WIND & WUTHERING

After the great A Trick of the Tail, Genesis go darker with Wind & Wuthering. The sleeve announce what is on the the album: melancolic feeling. But what a feeling! Eleventh Earl of Mar is the perfect opener with a good rythm and a rich sound. But it's on the second song, One for the Vine, that Genesis strikes hard. This song is probably the best of the Collins era and is easily in my top 5 Genesis songs: the ending section almost makes me cry even after a thousand and more listenings! Blood on the Rooftops shows the acoustic side of Steve Hackett. Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers, In That Quiet Earth and Afterglow are probably the Hackett testament with Genesis; these songs really have hard Hackett feeling and I love it! All in a Mouse's Night has a little pop feeling but it's still solid prog, especially the ending section of the song. Wot Gorilla and Your Own Special Way are the weakest songs of this great piece of music but it's listenable. I can't give 5 stars to this album because of these two songs. I give it 4 stars and 3 quarters!