*U.S. first pressing.
Contains 6 tracks total.
Country: United KingdomGenre: Progressive Rock
Label Number: 7 81848-2
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1972-1988 Atlantic Records
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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1972-1988 Atlantic Records
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Foxtrot is where Genesis
began to pull all of its varied inspirations into a cohesive sound --
which doesn't necessarily mean that the album is streamlined, for this
is a group that always was grandiose even when they were cohesive, or
even when they rocked, which they truly do for the first time here.
Indeed, the startling thing about the opening "Watcher of the Skies" is
that it's the first time that Genesis
attacked like a rock band, playing with a visceral power. There's might
and majesty here, and it, along with "Get 'Em Out by Friday," is the
truest sign that Genesis
has grown muscle without abandoning the whimsy. Certainly, they've
rarely sounded as fantastical or odd as they do on the epic 22-minute
closer "Supper's Ready," a nearly side-long suite that remains one of
the group's signature moments. It ebbs, flows, teases, and taunts,
see-sawing between coiled instrumental attacks and delicate pastoral
fairy tales. If Peter Gabriel
remained a rather inscrutable lyricist, his gift for imagery is
abundant, as there are passages throughout the album that are hauntingly
evocative in their precious prose. But what impresses most about Foxtrot
is how that precociousness is delivered with pure musical force. This
is the rare art-rock album that excels at both the art and the rock, and
it's a pinnacle of the genre (and decade) because of it.
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