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Selling England by the Pound

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound Audio CD

A fair review of the Genesis "Selling England by the Pound" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Genesis reviews here, or go back to the Genesis tabs.

Band: Genesis
Title: Selling England by the Pound
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Release Date: 1994-10-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Dancing with the Moonlit Knight 2: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 3: Firth of Fifth 4: More Fool Me 5: Battle of Epping Forest 6: After the Ordeal 7: Cinema Show 8: Aisle of Plenty

on every prog head's all-time list
"Selling England. You have to have this album even if you are a prog head that doesn't really appreciate early Genesis (unthinkable). . . " has "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" and "Cinema Show". . . . enough said. Steve Hackett's ghostly guitar work never sounded better, Phil Collins sings harmony vocals throughout the entire album (including the entire song "I Know What I Like". Every member of Genesis shines on this release. I really enjoy "Firth of Fifth" with Steve's majestic guitar solo. Yes, "Battle of Epping Forest" is quite wordy, but I'll take this anyday instead of "Sledgehammer". A prog list for all times should include "Selling England", but don't forget "In the Court" by King Crimson, "Passion Play" by Tull, "Close to the Edge" by Yes, 2112, etc. etc. . . . . This album is Genesis at the height of their progressive powers. Buy it today and wear it out. . . . . so very Britissshhhhhh, love.

Buying Genesis by the Pound
This album (yes, I am old enough to have bought the original on vinyl) is truly a masterpiece of progressive rock. Probably (with Lamb) the definitive pre-pop (pre-singing Phil) Genesis. A "must-have" to complete any collection of progressive rock or, for that matter, any collection of 70's music. For those who are not collectors, this album is an absolute listening pleasure. Melody, pretty keyboard work, spectacular imagery, hard edged structural, well, music, combine to make this a cd you'll want to play over and over again. You may even find places to sing along.

THE BEST OF THE BEST
Los talentos autores son Peter Gabriel a la cabeza, como l�der, cantante y escritor principal, Steve Hackett en las guitarras el�ctrica y de 12 cuerdas, m�s los coros, Mike Rutherford en el bajo y guitarras, Anthony Banks en el piano y teclados, y Phillip Collins en la bater�a y en percusi�n, m�s algunas contribuciones en voz principal y secundarias, que en conjunto son m�s conocidos por el nombre de "Genesis", una de las mejores bandas de rock sinf�nico progresivo nacida en los a�os 70 que haya existido.

Se�oras y se�ores, nos encontramos frente a la representaci�n gr�fica de una de las grandes obras del arte musical creadas de todos los tiempos. La imagen no es m�s que la tapa del quinto disco de la banda, editado en el a�o 1973, llamado "Selling England By The Pound" ("Vendiendo Inglaterra por La Libra", o, como incorrecta pero comunmente se encuentra traducido, "Vendiendo Inglaterra por Una Libra"). Consta de "Dacing Out With The Moonlit Knight" como primer track, "I Know what I like (In Your Wardrobe)" como segundo, "Firth of Fifth" como tercero, "More Fool Me" como cuarto, "The Battle of Epping Forest" como quinto, el musical "After the Ordeal" como sexto, "The Cinema Show" como s�ptimo, y "Aisle of Plenty" como cierre. C�mprenlo YYYYAAA, cuando lo tengan y hayan escuchado y analizado, se cuestionar�n seriamente qu� han hecho de �til hasta ahora en sus vidas que no hab�an escuchado eso antes. Nada m�s, muchas gracias.

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Genesis Hitting An Early Peak
So needless to say when I got it as part of the new Genesis 1970-1975 boxed set I was very excited. This is one of those albums where,just from the description of it I always really wanted to hear. Sometimes albums that sound dynamite on paper fall flat to me when I hear them. But this is not one of them. 'Selling England By The Pound' was the strongest album Genesis made up to this point and made a great follow up to the also excellent Foxtrot. What really brings it to life is the strong sense of focus and continuity-the presense or lack of which can either make or break even classic prog-rock. The long songs such as "Firth Of Fifth","The Battle Of The Epping Forest" and "The Cinema Show" all showcase a wonderful cut-and-paste style of melding two songs together. The songs really really come together because Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins in particular not only compliment each other very well but Steve Hackett and Tony Banks,particularly in his very tasteful use of ARP synthesizers (they never sound too overbearing)have all meshed together in an extrodinary way. But still that isn't what makes this album so great-it's the incredible songwriting. "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" and "More Fool Me",the latter featuring the first lead vocal of Phil Collins on a Genesis album are gentle acoustic oriented songs with really great melodies-the former gets a bit more rockish towards the end of course but maintains the feel. The song that impressess me most on here is "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"-a short,to the point rock song with both a great groove and a great melody and has a rather quircky dialog (apparently from Gabriel) at the beginning which really lightens up the song. It's not too noticable but the rhythmic grooves that show up on many of these songs would become a strong part of the later Phil Collins-led lineup. There's even a short instrumental "After The Ordeal" which is important so that people would understand the talent within Genesis didn't only come from Peter Gabriel. We all know now it certainly didn't anyway. The album ends with the brief "Aisle Of Plenty",kind of a vocal duet between Gabriel and Phil Collins whom,while a strong addition to the band hasn't really established his own vocal identity quite yet-here he more or less is imitating Gabriel. Either way you look at it this is one of those art/progressive rock albums that is singable and above all a lot of fun rather then just a bunch of people trying to be overly serious. And even though some members of Genesis had overly serious outlooks on their music they sure made this one welcoming to all who heard and still hear it.

One of two Genesis recordings you must have !
Where has all the creativity gone ?. Along with "The Lamb lies down on Broadway" this is their best material and released the same year as my favorite Yes recording "Yessongs".

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