Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973) [EAC-FLAC]

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973)
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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.

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Tracklist:
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01. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
02. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
03. Firth Of Fifth
04. More Fool Me
05. The Battle Of Epping Forest
06. After The Ordeal
07. The Cinema Show
08. Aisle Of Plenty

*2013 Charisma / Universal Music Japan | VJCP-98018
      {2013 Japan Mini LP SHM-CD Edition}


Personnel:
Tony Banks - keyboards, 12 String guitar
Phil Collins - drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals (4)
Peter Gabriel - lead vocals, percussion, flute, oboe
Steve Hackett - electric guitar, nylon guitar
Mike Rutherford - bass guitar, 12 string guitar, electric sitar



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