TRESPASS

Bought this when it came out as a present for my then girl-friend who kept going on about Genesis and their first album. Played it before giving it to her - and when out and bought my own copy. I personally rate this as my most pleasing Genesis album as I am a big believer in that it was the Phillips/Banks/Rutherford combination which establsihed the Genesis sound. Never really a big Hackett fan I'm afraid. Highlights for me are Stagnation and The Knife where Banks got some amazing atmospheric sounds from the organ. And just an aside - has anyone else noticed how Banks' organ sound is heavily influenced by church organ music? I reckon hours in the Charterhouse chapel had some sort of effect on him. I do think Trespass lacks a few production values (but it was 1970), and it took me a couple of albums to prefer Collins' drumming, but I keep coming back to THAT sound on Stagnation - in some ways similar to Floyd's more pastoral moments on More.