SPOT THE PIGEON

Interesting to know about this 3 track EP. I wasn´t aware of its existence until few months ago. Upon reading about it on the Genesis biography Turn It On Again, I was curious enough to get it, since I´m a big fan of Wind & Wuthering, and Spot The Pigeon was recorded at the time. In fact, this is really a kind of leftovers from that LP and it shows. The first two songs, Match Of The Day and Pigeons are are quite popish, but still good and quite sophisticated for the style, as anything you might expect from Genesis. They are nice, but clearly not up to the W & W standards. However, the last tune, the almost 7 minute long Inside And Out, is much better, with their chiming 12 string guitars and moving lyrics about a man falsely accused of rape. Musically it could be at Wind & Wuthering, at the very least it could (and should) replace the musically silly track like Wot Gorilla, and lyrically the embarrassing All In A Mouse´s Night. It could not, I should mention, compete with that album´s best cuts.

It was also the last studio recording featuring Steve Hackett.

All in all a nice little single that is quite charming, although not essential in any way. Three stars.