Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
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Artist: GenesisEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1994-11-29
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Dance On A Volcano
- Entangled
- Squonk
- Mad Man Moon
- Robbery, Assault And Battery
- Ripples
- A Trick Of The Tail
- Los Endos
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Free Music Review: The Best of Both Worlds
Hit: 4 Stars
This is my favourite Genesis album after "Selling England". For me, the other Peter Gabriel albums are too dense and impenetrable, with too many competing interests, while the Collins era Genesis, while possibly stronger on melody, became way too saccharinely commercial for my tastes.
So what sets "Trick of the Tail" apart? It's a struggle between the melodic prog leanings of the Gabriel years against the commercial sappiness that engulfed the band in the Collins years. It encapsulates the best of both worlds without being particularly groundbreaking, unlike "Selling England". It's strong on memorable songs, unlike the sprawling "Lamb", the melodies and sounds lodge in your mind. "Dance on a Volcano" and "Squonk" are excellant musically. Tracks like "Ripples" and "Mad Moon", while firmly in the Collins Ballad mould, and "Robbery Assault and Battery" and the title track, both in the Collins pop song mould, succeed in being blessed with the proggy touch that was to evaporate once Steve Hacket departed. This is their saving grace.
In summary, genuinely good, strong melodic songs with clever prog playing - the balance is just right.
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