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SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND

Genesis

 

Symphonic Prog

4.65 | 4657 ratings

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eon_
5 stars For me the best Genesis album slightly above Foxtrot. This album is more mellodic than the previous ones. ¨Dancing with the Moonlit Knight¨ opens the album and what a beatifull song it is, one of my favorites Genesis tracks, awesome vocals by Peter and Tony Banks is just superb (as in the rest of the album). Then comes ¨I Know What I Like (in Your Wardrobe)¨ when i first heard this album i didn´t like this song but with time it really grew on me. Track three is ¨Firth of Fifth¨ and the only thing i am going to say about this song is that it is perfect, just perfect. Phil Collins comes in track four to do what he does best BUT his attempt to destroy the album fails since Peter Gabriel steps out with ¨The Battle of Epping Forest¨ , this is a complex song in which Gabriel´s experiment with different voices and this is a good example to see the creative diference between Gabriel and Collins (when comparing this song with the previous one). Track six is just wow, Hacket at it´s best. Then comes ¨The Cinema Show¨ i think there are no words to describe this song, it is just perfect (another one!) And well the album closes beatiful with ¨Aisle of Plenty¨

An album full of all time classics, every song with the exception of Collin´s ¨More Fool Me¨ is beatiful..so this album is not just a Masterpiece of Progressive Rock, this album defines Progressive Rock.

eon_ | 5/5 |

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