Foxtrot (album)
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| Foxtrot | ||
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| Studio album by Genesis | ||
| Released | 6 October 1972 | |
| Recorded | August 1972 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 51:08 | |
| Label | Charisma/Virgin (UK) Atlantic (US) |
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| Producer(s) | David Hitchcock of Gruggy Woof | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Genesis chronology | ||
| Nursery Cryme (1971) |
Foxtrot (1972) |
Genesis Live (1973) |
Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band Genesis and the second from the "classic" lineup of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett. The album was recorded and released in 1972 as the band's career quickly gained momentum. Foxtrot was also Genesis' first album to enter the UK charts, reaching # 12 and paving the way for a long and successful chart career for the band. Still, it failed to reach the US charts, as their contemporaries, Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Jethro Tull proved more popular at the time.
Both "Watcher of the Skies" and "Supper's Ready" rank among some of the band's most beloved works, and became live favorites. "Watcher of the Skies" and "Get 'Em Out by Friday" appeared on 1973's Genesis Live, while "Supper's Ready" was omitted. Live versions of that track did appear on 1977's Seconds Out (with Phil Collins on vocals), as well as the 1998 box set Genesis Archive 1967-75.
"Can-Utility and the Coastliners" is based on the legend of King Canute, who supposedly ordered the seas to retreat to mock the sycophantry of his followers. An early, longer version of the song was called "Bye Bye Johnny".
A digitally remastered version was released on CD in 1994 on Virgin Records in Europe and on Atlantic Records in the US and Canada. The remastered CD features lyrics to all of the songs in addition to the original album artwork.
A SACD / DVD double disc set (including new 5.1 and Stereo mixes) is planned for release in late 2007/early 2008.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs credited to: Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford
(* actually written by Hackett alone)
- "Watcher of the Skies" – 7:21
- "Time Table" – 4:45
- "Get 'Em Out by Friday" – 8:36
- "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" – 5:44
- "Horizons" * – 1:39
- "Supper's Ready" – 22:54
- (i) Lover's Leap
- (ii) The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man
- (iii) Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men
- (iv) How Dare I Be So Beautiful?
- (v) Willow Farm
- (vi) Apocalypse in 9/8 (co-starring the delicious talents of Gabble Ratchet)
- (vii) As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)
[edit] Sound
With Trespass and Nursery Cryme as warmups, Foxtrot was the album that finally showed the full promise of Genesis as a progressive rock band. Book-ended by the Arthur C. Clarke-inspired "Watcher of the Skies" and the 23-minute "Supper's Ready", Foxtrot's sound shares much with Nursery Cryme while demonstrating a marked improvement in terms of songwriting, musicianship, and overall production. Rutherford made more prominent use of his bass pedals, for example adding great slabs of bass to the middle section of "Can-utility and the Coastliners", and using them as the main bass instrument for most of "Supper's Ready". Banks' mellotron intro to "Watcher of the Skies" is one of the most celebrated uses of the instrument in rock music. [citation needed]
[edit] Personnel
- Peter Gabriel – Vocals, Flute, Percussion, Oboe
- Steve Hackett – Guitar
- Tony Banks – Organ, Guitar, Piano, electric piano, mellotron, Vocals
- Mike Rutherford – Bass, Guitar, Vocals, bass pedals, Cello
- Phil Collins – Drums, Percussion, Vocals
[edit] Releases
All releases of Foxtrot on Charisma Records in the USA were distributed by Buddah Records.
[edit] U.S. LP Releases
- Charisma CAS-1058 (1972): 1st issue with large "Mad Hatter" label. Gatefold cover.
- Charisma CAS-1058 (1973): 2nd issue with pink scroll label. No gatefold cover.
- Charisma CAS-1052 (1974): 3rd issue with small "Mad Hatter" label. No gatefold cover.
- Atlantic 81848-1 (1982): Reissue with no gatefold cover.
| Genesis |
| Tony Banks | Phil Collins | Peter Gabriel | Steve Hackett | Mike Rutherford |
| Anthony Phillips | John Mayhew | John Silver | Chris Stewart | Daryl Stuermer | Ray Wilson |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: From Genesis to Revelation | Trespass | Nursery Cryme | Foxtrot | Selling England by the Pound | The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | A Trick of the Tail | Wind & Wuthering | ...And Then There Were Three... | Duke | Abacab | Genesis | Invisible Touch | We Can't Dance | Calling All Stations |
| Live Albums: Genesis Live | Seconds Out | Three Sides Live | Live/The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts | Live/The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs |
| Compilations: Turn It On Again: The Hits | Platinum Collection |
| Box sets: Genesis Archive 1967-75 | Genesis Archive 2: 1976-1992 |
| EPs: Spot the Pigeon | 3 X 3 |
