WIND & WUTHERING

Well this was the very first Genesis Album I Heard and i've always cherish it as a masterpiece. ok after Trick of The Tail wich is also a superb album Genesis quickly returns to record what will be the last album with Hackett, Genesis will never recover from his departure ever... The album is outstanding from start to finish, it kickoffs with the powerful Eleventh Earl Of Mar which is a keyboard driven song but with a nice interlude, the " My daddy..." part is awesome really really great, One For The Vine is one of the greatest genesis tracks ever, 10 minutes of Tony Banks at his best doing a wonderful epic, then Your Own Special Way is a preview of what will genesis would do later on, but is still a great track especially the softer lullaby part in the middle, Wot Gorilla is a catchy instrumental piece with a Majestic Phil Collins on drums and again Mr Banks giving us a great performance, All In A Mouse's Night is a great great underrated song with several leitmotifs and characters and wonderful singing by Collins. Blood On The Rooftops is another grand underrated track in wich Hackett just kicks ass throughout the song with the classical guitar, its a very "English" song you can imagine so much things with it, a really great great track. Unquiet and In This... make a majestic instrumental duo especially in In That.. we see a great level of musicanship from the 4 guys: Rutherford delivers some crazy bass parts while Colins gives a hyperactive drum performance meanwhile Hackett and Banks lead most of the melodies together, this song is one of the best instrumental genesis tracks ever (yes even as good as Los Endos), The album finishes of with the anthemic Afterglow which is a song that can take you places and is really really but really emotional, the choir on the background and Colins singing are just breathtaking. Bottom line is that this album is at the same level as The lamb, Selling England or Trick and is more balanced and better constructed that Nursery Crime or Foxtrot, so if you are a Genesis fan and you don't album you are missing one of the most emotional and moody albums of all times.