{"id":22508,"date":"2022-03-07T05:30:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=22508"},"modified":"2022-02-15T09:38:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T14:38:43","slug":"march-through-time-genesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/07\/march-through-time-genesis\/","title":{"rendered":"March Through Time: Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>This month, I&#8217;m hitting<\/em> pause <em>on coverage of new artists and releases, focusing instead for a bit on the bodies of work from some of my favorite artists. &#8212; bk<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22509\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_genesis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_genesis.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_genesis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_genesis-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_genesis-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_genesis-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Let\u2019s get this out of the way right up front: I respect Phil Collins as an artist, but I have little use for the pop era of Genesis\u2019 music. So for this March Through Time I will restrict my comments to the band\u2019s earlier material.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>From Genesis to Revelation<\/b><\/i><b> (1969)<\/b> \u2013 It\u2019s remarkable how many great bands (Caravan, Yes) made debut albums that don\u2019t fit neatly into the signature sound they\u2019d soon develop. That\u2019s the case with Genesis\u2019 debut. That said, even though it\u2019s little-known, its worth hearing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>Trespass<\/b><\/i><b> (1970)<\/b> \u2013 With Genesis compositions, longer has tended to mean better. At nine minutes, \u201cThe Knife\u201d is the band\u2019s first classic. Dramatic, sweeping, amazing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>Nursery Cryme<\/b><\/i><b> (1971)<\/b> \u2013 Three lengthy pieces (out of seven total) and a new drummer (one Phil Collins\u201d make this a classic. \u201cThe Musical Box\u201d showcases the strengths of every member.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>Foxtrot<\/b><\/i><b> (1972)<\/b> \u2013 And the hits (well, not <em>hits<\/em>\u2026) keep coming. \u201cWatcher of the Skies\u201d and \u201cSupper\u2019s Ready\u201d are among the finest works from the group.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>Selling England by the Pound <\/b><\/i><b>(1973)<\/b> \u2013 Their very best, with \u201cFirth of Fifth\u201d as the best thing they\u2019d ever do, supported by a bunch of other great tracks. Though Peter Gabriel remains as the primary focal point, Phil\u2019s lead vocal on \u201cMore Fool Me\u201d is heart-rending, and hints at the (then as yet unknown) future.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>Genesis Live<\/b><\/i><b> (1973)<\/b> \u2013 A solid document of the live set, but perhaps not strictly necessary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway<\/b><\/i><b> (1974)<\/b> \u2013 Genesis moved into quasi rock opera territory. As muddled a story as <i>Tommy<\/i>, but the music\u2019s still very good. Not as immediate as earlier records, and not the ideal entry point.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>A Trick of the Tail<\/b><\/i><b> (1976)<\/b> \u2013 A transitional work, with Collins as lead singer. The band is still swimming in progressive waters.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>Wind and Wuthering <\/b><\/i><b>(1976)<\/b> \u2013 The post-Gabriel lineup seems to have found its footing here. And \u2013 egads! \u2013 a hit single in \u201cYour Own Special Way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>Seconds Out<\/b><\/i><b> (1977)<\/b> \u2013 If you want live Genesis, this is the one to get. Even though it\u2019s from the post-Peter Gabriel period, it\u2019s the definitive document of the band live onstage, with lots of classic material.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>&#8230;And Then There Were Three\u2026<\/b><\/i><b> (1978)<\/b> \u2013 When guitarist Steve Hackett departs, so does my keen interest. He wasn\u2019t the linchpin of the band \u2013 they were all key \u2013 but with him gone, a spark disappears. But it\u2019s hard to ague against the quality of the music, including another hit single, \u201cFollow You Follow Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><i><b>Duke<\/b><\/i><b> (1980)<\/b> \u2013 This record effectively marks the end of prog-era Genesis. <i>Three<\/i> hit singles \u2013 all admittedly excellent songs \u2013 would finally lead them away from what made them special to start with. Later music is, from my standpoint, for a different audience.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, I&#8217;m hitting pause on coverage of new artists and releases, focusing instead for a bit on the bodies of work from some of my favorite artists. &#8212; bk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,65],"tags":[892],"class_list":["post-22508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essay","category-review","tag-genesis","cat-27-id","cat-65-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22508"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22512,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22508\/revisions\/22512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}