FOXTROT

This album is very exciting on the first listen and is quite different from the last album, Nursery Cryme. Watcher of the Skies has a great intro, but in my opinion didn't go anywhere once it had built up a bit.

Time Table, however, is a great track with a melody that I loved on my first listen. As much as Genesis can really rock, their softer stuff is also really impressive.

Get em out by Friday, starts off somewhat quiet but when it finally comes to the first singing verse, it enters a really heavy rhythm! The different characters that Gabriel channels also adds a quirky edge to the overall preformance.

Can-Utility and the Coastliners, is one of my favourites on the album and starts off with a great acoustic melody with really nice vocals. This doesn't last long though because soon Phil Collins' Heavy drumming comes in with Gabriel's echoeing vocals overtop. After this the band enters a suprisingly modern sounding jam section with the same rhythm guitar part continuing with more heavy drumming and a moody mellotron. Great track overall!

Horizons, is a nice bit of solo guitar work from Steve Hackett. Since it is a solo track, not as strong as some of the other numbers but still good in its own right.

Finally comes the long ambitious work we all know called Suppers Ready. Right off the top, great melody with the vocals and atmospheric guitar work. Then this work goes into some very moody passages, with a whole plethora of mini-songs. These range from the silly, such as in Willow Farm, to the dark, in Apocalypse in 9/8. Ends off very powerfully, and in my opinion stronger than their next album, Selling England by the Pound.