A TRICK OF THE TAIL

In the latest review the album, A Trick of the Tail, the reviewer sumarily reviews each track without acknowledgin the overall achievement of the album. At the time, Peter Gabriel had left the band and there was some questions as to how they were going to continue and with what singer. Also, would they be able to deliver a reasonably good Genesis album. Not many albums are loaded with 100 percent great tracks, but this album succeeds with the opener, Dance on a Volcano - a rocker with a classic Genesis instrumental part, I'm not crazy about entangled, but Squonk is a good rock tune that showcases the tightness of the band, mad man moon, I think is a decent enough track with some good lyrics -could the evil of a snow flake in June..., Robbery, Assault, & Battery is sorta of like a lite version of the battle of epping forest, again, ripples is an acquired taste depending on what mood your in, I personally like trick of the tail the song because its sorta of like tunes like Harold the Barrel, But Los Endos is a great showcase of Genesis (the great fusion band, shhh!). The album succeeds as a ample bridge from the Gabriel era to the Phil Collins led Genesis. This is the main point of this album. Its that part in the Genesis story that all Genesis fans need to know in order to know how it happened that they got from Gabriel to Collins. So, I'd rate slightly below essential except for Genesis fans.