Selling England by the Pound by Genesis

Selling England by the Pound, an absolute masterpiece of progressive rock, in its symphonic rock form, which is the one I love most, by the extraordinary Genesis, released in that magical October of 1973, an extraordinary year for music. 

An album from the Gabriel era, therefore made in the five-year period 1969-1974, together with other magnificent albums that marked the history of a musical genre and of music of that time, thanks to a miracle, that is, the union of extraordinary musicians at their best moment of creativity and technique, at the same time, in the same band.

I always come back here, it's a kind of recurring dream, its notes are always present in my mind, every word sung, shouted or whispered by Peter, every guitar riff by Steve, whom I then followed in all his solo works, every drum beat by Phil that I have (in vain) tried to imitate over the years playing the drums myself, every melody created by the extraordinary Tony, every deep bass line by Mike.

Every track memorized, including the pauses between tracks and including the crackle of the vinyl, which was first a cassette entrusted to me by a kid like me who, giving it to me, said outside middle school "if you want to play with us this is the genre we do." I listened to that TDK and that's where my passion for Genesis began, then for symphonic rock, then for progressive rock and then I went on to discover every group, sub-genre of prog, bands influenced by prog, bands that influenced prog, bands that are carrying on prog, bands that are transforming and rediscovering prog ... and now that I have listened to a lot, hundreds of records and groups from the 60s to today, despite this long journey in music... I always come back here...

Tracklist

Dancing with the Moonlit Knight – 8:02

I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) – 4:03

Firth of Fifth – 9:36

More Fool Me – 3:10

The Battle of Epping Forest – 11:43

After the Ordeal – 4:07

The Cinema Show – 11:10

Aisle of Plenty – 1:30

LineUp

Peter Gabriel – vocals, flute, oboe, percussion

Steve Hackett – electric and classical guitar

Mike Rutherford – 12-string guitar, bass, electric sitar

Tony Banks – keyboard, 12-string guitar

Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vocals (track 4

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