Wind & Wuthering
by Genesis

One of the most underrated Genesis albums alongside And Then There Were Three and Trespass. Requires more time and repeated listens than A Trick Of The Tail for it to really “sink in,” but it’s fantastic when you finally start to get into it. It also has a very rich, atmospheric, romantic, classical sound that bridges the band’s prog and pop eras quite nicely. If they took out “All In A Mouse’s Night” and replaced that song with the buried forgotten gem “Inside And Out”, this would’ve been a near perfect record. My favorite release in their catalogue with Phil Collins at the mic.

Another strong Genesis album. Wind and Wuthering, isn't quite as instantly memorable as, trick of the tail, but repeated listens brings out it's sense of mystery and wonder. Nice album.

Maybe the least known, and under-rated, of early Collins-period Genesis. It's moodier, more melancholy and less succinct than predecessor "Trick." But the singing and synth work on this collection of more meandering, extended cuts is lovely and memorable.

Meh, it's still pretty good. Genesis were mellowing out bigtime by this point: A Trick of the Tail still had some of that Foxtrot/Lamb "edge", even if it was softer in areas. And we all know that Selling England was deceptively light: it was actually very intricate and full of expert musicianship. The musicianship is still strong here, but I think by this point the band had plateaued; A Trick of the Tail was probably their peak as players. This is the album that began the gradual shift away from intricacy and toward accessibility. It's not just Collins who was interested in this direction: Rutherford is the one who wrote Your Own Special Way, after all.

But this album is still quite progressive. It's just very mellow - perhaps the band's most mellow up to this point. I've heard people describe the album as "melancholic, autumnal, dreary, romantic" and all sorts of similar adjectives: I can't argue with those. The feel of this album is remarkably consistent in tone - one which reflects the album's cover.

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A lot of this album, from "eleventh earl of mar" to "all in a mouse's night" through "unquiet slumbers..." seems inspired by the song "a trick of the tail". The upbeat songs have the energy of "robbery..." without the goofiness (except for "all in a mouse's night"), more introspective, and the ballad pieces have a heady calm about them. The best track is easily "one for the vine", a cyclical tale of hope renewed, capturing the early 70s magic (lyrically recalling the lamb...) in the late 70s mood well, as does "eleventh earl of mar" to a lesser extent. "one for the vine" is one of their "epic" songs right up there with "firth of fifth", "the lamia" and "the return of the giant hogweed", to name a few. "afterglow" and "you have your own special way", both ballads, were the closest things to a hit on this album, "afterglow" a precursor to the approach on "follow you, follow me".