Anthony Phillips Appreciation

1984 is his best IMHO.....could have done it better with a drummer though....

The Doctor wrote: Moogtron III wrote: My favorite Ant album might be Slow Dance, although maybe it is Sides after all (I still like the more commercial first half). Completing my top 3 is Ivory Moon. It took a while before I really liked that one, actually. I also like Back To The Pavilion  and Tarka. There's my top 5, then. I prefer the second half of Sides, but I do like the first side, especially Um & Argh.  That and Bleak House are probably my favorites from that album.  PP&P II is good, but I slightly prefer I as it seems to have more completed pieces.  Slow Dance is excellent as is 1984.  The double CD version of 1984 has some really cool bonus stuff on the second disc.  My favs are probably TG&TG at the top (and I like Phil's vocal input on the two songs he sings-this was directed at another poster), with Slow Dance and Wise After the Event bringing up the two and three spots.  I should also mention that his pop album Invisible Men is pretty cool as well.  PP&P I, Sides and 1984 are the following three.

Moogtron III wrote: My favorite Ant album might be Slow Dance, although maybe it is Sides after all (I still like the more commercial first half). Completing my top 3 is Ivory Moon. It took a while before I really liked that one, actually. I also like Back To The Pavilion  and Tarka. There's my top 5, then.

I prefer the second half of Sides, but I do like the first side, especially Um & Argh.  That and Bleak House are probably my favorites from that album.  PP&P II is good, but I slightly prefer I as it seems to have more completed pieces.  Slow Dance is excellent as is 1984.  The double CD version of 1984 has some really cool bonus stuff on the second disc. 

My favs are probably TG&TG at the top (and I like Phil's vocal input on the two songs he sings-this was directed at another poster), with Slow Dance and Wise After the Event bringing up the two and three spots.  I should also mention that his pop album Invisible Men is pretty cool as well.  PP&P I, Sides and 1984 are the following three.

I listened to G & T G - very early genesis like starts with a put-off track with collins singing the best track is the last one (before the bonus) - Hackett's Voyage of the Acolyte is infinately better IMHO....

I started collecting Ant Phillips CD's as a sort of Genesis Collectionist hobby - never listed to any of them except 1984 and SIDE's just dug out Geese and the Ghost - I shall listen to that this weekend....

Hi,

Flyingsod wrote: I've been busy and havent seen this thread till now. Figures that I stay away a few days and interesting threads start up. I'm an Ant fan but exceptt for a few youtube sessions I only know his Genesis work. Tresspass is my fav Genesis album and between that and the compositions he worked on in Nursery Cryme I fell in love with 12 string guitar. Steve Hackett of course did a great job in the band but I am not really greatful for the replacement. I prefer the electric guitar work on Tresspass to later albums as well as the acoustic 12 string.

I always wondered how Genesis would sound if Ant stayed... Anthony really showed what you could do with just a guitar or piano. That you could capture moods with different notes and tempos. I played the acoustic A LONG time ago and gave it up pretty quickly. I had no idea you could do all that, haha. So much of the Private Parts are fantastically good, his piano work on Soiree is definitely worth checking out.

Thanks for the post, it's always nice to see someone else who appreciates Ants' work!

A great soundtrack composer and background wizard but thankfully he walked and Hackett came along. Love TG & TG best.

Hard to pick a favorite.  I love Geese.  I also love Wise After the Event, Tarka, 1984, Slow Dance.  Hell, I even like his "pop" albums, Sides and Invisible Men.  His first PP&P album is my favorite of that series, but II, 3, 4, 6 and 7 also deserve mention.  Haven't yet heard 9 or 10.  

The instrumental piece "Nightmare" from "Sides" has always been a favorite of mine. According to other's I have conversed with, the piece drags on and on. It's actually a side of Anthony Phillips' writng that sounds a bit like Steve Hackett. Michael Giles is the main feature of this piece for me. It's quite different from how he played with K.C...although you can easily identify his style, the playing itself had a different approach. The piece sets off such a strange vibe. I can visualize him at the top of a mountain, in front of a tower, playing "Nightmare" just before the storm.