Genesis - Foxtrot
	Released: 1972 Label: Charisma/Virgin Cat. No.: CASCD 1058 Total Time: 51:10
	Reviewed by: Davide Guidone, February 2003 I have a particular feeling with Genesis’ Foxtrot: it was my first prog album in 1992 when I was fourteen. I think I‘d never had a better start. In fact this is one of the works which made the story of progressive rock. Foxtrot is a very long disc, if you consider it was recorded in 1972, but there are no weak points in it. Some pieces, by this time, make part of the prog legends, and they are appreciated a lot by the recent musicians. For example, if you have Transatlantic’s < A HREF="transatlantic3.html" CLASS="link">Live In America, it can be noticed Neal Morse plays the organ intro of "Watcher Of The Skies." The words of this song were written by Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks in Italy, on a rooftop in Naples. This one is a great opening track with a solid rhythmic basis and the organ in evidence. However, all the songs are masterpieces: from "Horizons," a piece for classic nylon guitar only, where Steve Hackett shows what he can do (he will play it in concert as a soloist) to "Get 'Em Out By Friday," a very complicated one with many variations that has an interesting text. It speaks of the “Styx Enterprises”, a building firm, which buys all the houses in a street and makes the residents four feet tall to earn space. The most famous track is "Supper’s Ready," a long twenty-three minute suite in seven parts, that speaks of the eternal fight between Good and Evil. My favorite part of this piece is "Apocalypse In 9/8" where Tony Banks is the master of the field playing a successful organ solo. My final consideration is: unfortunately Genesis don’t write music all together. [See also Tom's review -ed. More about Foxtrot: Track Listing: Watcher Of The Skies / Time Table / Get’ Em Out By Friday / Can-Utility And The Coastliners / Horizons / Supper’s Ready Musicians: Tony Banks – organ, mellotron, piano, electric piano,12 strings guitar, vocals Steve Hackett – electric guitars Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vocals Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute, percussion, oboe Mike Rutherford – basses, bass pedals,12 strings guitar, vocals, cello Contact: Website: www.genesis-music.com Note: will open new browser window Discography From Genesis To Revelation (1969)+ Trespass (1970) Nursery Crime (1971) Foxtrot (1972) Live (1973) Selling England By The Pound (1973) Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974) Wind and Wuthering (1976) Trick of the Tail (1976) Seconds Out (1977) And Then There Were Three (1978) Duke (1980) Abacab (1981) Three Sides Live (1982) Genesis (1983) Invisible Touch (1986) We Can't Dance (1991) The Way We Walk: The Shorts (1992) The Way We Walk: The Longs (1993) Calling All Stations (1997) Turn It On Again - The Hits (1999) Archive #1 (1999) Archive #2 (2000) The Genesis Songbook (2001) (DVD/VID) Live At Wembley Stadium (2003) (DVD) Tricks of the Tale, Part 1 -- A Guide to Genesis: The Gabriel Years Tricks of the Tale, Part 2 -- A Guide to Genesis: The Collins Progressive Years
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