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Remastered Edition, The groups first post-Peter Gabriel album
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Genesis of 1976 were found themselves in a strange position. Peter Gabriel, the band's lead singer who was also responsible for the entire lyrics for the previous concept double-LP, had left the band and in the public's eyes there was little hope for the rest of the band. They didn't even have a lead singer to replace Gabriel. Did they?
Since their "official" debut album, Trespass in 1970, Genesis had slowly built up a small but loyal following, drawn into the worlds their sprawling `prog rock' epics like Supper's Ready, The Musical Box, and The Cinema Show. However, even in 1974, at the release of the Gabriel-penned The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, they had yet to hit commercial success. Their solo "hit", 1973's I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), was still, three years later, the only song the casual listener would recognise. When Gabriel left, it seemed Genesis would be remembered as the band that launched Peter Gabriel and little else.
Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks, Genesis' remaining founder members, set about holding auditions for a new singer. Their audition song, the heavy Squonk, told the story of a creature that melts when one looks at it. Indeed. Despite numerous auditions, the band had been unable to find a singer suitable to fill Gabriel's shoes. It was then that the band's drummer, a certain Phil Collins, meekly suggested he attempt the song. In reality, this wasn't such a giant leap, Collins had provided backing vocals on a number of tracks, and even handled lead vocals on two early songs, For Absent Friends and More Fool Me. However, Rutherford and Banks were sceptical as to how Collins could handle a song requiring as powerful vocals as Squonk. Impressed with his gutsy performance, they decided to run with it. As well as Steve Hackett on guitars, the band had closed the ranks and were ready to get back to the business of recording an album.
Both Rutherford and Banks had begun to feel creatively hampered during the recording of The Lamb, as Gabriel had insisted on writing all lyrics, they had been forced to sit on some of their strongest compositions, which were to surface on A Trick of The Tail. This "new Genesis" start strong, laying down the gauntlet with Dance On A Volcano, and the record easily swings between beautiful, haunting songs such as Entangled and Ripples (my own personal favourite) and the fairytale Squonk with its John Bonham-esque drums. The only time the album falls down for me is on Robbery, Assault and Battery, a tale of a criminal, with a lot of Collins' influence stamped on it. This 2007 remaster has a great mix, and the 5.1 really does use all of the channels well (I loved turning down all of the other speakers so Collin's vocal was exposed solo. But that's just me). A great album and a true classic, Genesis would never look back.
Since their "official" debut album, Trespass in 1970, Genesis had slowly built up a small but loyal following, drawn into the worlds their sprawling `prog rock' epics like Supper's Ready, The Musical Box, and The Cinema Show. However, even in 1974, at the release of the Gabriel-penned The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, they had yet to hit commercial success. Their solo "hit", 1973's I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), was still, three years later, the only song the casual listener would recognise. When Gabriel left, it seemed Genesis would be remembered as the band that launched Peter Gabriel and little else.
Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks, Genesis' remaining founder members, set about holding auditions for a new singer. Their audition song, the heavy Squonk, told the story of a creature that melts when one looks at it. Indeed. Despite numerous auditions, the band had been unable to find a singer suitable to fill Gabriel's shoes. It was then that the band's drummer, a certain Phil Collins, meekly suggested he attempt the song. In reality, this wasn't such a giant leap, Collins had provided backing vocals on a number of tracks, and even handled lead vocals on two early songs, For Absent Friends and More Fool Me. However, Rutherford and Banks were sceptical as to how Collins could handle a song requiring as powerful vocals as Squonk. Impressed with his gutsy performance, they decided to run with it. As well as Steve Hackett on guitars, the band had closed the ranks and were ready to get back to the business of recording an album.
Both Rutherford and Banks had begun to feel creatively hampered during the recording of The Lamb, as Gabriel had insisted on writing all lyrics, they had been forced to sit on some of their strongest compositions, which were to surface on A Trick of The Tail. This "new Genesis" start strong, laying down the gauntlet with Dance On A Volcano, and the record easily swings between beautiful, haunting songs such as Entangled and Ripples (my own personal favourite) and the fairytale Squonk with its John Bonham-esque drums. The only time the album falls down for me is on Robbery, Assault and Battery, a tale of a criminal, with a lot of Collins' influence stamped on it. This 2007 remaster has a great mix, and the 5.1 really does use all of the channels well (I loved turning down all of the other speakers so Collin's vocal was exposed solo. But that's just me). A great album and a true classic, Genesis would never look back.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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If you're lucky enough to own the original AAD CD issue, hold onto it because these remasters are a travesty. Admittedly if you're young and new to Genesis this new "remix remaster" will appeal, since the bass has been elevated close to the pain threshold, the vocal range has been hit sideways with added reverb, and all those delicate quiet bits that made the original so profoundly beautiful have been homogenised. Those of us who remember the original mix/master have been left out of the twenty-first century marketing equation because all we do is complain that music today isn't a scratch on what it was yesterday. This issue very clearly isn't intended for us. Although odds on we'll be the only people buying it.
