A Trick Of The Tail (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1976
From the album A Trick Of The Tail (track #7)
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A Trick Of The Tail appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- A Trick Of The Tail (track #7) (this album) (1976)
- Platinum Collection (track #29) (compilation) (2004)
- 1976-1982 (track #7) (compilation) (2007)
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A rather straightforward pop tune. But I like it.
Squonk007 01/20/2022 01:51 | #279722
This has a nice tempo and pace to it, set with Tony's piano. Phil's voice is well suited to the key.
Traces of pop Genesis may have started with I Know What I Like and Counting Out Time on the two previous albums, but it found its way into this album, then again on Wind & Wuthering (Your Own Special Way) and And Then There Were Three (Follow You Follow Me) before finally taking center stage with Duke in 1980. I think this takes second place to Follow You Follow Me for the best of those early-Phil Collins-era pop tunes. While still maintaining plenty of prog elements (a crazy story of a beast that can talk, some excellent keyboard work from Banks), A Trick of the Tail incorporates pop with great success, what with its "Getting Better"-like beat and vibrant feel all throughout. It's a damn fine song.
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