A TRICK OF THE TAIL

It's already all been said. Not planning to add much more than a couple of my typical opinions. It's amazing what the band did after Gabriel left. We all thought they were goners when we heard that Gabriel was leaving the band, but you've got to hand it to the remaining members.

Dance With a Volcano is a great song right from the beginning. In fact I attribute a lot of the getting-over- ambivalence to listen to the album on the fact that it's such a good opening song. Every composition on the album is superb. That's it strength. Not a song is dull. It's weakness however is that no single track takes over and carries the album to immortality. No Carpet Crawler into Chamber of 32 doors segue or Supper's Ready or Firth of Fifth. Nonetheless a must have because songs are great and it's fascinating to see Genesis post Gabriel.