the Coastliners' is arguably one of the best songs in Genesis's catalogue. Blending organic and electronic elements to get a nice crisp sound, this track is hard to get bored of. Kicking off side two is 'Horizons', an instrumental just below two minutes, and fits in quite well with the twenty-minute-plus epic about to come despite the length difference. Oh, boy. The big one. 'Supper's Ready' is one of the best songs to ever be written. Each movement adds to the greatness until the closing 'As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs(Aching Men's Feet)'. And no (please don't kill me), this is not my favorite Genesis song; it is bested by 'I Know What I Like(In Your Wardrobe)', but this is an extremely close second. This song is so impossibly powerful and beautiful, in the last four minutes, I find it hard to not get teary-eyed. If 'Supper's Ready' was the only song on the album and all that followed was a recording of Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins in a fistfight for thirty minutes this album would still earn a four-star from me. But that's not what happened. And so, it earns a solid five. Prog on.

Boi_da_boi_124 | 5/5 |

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