WIND & WUTHERING

I remember buying this album the week it was released (nearly 30 years ago). I also happened to see them in concert for the 1st time, a couple of weeks later. This album sounded great the 1st time I listened to it, and still sounds great today. Of all the post- Gabriel era Genesis albums, it still remains my favorite, with only "A Trick of the Tail" coming close to matching it for total brilliance. From the opening keyboard strains of "Eleventh Earl of Mar" to the beautiful sublteties in "One For the Vine" right through the powerful climactic end of "Afterglow", the album remains as totally enjoyable today as it was back in 1977. Unfortunately though, it was to be the last great epic album from these guys. I find that many prog fans seem to agree on this point. "Wind & Wuthering" ... one of the classic recordings from Genesis.