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Excellent! No, no not just excellent, a MASTERPIECE!!!!! This is Genesis at its peak, with the best line-up the band's ever had: Peter Gabriel: with his particular voice , which sounds amazing, and fits perfectly in Synphinic prog, and his flute and oboe solos which sound great./Steve Hackett: with his mind-blowing guitar solos , one of finest prog- rock guitarists ever!/ Mike Rutherford : contributing with a very cool bass-playing , making the band sound more complete and really good./ Tony Banks: with his amazing keyboard playing, including pianos, synths, mellotrons , organs and other keyboards. He's one of my favourite keyboard players(I'm talking about this because I'm a keyboard-guy, myself, and I know many other cool keybord-men, but this is one of the best ever!)/Phil Collins: One of the greatest drummers of all times! he also does the lead vocal on "More fool me" and most of the backing vocals and high harmonies. "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" starts with just Gabriel singing "Can you tell me....?".Then, the guitars join , later, the powerfull piano by banks . Suddenly, when the chours is about to start, it all bursts into pure rock . This song has one of the most amazing guitar solos by Hackett in the band ( he had other cool solos like this one on "Spectral Mornings" and "Every Day" in his solo carrer). When the lyrics end, Banks knocks out a really cool solo with an amazing synth. "I know what I like" is one the most well-known Genesis songs. It starts with synth, and Gabriel doing the spoken line " It's 1 o' clock..." then , when the whole band joins , you can really hear Phil's voice singing along with Peter(sometimes you can hear Phil's voice better than Peter's). It's a very enjoyable song ( there's also a live version on " Seconds Out" with vocals by Phil. That version made me love this song). Firth of Fifth is a classic! with a wonderful piano intro. The vocals sound really hard rocking , and it's got an intrumental section which is one of the best Synphonic prog sections ever! "More fool me" is an acustic song sung by Phil and it's a very good song. "Battle of Epping Forest" is the strangest on this album. It's an 11-minute piece featuring really cool organs and synths, guitars( acustic and electric), with bass and drums to complete the amazing sound of the song. Gabriel's vocals sound very strange ( since there are some sections in which he talks and does voices of different characters)."After the Ordeal" acts like a kind of "Bridge" between "Battle.." and the amazing "Cinema Show"( Like "Horizons" and "Supper's Ready" on "Foxtrot"). "Cinema Show" features 2 sections : one with the vocals ( by both Peter and Phil) , soft guitars and a flute solo. The second one is intrumental featuring a really lengthy keyboard solo, with guitar , bass and drums contributing the rythm section. Finally the song becomes slower and slower and turns out to be "Aisle of Plenty" which has the same music as "Moonlit Knight"'s first section , but with other lyrics. This album is really worth having and it's a real MUST for Genesis fans, or anyone looking for a real Masterpiece of Prog-rock with one of the best drummers ever, one of the best guitarists ever, one of the most amazing keyboardists , a very cool singer and a heavy rocking bassist! 5 stars..... a CLASSIC!!!!!!! .....If you still don't believe me, look at how many 5-star raitings this album's got!