Genesis – A Trick Of The Tail (2LP, 45RPM)
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Drums, Percussion, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Phil Collins [click here to see more vinyl featuring Phil Collins]
Electric Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar – Steve Hackett
Piano, Synthesizer, Organ, Mellotron, Twelve-String Guitar, Backing Vocals – Tony Banks
Twelve-String Guitar, Bass, Pedalboard [Bass Pedals] – Mike Rutherford
Written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins (A1, C1, D2), Mike Rutherford (A1-2, B1, C2, D2), Steve Hackett (A1, D2)
2LPs, gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton Printing
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions - Atlantic 75 series
Original Label : Atlantic
Recorded October–November 1975 at Trident Studio, London
Engineered by David Hentschel, Nick 'Haddock' Bradford
Produced by David Hentschel, Genesis
Remixed by Genesis, Nick Davis
Design by Colin Elgie, Hypgnosis
Originally released in February 1976
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
- Dance On A Volcano
- Entangled
Side B:
- Squonk
- Mad Man Moon
Side C:
- Robbery, Assault & Battery
- Ripples
Side D:
- A Trick Of The Tail
- Los Endos
Reviews:
"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." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
Ratings:
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 5 / 5 ; Q : 2 / 5 ; The Rolling Stone Album Guide : 4 / 5 ; The Music Box : 3.5 / 5