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Genesis proved that they could rock on Foxtrot but on its follow-up Selling England by the Pound they didn't follow this route, they returned to the English eccentricity of their first records, which wasn't so much a retreat as a consolidation of powers. For even if this eight-track album has no one song that hits as hard as "Watcher of the Skies," Genesis hasn't sacrificed the newfound immediacy of Foxtrot: they've married it to their eccentricity, finding ways to infuse it into the delicate whimsy that's been their calling card since the beginning. This, combined with many overt literary allusions -- the Tolkeinisms of the title of "The Battle of Epping Forest" only being the most apparent -- gives this album a storybook quality. It plays as a collection of short stories, fables, and fairy tales, and it is also a rock record, which naturally makes it quite extraordinary as a collection, but also as a set of individual songs. Genesis has never been as direct as they've been on the fanciful yet hook-driven "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" -- apart from the fluttering flutes in the fade-out, it could easily be mistaken for a glam single -- or as achingly fragile as on "More Fool Me," sung by Phil Collins. It's this delicate balance and how the album showcases the band's narrative force on a small scale as well as large that makes this their arguable high-water mark.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Mike Rutherford, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Writer - Phil Collins, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Writer - Peter Gabriel, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Writer - Tony Cousins, Remastering Engineer - Nick Davis, MixingEngineer - Rhett Davies, AssistantEngineer - Tony Banks, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer - Geoff Callingham, Technician - Steve Hackett, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Writer - Genesis, MainArtist - John Burns, Producer - Tom Mitchell, Assistant Mixing Engineer
Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, © 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd ℗ 2008 Anthony Banks Ltd., Philip Collins Ltd., Peter Gabriel Ltd., Stephen Hackett Ltd., Michael Rutherford Ltd., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation/Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Rutherford, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Writer - Phil Collins, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals - Peter Gabriel, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Writer - Tony Cousins, Remastering Engineer - Nick Davis, MixingEngineer - Rhett Davies, AssistantEngineer - Tony Banks, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer - Geoff Callingham, Technician - Steve Hackett, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Writer - Genesis, MainArtist - John Burns, Producer - Tom Mitchell, Assistant Mixing Engineer
Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, © 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd ℗ 2008 Anthony Banks Ltd., Philip Collins Ltd., Peter Gabriel Ltd., Stephen Hackett Ltd., Michael Rutherford Ltd., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation/Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Rutherford, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Writer - Phil Collins, Arranger, Drums, Writer - Peter Gabriel, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Writer - Tony Cousins, Remastering Engineer - Nick Davis, MixingEngineer - Rhett Davies, AssistantEngineer - Tony Banks, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer - Geoff Callingham, Technical Assistant - Steve Hackett, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Writer - Genesis, MainArtist - John Burns, Producer - Tom Mitchell, Assistant Mixing Engineer
Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, © 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd ℗ 2008 Anthony Banks Ltd., Philip Collins Ltd., Peter Gabriel Ltd., Stephen Hackett Ltd., Michael Rutherford Ltd., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation/Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Rutherford, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Writer - Phil Collins, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Lead Vocals, Writer - Peter Gabriel, Producer, Arranger, Writer, Background Vocals - Tony Cousins, Remastering Engineer - Nick Davis, MixingEngineer - Rhett Davies, AssistantEngineer - Tony Banks, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer - Geoff Callingham, Technician - Steve Hackett, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Writer - Genesis, MainArtist - John Burns, Producer - Tom Mitchell, Assistant Mixing Engineer
Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, © 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd ℗ 2008 Anthony Banks Ltd., Philip Collins Ltd., Peter Gabriel Ltd., Stephen Hackett Ltd., Michael Rutherford Ltd., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation/Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Rutherford, Band Member, Writer - Phil Collins, Band Member, Writer - Peter Gabriel, Band Member, Writer - Tony Cousins, Engineer - Nick Davis, Mixer - Tony Banks, Band Member, Writer - Steve Hackett, Band Member, Writer - Genesis, Producer, MainArtist - John Burns, Producer
Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, © 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd ℗ 2008 Anthony Banks Ltd., Philip Collins Ltd., Peter Gabriel Ltd., Stephen Hackett Ltd., Michael Rutherford Ltd., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation/Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Rutherford, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Writer - Phil Collins, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Writer - Peter Gabriel, Producer, Arranger, Flute, Writer - Tony Cousins, Remastering Engineer - Nick Davis, MixingEngineer - Rhett Davies, AssistantEngineer - Tony Banks, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer - Geoff Callingham, Technician - Steve Hackett, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Writer - Genesis, MainArtist - John Burns, Producer - Tom Mitchell, Assistant Mixing Engineer
Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, © 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd ℗ 2008 Anthony Banks Ltd., Philip Collins Ltd., Peter Gabriel Ltd., Stephen Hackett Ltd., Michael Rutherford Ltd., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation/Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Rutherford, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Writer - Phil Collins, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Writer - Peter Gabriel, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Writer - Tony Cousins, Remastering Engineer - Nick Davis, MixingEngineer - Rhett Davies, AssistantEngineer - Tony Banks, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer - Geoff Callingham, Technician - Steve Hackett, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Writer - Genesis, MainArtist - John Burns, Producer - Tom Mitchell, Assistant Mixing Engineer
Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, © 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd ℗ 2008 Anthony Banks Ltd., Philip Collins Ltd., Peter Gabriel Ltd., Stephen Hackett Ltd., Michael Rutherford Ltd., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation/Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Rutherford, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Writer - Phil Collins, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Writer - Peter Gabriel, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Writer - Tony Cousins, Remastering Engineer - Nick Davis, MixingEngineer - Rhett Davies, AssistantEngineer - Tony Banks, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer - Geoff Callingham, Technician - Steve Hackett, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Writer - Genesis, MainArtist - John Burns, Producer - Tom Mitchell, Assistant Mixing Engineer
Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, © 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd ℗ 1973 Philip Collins Limited, Anthony Banks Limited, Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
Genesis proved that they could rock on Foxtrot but on its follow-up Selling England by the Pound they didn't follow this route, they returned to the English eccentricity of their first records, which wasn't so much a retreat as a consolidation of powers. For even if this eight-track album has no one song that hits as hard as "Watcher of the Skies," Genesis hasn't sacrificed the newfound immediacy of Foxtrot: they've married it to their eccentricity, finding ways to infuse it into the delicate whimsy that's been their calling card since the beginning. This, combined with many overt literary allusions -- the Tolkeinisms of the title of "The Battle of Epping Forest" only being the most apparent -- gives this album a storybook quality. It plays as a collection of short stories, fables, and fairy tales, and it is also a rock record, which naturally makes it quite extraordinary as a collection, but also as a set of individual songs. Genesis has never been as direct as they've been on the fanciful yet hook-driven "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" -- apart from the fluttering flutes in the fade-out, it could easily be mistaken for a glam single -- or as achingly fragile as on "More Fool Me," sung by Phil Collins. It's this delicate balance and how the album showcases the band's narrative force on a small scale as well as large that makes this their arguable high-water mark.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:34
- Main artists: Genesis
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, © 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd Under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the United States and Canada and to Warner Music UK Limited for the rest of the world, ℗ 2008 Craft Recordings, Peter Gabriel Ltd
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