SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND

Selling... is considered (and it is) an iconic album in prog rock. Hundreds of people have grown with it and swear by it, but personally I got to know Genesis later in my life through this album. Although I love it, I wouldn't rate it among my ever-favourites because the songs it contains are separated in my mind in two categories: the first one includes the masterpieces (Dancing With the Moonlight Knight, Firth of Fifth, and the final triad which I think of as one song) and the second which includes the remaining three (I Know What I Like, More Fool Me, The Battle of Epping Forest) that haven't clicked, each for its own reasons. In that sense, it isn't perfect to my ears, but then again the masterpieces are so luminous that they may outshine any flaws. The instrumental sections of Firth of Fifth and The Cinema Show alone could claim it.