SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND

Genesis

Symphonic Prog

4.65 | 4659 ratings

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milesh

How could I be a diehard fan of Genesis and not give five stars to this wonderful album?

Some prog purists on this site think this album is a million times better than Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. I disagree, but this album does easily qualify as Genesis's best album. (In fact, if I recall correctly, I believe Selling England By The Pound was placed a LONG way before Let It Be in Virgin's Top 1000 Albums and rightfully so!! Duke was the only other Genesis album in the mix.).

I don't know how to describe this album in a proper context. Every song is well-played and features good musicianship from Gabriel, Collins, Banks, Rutherford and Hackett (who, by the way, plays some great 12-string guitar on the entire album!).

Before Phil Collins led the group into wild success, they scored a hit single off of this album with "I Know What I Like." A great song and certainly one of the three best cuts off the album.

The two best tracks, however, are "The Battle of Epping Forest" and "The Cinema Show." Both showcase Peter Gabriel's talent of keeping the audience awake with Homer-esque lyrics, backed by some of the best prog music ever recorded. The recordings are very subtle and have to be heard to be believed (in fact, download the mp3 of "The Cinema Show" if you don't believe me - I guarantee it'll turn your listening around!)

This is certainly the best Genesis album in the cannon and has a mixture of everything that made them so loved. Glad to see that four stars is the lowest rating on this site, which means everybody on this site really likes it.

Warning: If you only love the three-man line up of Genesis, you are missing out one of the greatest rock albums ever.

| 5/5 | 2005-3-11

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