Selling England by the Pound by Genesis

An album from the Gabriel era, made in the five-year span 1969-1974, along with other magnificent albums that marked the history of a musical genre and of the music of a time, thanks to a miracle: 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 vivid in my mind, every word sung, shouted or sighed by Peter, every guitar figure by Steve, whom I would then follow in all his solo works, every drum hit by Phil that I (uselessly) tried so hard to imitate over the years while playing drums myself, every melody birthed by the extraordinary Tony, every deep bass line by Mike.

Every track memorized by heart, including the pauses between tracks and including the crackle of the vinyl, which before was a cassette handed 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 kind of stuff 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 off to discover every group, sub-genre of prog, bands influenced by prog, bands that influenced prog, bands that are carrying prog forward, bands that are reshaping and rediscovering prog... and now that I’ve 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…

Tracklst

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 – keyboards, 12-string guitar

Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vocals (track 4)

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