Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1973
From the album Selling England By The Pound (track #1)
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Dancing With The Moonlit Knight appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- Selling England By The Pound (track #1) (this album) (1973)
- 1970-1975 (Box Set) (track #20) (compilation) (2008)
- Live In Poland (track #12) (2009)
- The Last Domino? (track #25) (compilation) (2021)
- BBC Broadcasts (track #7) (compilation) (2023)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/18/2025 16:44 | mash | 4,190 | 92/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 09:17 | plasmicmist | 7,423 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 04:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 48,850 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2025 17:53 |  Ilolahti | 707 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/16/2025 23:59 | Jo3lt | 35 | 92/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.3/100, a mean average of 90.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
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Impressive opener. Both musically and lyrically.
Squonk007 04/04/2021 10:33 | #268193
What an opening line. The first part of the track is true brilliance.
Just incredible. Absolute masterpiece. Belongs in the top tier of Genesis songs, no question. One of Hackett's finest moments, both on electric guitar and on the 12-string. One of Gabriel's finest vocal deliveries, told overtop a picturesque romanticism of England. Truly a song that I can put on at any time and enjoy all the way through, singing along with every word. I'd have to think long and hard about whether this or Watcher of the Skies is my favorite opener to any Genesis album.
Very nice song. For once, Banks' keyboards do not dominate the overall sound (there are a few parts that bathe abundantly in the typical mellotron sound though). The best and most essential contribution this time comes from Steve Hacket in an exceptional way. His guitar playing is among the best that this interesting song has to offer.
PinkMind 03/21/2018 15:37 | #211435
Is that the Pokemon Red/Blue Game theme? Yes, it is! Also it is a great piece of music, with interesting motives.
This is through-and-through prog. Never standing still, never boring, just frantic, grand, emotional, mind-bending. Wow
AAL2014 06/28/2016 03:07 | #170036
Gun to my head and I have to pick a favorite song of all time...... this might be it. Gorgeous in so many different ways. Gabriel's influence on this is prevalent. Even though I am American, I love all of the British references. Takes me on a special trip. Phil Collins' Billy Cobham-esq drumming is mindblowing.
It's not -quite- Watcher of the Skies but it's very, very close. Great opener. Genesis always had very good openers.
NowhereMan 08/07/2014 20:17 | #118952
I love this song, but the first few minutes are pure genius.
Carrying a medieval-English theme with some excellent prog rock riffs, this is a great opener.
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