Was surprised to find that this was Genesis' 5th album. I didn't realise that they'd recorded so many with Peter Gabriel.
There seems to be a thing about prog albums using paintings as their album covers rather than photos or some other such thing. Definitely bands like Gentle Giant, Genesis, some of Crimson's got on in on it. Similar to the 50's jazz scene's flirtations with the modern artists. It works for this album matching the parochial English vibe of the album.
Much as it's popular to jump on the 'Phil Collins bashing bandwagon', his drumming, while nowhere near as exploratory or virtuosic as some of his prog peers, is still pretty damned fine. Synths that sound like they're soundtracking a fox hunt, guitars that are at time frantic and unsettling and at others, majestic and grand, vocals that verge on the theatrical and playful. This is definitely a long way from the poppy, sometimes slightly too-serious-for-its-own-good, later-era Genesis.
I would not be surprised if John Frusciate was into Genesis either. There seem to be a lot of sounds that would not be out of place on some of his later work with the Chili Peppers or some of his mid-era solo work.
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