Robbery, Assault And Battery (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1976
From the album A Trick Of The Tail (track #5)
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Robbery, Assault And Battery appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- A Trick Of The Tail (track #5) (this album) (1976)
- 1976-1982 (track #5) (compilation) (2007)
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| 02/04/2026 22:20 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 12/07/2025 10:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,738 | 70/100 | |
| 11/06/2025 17:22 | Siromynian | 16,143 | 70/100 | |
| 09/12/2025 00:11 | brent13 | 11,041 | 85/100 | |
| 07/28/2025 17:02 |  Tamthebam | 44,679 | 79/100 |
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Great prog track with great vocals from Phil Collins. I like his singing for Genesis. It's less annoying to me than the sharpness of Gabriel (who I tremendously respect).
Squonk007 01/20/2022 01:35 | #279720
Still great but probably the weakest track on the album for me. The instrumental section is a strong point as is Phil's drumming.
Another very underrated tune. Phil provides some of his best drumming on this one, as well as a fantastically British vocal performance, telling the tale of a robbery gone wrong and mocking the English court system in the same fell swoop. The lyrics in the chorus and the outro may be a little lackluster, but they certainly are catchy, and the rest of the song's lines are excellent, as is the backing music all throughout. There's an especially prog-tastic moment halfway though via Banks' keyboards. Deserves more attention than it gets.
The instrumental middle section is of the best moments on the album, it's fantastic, especially the epic Cinema Show-like mellotron bit.
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