![]() ![]() This is also the album were drummer Phil Collins (who would later be more associated as the band’s front man) best displays his drumming skills. On this album Hackett perfected the use of the tapping technique and sweep picking, techniques which would not become widely popular until a decade later. This is his absolute moment in the sun and makes one wonder why there was relatively so little from him in subsequent years (even though he stayed with Genesis through three more albums). While all members of the quintet are at their absolute peak on this album, no one shines brighter than guitarist Steve Hackett. And, of course, the fantastic musicianship that made this album one of the greatest albums of the progressive rock genre. Instead it is more a collection of short stories, fables, and fairy tales that don’t really have much in common save the English themes. The album has a storybook quality and is nearly drifts into “concept album” territory. The band had a steady progression in the early 1970s albums, leading to this climax which fused their heavy prog-rock and overtly theatrical background with an English folk theme topped by incredible rock virtuosity. The classic lineup of Genesis was at their absolute peak musically and melodically on the 1973 album Selling England by the Pound. ![]()
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