WIND & WUTHERING

Genesis

Symphonic Prog

4.11 | 2294 ratings

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DanielUsher2

In my opinion Wind & Wuthering is by far the best genesis album from the Phil Collins era and up there on a par with Selling England By The Pound from the Peter Gabriel days.

Wind and Wuthering is a mystical, emotional and powerful in its entirety and is especially special as it is the last genesis album with the brilliant Steve Hackett involved.

Eleventh Earl of Mar is an energetic opening to the album and hacketts spacey guitar intro creates the recongizable genesis sound. 4/5

One For The Vine is a magnificent effort from the vault of Tony Banks songwriting and is ten minutes of magic. From the emotional lyrics of Collins on the first half of the track to the more lively mystical instrumental element towards the end 5/5

Your Own Special Way is is gem from Rutherford, beautiful guitar from Hackett 4/5

Wot Gorilla! This is a letdown from the band even through it is only an instrumental. It also shows Collins early weak songwriting. 2/5

All in a Mouses Night is an improvement on Wot Gorilla but in terms of Bank's songwriting this is one of his weaker less memorable songs. 3/5

Blood On the Rooftops is a great song with the brilliance of the spanish guitar from Hackett at the beginning alongside the beautiful powerful emotional lyrics of Collins. A very well deserved songwriting credit for the partnership of Hackett/Collins which is up there with the best Banks/Rutherford have to offer. 5/5

Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers/In That Quiet Earth is a great effort. With the spooky keyboard playing from banks through to the precise guitar playing by Hackett this is an enjoyable extended instrumental. 4/5

Finally Afterglow is a strong ending to the album with a good Collins lyric and wraps up the end the album very well. 3.5/5

In conclusion this is a absolute must have album for an genesis fan and is a more subtle, serious and better produced album then the former Trick of The Tail. Genesis may have continued to have hit singles and albums after the departure of Hackett but this album shows just how much they would miss him and his sound and how they would never ever reach this level of excellence again.

| 5/5 | 2006-10-20

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