A Trick of the Tail

by Genesis

Overview

After Peter Gabriel departed for a solo career, Genesis embarked on a long journey to find a replacement, only to wind back around to their drummer, Phil Collins, as a replacement. With Collins as their new frontman, the band decided not to pursue the stylish, jagged postmodernism of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -- a move that Gabriel would do in his solo career -- and instead returned to the English eccentricity of Selling England by the Pound for its next effort, A Trick of the Tail. In almost every respect, this feels like a truer sequel to Selling England by the Pound than Lamb; after all, that double album was obsessed with modernity and nightmare, whereas this album returns the group to the fanciful fairy tale nature of its earlier records. Also, Genesis were moving away from the barbed pop of the first LP and returning to elastic numbers that showcased their instrumental prowess, and they sounded more forceful and unified as a band than they had since Foxtrot. Not that this album is quite as memorable as Foxtrot or Selling England, largely because its songs aren't as immediate or memorable: apart from "Dance on a Volcano," this is about the sound of the band playing, not individual songs, and it succeeds on that level quite wildly -- to the extent that it proved to longtime fans that Genesis could possibly thrive without its former leader in tow. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	01/22/2021
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0603497845309
Rank:	1075

Tracks

1. Dance on a Volcano
2. Entangled
3. Squonk
4. Mad Man Moon
5. Robbery, Assault and Battery
6. Ripples
7. A Trick of the Tail
8. Los Endos

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Genesis   Primary Artist
Phil Collins   Primary Artist,Drums,Vocals,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Mike Rutherford   Primary Artist,Bass,Bass Pedals,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (12 String)
Tony Banks   Primary Artist,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Keyboards,Mellotron,Synthesizer,Guitar (12 String),Vocals (Background)
Steve Hackett   Primary Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String)

Technical Credits

Geoff Callingham   Engineer,Technical Assistance
Genesis   Arranger,Producer
Nick Davis   Mixing,Engineer
Phil Collins   Composer,Producer
Mike Rutherford   Composer,Producer
Tony Banks   Composer,Producer
Tony Cousins   Engineer,Remastering,Digital Remastering
Steve Hackett   Composer,Producer
Chris Blair   Engineer
David Hentschel   Engineer,Producer
Stephen Hackett   Composer
Tom Tunney   Assistant
Chris Peyton   Sleeve Adaptation
Hackett   Composer
Nick Bradford   Engineer
Tom Webster   Assistant
Carol Willis   Project Coordinator
Colin Elgie   Sleeve Design
Tony Smith   Management