Did Genesis have a lead guitarist? Someone by the name of Hackett whose contribution got buried beneath the keyboard wash...he quit the band but that wasn't the reason he gave, though it should have been...well at least this new mix has tweaked a few of his grudging passages, you can now actually distinguish the weeping slide guitar from the piano arpeggios in "Ripples". So not all bad!
The music will never get anything other than 5 stars (it says so in Alan Freeman's History Of Pop)....but this new presentation gets 1 star....so average 3! Hunt out one of the older CD issues here on Amazon, this isn't the CD you're looking for.
Did Genesis have a lead guitarist? Someone by the name of Hackett whose contribution got buried beneath the keyboard wash...he quit the band but that wasn't the reason he gave, though it should have been...well at least this new mix has tweaked a few of his grudging passages, you can now actually distinguish the weeping slide guitar from the piano arpeggios in "Ripples". So not all bad!
The music will never get anything other than 5 stars (it says so in Alan Freeman's History Of Pop)....but this new presentation gets 1 star....so average 3! Hunt out one of the older CD issues here on Amazon, this isn't the CD you're looking for.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Perhaps it's just a bad case of nostalgia that prompts one to revisit teenage years through the music of the time. This is one such case and one such album. I remember my 15 year-old self sitting on my bed and playing the vinyl album to death. Roll on 35 years and I now play the CD version in a similar manner.
Like reuniting with an old friend, I was amazed how quickly I got re-acquainted with this album. Paradoxically, when asked, I can't remember what my wife said to me last week, yet I could remember every single word of this musical masterpiece instantly. I found myself singing along like it was yesterday.
I'm not going to go over each track individually, as many other have done that well enough here. What I will say is that the brilliance of the song-writing and musicianship shines through the murk of the pap music ridden world we have to endure these days. It's not only a breath of fresh air, it INVOLVES you in a way that very little music does today. Man, I'm sounding old.
Like reuniting with an old friend, I was amazed how quickly I got re-acquainted with this album. Paradoxically, when asked, I can't remember what my wife said to me last week, yet I could remember every single word of this musical masterpiece instantly. I found myself singing along like it was yesterday.
I'm not going to go over each track individually, as many other have done that well enough here. What I will say is that the brilliance of the song-writing and musicianship shines through the murk of the pap music ridden world we have to endure these days. It's not only a breath of fresh air, it INVOLVES you in a way that very little music does today. Man, I'm sounding old.
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Such A Great Album
Although the music press back in 1975 were pre-empting the demise of Genesis, when Peter Gabriel, considered by most as the heart and soul of the band, announced his sudden... Read more
Published 26 days ago by Ben
Still fantastic!
Not heard this for many years, but it still is fantastic!
How did it escape my collection!!
True Genesis Genius!!
How did it escape my collection!!
True Genesis Genius!!
Published 1 month ago by Linda
A classic album for Genisis fans
I was very pleased to be able to download this onto my iPod. A great album and brings back happy memories of the good old days.
Published 1 month ago by D. Glazzard
A change for the better
Genesis fans seem to be divided into two camps: those who insist they were best with Peter Gabriel and those who thought they were better off without his theatrical showboating. Read more
Published 2 months ago by christopher grant
Classic lyrics and music that will never be repeated.
This album is so good that my car stereo wouldn't eject it so I listened to it for over 2 years. The songs, the characters and the music are all top draw. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Smartin
Whimsical, imaginative and original.
If you're feeling nostalgic and enjoyed this album as a teenager then don't hesitate! I love these old albums, the lyrics and music are so original and imaginative, there's nothing... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Papillon
a trick of the tail
got this for a friend she was over the moon with I will use this seller agine the item arrived in time, it was pack very well
Published 7 months ago by D. Stirling
One of the best...
I almost hate to admit that my favourite two Genesis albums both have Phil Collins on lead vocals... Read more
Published 15 months ago by R. NEIL
Flawless Genesis
This was the first Genesis album I heard (a friend lent it to me about a year after it was released) and my first experience of prog music (I'd heard the Floyd but I've never... Read more
Published 23 months ago by D. J. H. Thorn
The last great genesis album
I remember buying this on vinyl when it came out and thought it was excellent.I still thinks it sounds good now unfortunately for me in my opinion it was all downhill after this as... Read more
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