WIND & WUTHERING

I think the best songs on this album are "One For The Vine, Blood on the Rooftops and Eleventh Earl of Mar". These songs are arguably the best Genesis songs ever, certainly the best since Gabriel left. In these songs they have great messages in them which I agree, for example in Eleventh Earl of Mar there is cynicism towards royalty and upper class feel. This song fits very well into the bands funny/positve approach to prog rock.

There is a anti war feel in One for the Vine, this song has more musical ideas than most of the 80's Genesis albums put together, that's not to say they are especially bad albums. Blood on the rooftops describes how British rather have a cup of tea than watch the news and have a tendency to ignore world issues, Phil Collins will never co write a better piece of music in his career again.

On the other hand there are poor songs like All in a Mouse's Night and Your Own Special Way" which are basically pointless and don't fit into the albums overall sound. While the instrumental solos are fun and imaginative, with some great guitar inclusions from Hackett and Rutherford.

I think that Wind & Wuthering are the best two albums Phil Collins is involved in without Gabriel. I would recommend this album to anyone just for One For the Vine and Blood on the Rooftops alone.