TRESPASS

Genesis's real first album is probably one of their weakest ever - sorry for the fans. Yes, there are a couple of classics here (The Knife, Stagnation), and Visions Of Angels and White Mountain are pretty. But Dusk (the shortest) is my favorite here. I don't like Stagnation, I found it really boring. The Knife is pretty, but long, and too brutal ('all must die with their children', this vocal line is not on the live version you can hear on Genesis Live, 1973). Peter Gabriel's voice is clear, nice, and the atmosphere on the whole album is inspired by In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson - it's well-known that the Crimso debut album sleeve was hang up on the wall of the studio where Genesis recorded Trespass, a kind of inspiration. In its gobality, Trespass is not as good as the other Genesis albums from the Peter Gabriel era. Most of the songs are good taken separately, but the album is boring. Nice sleeve, good musicians, even if John Mayew (drums) is not as good as the following drummer, Phil Collins (next album). Anthony Philips, on guitar, is not as great as the follower, Steve Hackett (also next album), but he's okay.