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| 1. Watcher Of The Skies (2008 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Time Table (2008 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. Get 'Em Out By Friday (2008 Digital Remaster) |
| 4. Can-utility And The Coastliners (2008 Digital Remaster) |
| 5. Horizons (2008 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. Supper's Ready (2008 Digital Remaster) |
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Foxtrot marked a decisive point in Genesis's career. An emerging art-rock band who were building up a growing cult following with a busy touring schedule, this album was an artistic and commercial landmark: It was their first album to chart, reaching Number 12 (rather bizarrely, it made it to Number One in Italy!). Including the classic "Watcher Of The Skies" and Peter Gabriel's whimsically compassionate slice-of-life "Get 'Em Out By Friday", the highlight was the ambitious side-long epic "Supper's Ready". Comprising seven linked subsections, it is a story of two lovers and the struggle between good and evil; certainly it was the most innovative and entertaining piece the band had produced to date. Depending on your perspective, the relatively low production values of the recording could be said to detract somewhat from the impact of the album or to add a pleasantly rough edge to what might otherwise be a somewhat prim sound. --James Swift
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Foxtrot marked a decisive point in Genesis's career. An emerging art-rock band who were building up a growing cult following with a busy touring schedule, this album was an artistic and commercial landmark; it was their first album to chart. Including the classic "Watcher of the Skies" and Peter Gabriel's whimsically compassionate slice of life, "Get 'Em Out by Friday," the album's highlight is the ambitious sidelong epic "Supper's Ready." Comprising seven linked subsections, it was inspired apparently by a frightening experience where Gabriel's wife, Jill, felt she was possessed, and is a story of two lovers and the struggle between good and evil. Certainly it was the most innovative and entertaining piece the band had produced to date. The relatively rough production values could be seen as either detracting somewhat from the impact of the album or adding a pleasantly rough edge to what might otherwise be a somewhat prim sound. --James Swift
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Foxtrot was the album that catupulted Genesis into the spotlight,and followed on from the good work produced on Nursery Crime. It contains some fantastic pieces of brilliance,and well crafted Peter Gabriel lyrics. 'Watcher of the Skies' is a powerful opening track,followed by the beautiful 'Timetable' and the sing-a-long 'Get Em Out By Friday.' Gabriel brings power and thought to his singing,balanced well by Phil Collins,who provides crisp and solid druming. 'Horizons' is a beautiful instrumental,conjouring images of a quiet and serene paradise,with atmospheric acoustic playing by Steve Hackett. The epictrack of 'Supper's Ready' has several brilliant moments... the fun of Willow Farm and All Change,a great Hackett electric guitar solo,the lyrics,Tony Bank's keyboards,the great rythmn section of Collins and Rutherford,and the line about Narcissus...'a flower?' Foxtrot is worth buying for all this and much,much more! Buy it NOW!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the album where Genesis first showed what a talent they really were. Not one track is throwaway here and the best ones include "Watcher of the Skies". This classic is superbly atmospheric and its opening sounds like modern trance music. Gabriel's voice has clearly matured and provides some in depth character performances on numbers such as "Get 'em out by Friday,". "Time Table," is suitably melodic and has some great piano riffs in it. "Can utility and the Coastliners," has some great guitar solos from Hackett and has stood the test of time well. "Horizons," acts a melodic filler before the superb "Supper's Ready," which features great work from all the band members and is as good as any other equivalent prog-rock compositions of its time. An essential recording by Genesis - one of their best, if not the best.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have to disagree with the previous reviewer. This sounds several times better than the previous edition.
I, too, own the definitive edition from 1994. I only bought it a couple of years ago. Compared to more recent remasters from my other favourite prog bands like Yes and Jethro Tull, I always thought the definitive editions sounded very thin. Not only that, but there was audible hiss and distortion on all of them (particularly nursery cryme, the musical box sounded horrible in parts) to some degree.
These recent reissues do sound much better. Though there are some issues with compression, the improvement is absolutely phenomenal. In particular, Gabriel's voice and Collins' drumming are crisp and powerful. These songs actually sound like they are being played by a ROCK AND ROLL band, if you know what i mean. A very important part of the genesis sound is the contrast between etheral melodies and a sort of dark menace. Here, the menace hits harder than ever before, and makes the songs all the more palatable.
If you got the recent remaster of Trick of the Tail and were horrified at the compression, fear not. This is way better (as are all the 1970-1975 remasters) and worth your pretty penny.
I, too, own the definitive edition from 1994. I only bought it a couple of years ago. Compared to more recent remasters from my other favourite prog bands like Yes and Jethro Tull, I always thought the definitive editions sounded very thin. Not only that, but there was audible hiss and distortion on all of them (particularly nursery cryme, the musical box sounded horrible in parts) to some degree.
These recent reissues do sound much better. Though there are some issues with compression, the improvement is absolutely phenomenal. In particular, Gabriel's voice and Collins' drumming are crisp and powerful. These songs actually sound like they are being played by a ROCK AND ROLL band, if you know what i mean. A very important part of the genesis sound is the contrast between etheral melodies and a sort of dark menace. Here, the menace hits harder than ever before, and makes the songs all the more palatable.
If you got the recent remaster of Trick of the Tail and were horrified at the compression, fear not. This is way better (as are all the 1970-1975 remasters) and worth your pretty penny.
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Timeless
Being a chap of a certain vintage I own all the old albums, but they have been played to death over the years. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Carl A
A little flat, despite what you might have heard!
Although this album contains one of Genesis' most iconic songs, the 23 minute suite 'Supper's Ready', the album falls a little flat in comparison to the idealistic youthful energy... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alexander J. Dunn
Where Is The Bass??
Briefly, this is the Fourth generation of this album that I have owned and purchased this one having been extremely impressed with "Selling England" and "Trick Of The Tail" in this... Read more
Published 5 months ago by S. T. Garratt
A flower?
Suppers Ready is the reason for buying this CD. Probably the greatest prog track ever recorded. The lyrics are plain barmy (even by prog standards), if Monty Python had written a... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lord Anon
This Fox is far from on the Rocks
I will start by saying that I have been a fan of Genesis since 1972 and rate Peter Gabriel's led band as highly as I do contemporaries Pink Floyd, Yes, Led Zeppelin (I know they... Read more
Published 8 months ago by G. Booth
Foxtrot..a gem
The origanal recording of Foxtrot and Nursery Crime and Trespass were pretty shoddy as the albums themselves ( specially Foxtrot)are " prog rock " masterpieces and the remastered... Read more
Published 15 months ago by afcjimwomble
Great Music.
This album is very good, a very original sound and to my ear it doesn't sound dated that much and I think the remastering sounds good too. Read more
Published 16 months ago by micro man
Quality album - 2008 remaster
I don't give 5 star ratings easily and this is the first time I have done so on Amazon (for an album). Read more
Published 17 months ago by Rock Addict
Remastered: Remarkable!
I hestitated purchasing this, mainly as a consequence of some of the comments already made about the audio results of the remastering process for this recording. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Abstract
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LOVE ALWAYS A MAGIC TIME FOR ALL EARLY SEVENTIES GREAT STUFF......
Published 20 months ago by Mr. B. Jackson
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