{"id":1029,"date":"2022-06-16T06:45:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T06:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2026.ikon2023.eu\/index.php\/donignacio\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T06:45:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T06:45:06","slug":"donignacio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2026.ikon2023.eu\/index.php\/donignacio\/","title":{"rendered":"Donignacio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This album makes me feel good. I listen to it all the time and perhaps it\u2019s *the* indisputable proof that I am a geek. (I like Selling England By the Pound slightly more than this, but somehow Foxtrot seems geekier.) Genesis dramatically improved their act since Nursery Cryme too; that much you\u2019ll get after listening to the first song. Whereas their instrumentation standards on earlier albums have seemed somewhat amateurish and rough around the edges, they have blossomed so much on Foxtrot that they had surely become among the best instrumentalists in the business.<\/p>\n

Maybe they weren\u2019t as technically proficient as Yes, King Crimson or Jethro Tull, but give me their arrangement sensibilities over those bands any time. Listening to the pastoral sounds of \u201cTime Table\u201d for instance is exactly what it\u2019s like to spend a happy day outdoors in the summer sun. There aren\u2019t a whole hell of a lot of songs that give me that impression so distinctly. That\u2019s my favorite song in Foxtrot, by the way, which the vast majority of this album\u2019s fans probably wouldn\u2019t share. But I don\u2019t care! I love it! The vocal melody is just as warm and beautiful as the instrumentation!<\/p>\n

Peter Gabriel\u2019s singing has also improved greatly since the last album. He\u2019s more or less play acting through most of this, and I buy everything he does. He sounds so compelling with his dramatic turns throughout \u201cGet \u2018Em Out By Friday,\u201d for instance, that I hang onto his every word and never for a moment think he\u2019s being corny or pretentious. I also have to continue my endless appraisal of Phil Collins\u2019 masterful abilities as a prog drummer. Especially his work in \u201cWatcher of the Skies\u201d has me in total awe. I\u2019m not even sure how those incessantly fast and complicated rolls and fills are even physically possible. He must have ingested a magic bean.<\/p>\n

I only have one complaint about Foxtrot, and it\u2019s so minor that it\u2019s pretty much not a complaint at all. While \u201cCan-Utility and the Coastliner\u201d is lovely, everything I said about Genesis improving their sound doesn\u2019t apply so much to that song. It\u2019s rather loose around the edges, and the journey it takes us on through different textures and crescendos doesn\u2019t compel me nearly as much as the other songs. I still like listening to it quite a lot, mostly because the vocal melody is sweet, but it seems like they easily could have done more with it. It\u2019s just a minor lost opportunity.<\/p>\n

The closing track, \u201cSupper\u2019s Ready\u201d is a 23-minute suite and a pure treat from beginning to end. I suppose the normal people will listen to it and think it\u2019s mostly dull, particularly those slow and quiet spots, but I cannot express enough to you that I am not a normal person. That\u2019s one song that I listen to with my eyes closed, and I let it transport me to a different land! (I try not to do that when I\u2019m listening to it in the car, though.) There is such a wide variety of different textures, moods and melodies in there that I always have a blast with it. It\u2019s even terribly silly in the middle with those Hobbit singers! (Yes, I think those are Hobbits. \u2026I already told you that I am a geek! Get over it!!)<\/p>\n

The more I listen to Foxtrot, the more I seem to like it. It is an amazing album, and surely one of the greatest prog works ever made. Not only does it have an amazing array of textures, moods and melodies, but it\u2019s consistently entertaining and beautiful. I have spent many happy years listening to, dissecting, and loving this album, and I plan to spend many more years continuing that. Many, many, many years. (Somebody please play \u201cTime Table\u201d at my funeral\u2026 It\u2019ll cheer everyone up, and I think my corpse would like it, too.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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