A TRICK OF THE TAIL

This was the one that made my father got into Genesis,and one i promised myself to hear only after i heard all of Gabriel era albums (altough i heard Genesis before hearing the lamb, but it was cos a friend of mine was spinning it). And as i got into collecting papers from the era, and see what was going on with the progressive scene in the 70's, i saw it was a HUGE shock knowing that Gabriel would left Genesis after the lamb tour (plain curiosity, the last show of the tour was cancelled due to bad ticket sale, so they entered the stage in their last show right after knowing this was going to be their last show togheter. Soon after knowing this, and before hitting the stage, Gabriel played "The Last Post" on a Oboe in the backstage).

So, Gabriel is gone? oh boy, we're in trouble! And then they had to show the world they wouldn't miss Gabriel (and they wouldn't really, since Gabriel only written a few songs for genesis). So, they took their time to do whatever it took to make it into a perfect Gabriel era LP, without Gabriel in their lineup. That's why you're gonna hear Phil Collins here and say "hey, this is Gabriel!". The only thing that changed a little, is Collins hand shaking stuff. Now he is in a better place, so drums start to appear highly on this one, getting more of a direct and concise sound, instead of making soundscapes with two acoustic guitars (except for "Entangled")

This one can still beconsidered as one of Genesis really great albums(for me, W&W is the dividing line in that point), and no fan of earliest OR latest Genesis will get disapointed, nice way to start a new era.

Another plain curiosity, i own 4 Lps of this one. since it was my dad's favorite, he bought two of them (in case one got messed up, altough it never did), later Virgin re- released this album, and so went dad, to buy another 2 copies of this one. Afterwards, when i installed our LPset after 5 years since we moved, he came to me with all of his Genesis LPs (from Tresspass to Secret Touch, all of them) and said "since it's you passion now, these, and those(pointing to the other cases where the albums were stored) are yours, so you can keep passing this on", and thats how i ended up wih 4 copies, in this very emocional family moment

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