FOXTROT

This journey begins with the powerful mellotron intro of "Watcher Of The Skies", which lyric talks about the end of earth,observed by the "Watcher Of The Skies", and has some parts as "for though you ship be sturdy, no mercy has the sea,will you survive on the ocean of being?", and was influenced by writer Arthur C.Clarke. This song is one of the GENESIS' s better ones, and also is one of the first I heard, and made me look for more and more songs from that band.

"Time Table", right after,talks about "a time of kings and queens", and is a mellodic and great song, with good piano on the beginning,showing all BANKS's power.

"Can-Utility And The Coastliners", with good indtrumental and emotional parts, is also an excellent song.

After this, we have "Get'em Out By Friday", talking about a story where the following characters take part: John Pebble,The Winkler,Mrs.Barrow. At 2:00, when Mrs. Barrow "talks", we have the better part of this song,with a fantastic flute.

"Horizons", an acoustic and beautiful song, where HACKETT shows what he can do. This song is one of the better GENESIS's instrumental songs, and is almost an introduction to...

..."Supper's Ready", 22-minute over, magnum opus song,for me, the better GENESIS's song. This masterpiece is divided into seven parts:

I- Lover's Leap: a romantic beginning, talking about a story of a couple.

II- The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man: after COLLINS say that he knows a farmer, we have this excellent part of the song,talking about (??) a guaranteed eternal sanctuary man.

III- Ikhnaton And Itsacon And Their Band Of Merrymen: this part of the song talks about a battle, warlord, this kind of things.

IV- How Dare I Be So beautiful?: this sort section is almost an intro to part V, and talks about Narcissus.

V- Willow Farm: this part has humor and good vocalizations, and then,everything gives palce to parts VI and VII, the climax of this song.

VI- Apocalypse In 9/8: this section really touches me, with its flute, guitars, apocalyptic lyrics (one of the better lyrics ever from GENESIS).

VII -As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs: the masterpiece ends brilliantly, saying that the " king of kings has returned to lead his children home, to take them to the New Jerusalem. "Definitively, a good end for such a great album.

Surely, FOXTROT deserves 5 stars(maybe 6...), and is as good as the famed SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND,and can be put on top 5 of progressive rock, even maybe as number one...

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