Talk:Selling England by the Pound

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Pardon my pedantry, but is the 13-minute pastoral folky "Cinema Show", with its lyrics about Greek myth, and lenghthy mellotron-back synthesizer solo in 7/4 time, really what we'd "particularly" call "stadium rock" (or "arena rock")?

If we must talk about genres, it seems pretty "prog" to me.... --feline1 07:26, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Takin' that down.--Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 04:25, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

I know that there's been speculation about who wrote what, and some later interviews on that matter, but I think that the individual songwriting credits should be removed, because 1) the official releases of the album credit each of the songs to Genesis as a whole, 2) the band's official website, which is current, also credits each of the songs on this album to Genesis as a whole, and 3) part of the friction leading to Gabriel's departure has been attributed to the 'all songs done by all' attitude. --Hriped 07:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. It is also legally incorrect, as the copyright ownership in the songs is indeed split equally between all band members.--feline1 11:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I think Banks wrote the cinema show and firth of fifth lyrics,they just dont sound very gabriel

While the current wording is legally correct, this shouldn't prevent us from adding more detail in a footnote section (with sources, of course). CJCurrie 04:51, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure that it is a good idea for an encylopedic entry to use a sentence such as "It is considered by many fans to be one of the best overall albums the band produced.", particularly without citation, even if it is true. -- 68.239.49.94 03:28, 19 October 2006 (UTC)Thomas G. Marshall

[edit] Length

I am curious as to how the album fit on the LP. From my limited knowledge of LPs, I know there is about 20 minutes per side, so I was wondering how the whole album fit as it is 53 minutes long?Nathanalex 04:36, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

An LP can easily hold 30 minutes per side. Longer sides are possible, sacrificing sound quality by using a narrower groove. MFNickster 05:24, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Swanwick painting

The original painting did not feature a lawn mower; Gabriel added it later as an allusion to the song "I Know What I Like".

According to 'Genesis: A biography' by Bowler and Dray, "The band approached [Swanwick] to do a new painting for the sleeve..because of time restrictions she modified the existing one, adding the lawnmower and garden fork." Whitespacebug 22:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Apologies...my mistake. I corrected it. Jphillst 16:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)