In the shadow of the more dramatic Genesis albums ("The Knife" excepted, perhaps), but I came to appreciate the quietness of this album as I got older. Very solid and underrated.
What must be appreciated, though, and is overlooked by too many too frequently, is the leap by light-years from the Bee Gees-like soft pop of "Revelation" to "Trespass" in right about 18 months! From a small consortium of pop songwriters at Charterhouse who became Jonathan King's darlings, to a rock cultural force to be reckoned with in its creative and daring infancy is a leap in brilliance seldom seen or matched.
I got into Genesis chronologically in high school, though I skipped Revelation, so I do love this record. Stagnation is my fave. I love the Knife, but the version on Genesis Live blows it out of the water.
I liken John Mayhew's drumming on this album to John Bonham, if Bonham had arthritis. Direct, thuddy, but very stiff and deliberate to the point of struggling. And yet, it lends the album a raw, still in development sound that gives it a charm, rather than detracting from it. Really everyone in the band was still marinating in the fridge, so to speak, before they started cooking the next year with Nursery Cryme. Needless to say, Phil's drumming and arrangement skills, and Hackett's virtuoso guitar playing were a major upgrade. I still go back to it because of the quality songwriting, melodies, strongly pastoral sound, and Gabriel's powerhouse singing. The end of White Mountain and Visions of Angels still gives me spine tingles after all these years (first heard it in 94).
Very good album review. Funny how timing works...I have on Spotify a mix for Genesis songs and The Knife played today on the way home. Cranked it up. Two notes: 1). Steve Hackett played The Knife the last time he came thru South Florida a few years back. 2). Without question Anthony Phillips...The Geese and the Ghost is my favorite album of all time. Beautiful vocals by Collins and stellar guitar work from Rutherford and Mr. Phillips. Anthony Phillips is a very underrated guitarist. Wise After the Event also brilliantly made album. You will not be disappointed with either piece of work.
That was a very good review Justin, I'm impressed. Also because of your Genesis coverage I discovered that I have copies of Lamb Lies Down and Seconds Out in much better condition than I'd thought, which was a nice surprise. So thanks for that too.
"Looking For Someone" is imo one of Peters best vocal performances. In the interview the band members gave for the CD box set, they state that this album was the true starting point for the band, setting many of the the foundations for the prog style they developed.
You can never listen to too much Genesis! I have found this album to have many high points, but until you started reacting to it, I had forgotten most of it except The Knife. It was almost like rediscovering it for the first time to go along for the ride with you, so thank you for helping renew my interest in this album. This was the first time I had to watch part of an ad before your video played, so I guess you have “arrived!” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I hope one day you check out the first album by Renaissance. It doesn't have Annie, but it's still real good, as is their female vocalist, Jane Relf. Great music.
I am so glad that this album grew on you! I also needed to warm up to it back in the day, but it’s a top 3 Genesis album for me. I would find it difficult to rank the individual songs, so I won’t; I love them all!
I love this album. Hugely underrated and works fantastically as a complete listen. It’s definitely hard to live up to the masterpieces that came out later but this is right there with them for me. Dusk is actually one of my favourites and might be their most purely beautiful song ever.
Trespass just reached its 50th anniversary this year so great timing with this album review! Come on guys, lets get Justin to that 15k subscriber milestone so we can enjoy watching him react to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway :D
Thanks for the album review. A great album. Although I cannot claim to it ever being my favourite, I have at many times chosen to listen to it for its soft mystical qualities. A sort of fantasy background to dream to. Stagnation is a phenomenal song. 😎
Once again, great review Justin, I am 99.9% in agreement with all your observations, the 0.1% that is missing is in your song ranking, because personally I do not consider the album version of "The Knife" as part of it, but the 1972 live version. So ... Stagnation 1, The Knife 2, and the rest as your ranking. Changing the subject, December 21st. winter begins there in the northern hemisphere, it is the perfect day for you to start the fantastic winter album "And then there ..." where you will discover many things, among them, the best version of Mike as lead guitarist, the most beautiful Genesis song ("Many too many") along with the live version of Seconds Out of "Carpet Crawlers", one more masterpiece of the band "Burning Rope" and much more, but I am not going to tell you the full movie, just a part 😂. Thanks for your channel, its fantastic, I wish in advance, the best for you, your family and the rest of the folks in your channel, all the best for the new year. "Positive vibration" Bob Marley ®
No truth to the rumor that "Looking for Someone" had its....uh, genesis in finding someone new to sit on the drummer's stool. I have it on good authority, though, that the working title for Side 1's last song was "Visions of Collins." 😉
It's a great album ... glad you listened to it and liked it :) Trespass really is a landscape !! My favourite Genesis album (but I agree with your comments about the drumming).
I forgot, please check for fun The 12 Days of Christmas, Progressive Rock style (again). It is a loving parody on prog rock set to the "12 Days Of Christmas". "On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a bass riff in 7/4 time..." and so on. :)
This one’s vibe was a little different than the following albums. It set the stage very well for what Genesis is, with the classical/folk inspiration and general composition, but there also seems to be some king crimson influence. The drums in particular are very different since they’re not Phil Collins. Very interesting and good album!
Yep, Stagnation my favorite. Then, Looking For Someone, Dusk, The Knife, Vision of Angels, White Mountain. Good review, Justin. Glad you came to like Dusk a bit more. Matt
Great review Justin, it is an album which I have found myself turning to more and more over the years and I found myself agreeing with almost everything you said except the position of the Knife in the track order. I think my appreciation of the knife was perhaps affected by the power it had live in the Collins era. Fabulous memories from Earl’s Court 1977 Wind and Wuthering tour when it was the climax of the show as the final encore.
Don’t you just love UA-cam. Having posted this I went looking for a Collins era live version of the knife for old times sake and guess what.. ua-cam.com/video/xNrbROXL0WQ/v-deo.html. Dodgy sound quality but just lost 43 years in an instant. Good to hear myself cheering at the end!!
Nice review. It’s a special album indeed. I love Dusk and I think that it showcases why Genesis were different from other progressive rock bands with their pastoral balladry and almost medieval sound. And then into the blaring proto-metal of The Knife. Time to listen to The Geese and The Ghost me thinks.
One thing i love about music, especially with albums, is that sometimes they take a few listens to really love. I hated The Sensual World when i first heard it, and now i think it is one of Kate Bush's best albums. Likewise with Genesis, it took me about a year to get into anything post-Peter Gabriel, and now We Can't Dance is one of my favorites. Sometimes you just have to give them a good few listens before you can "ease in" to them fully
It’s a wonderful album, some bits are really beautiful. Yep they were 18/20 then. That’s Genesis, for you. White mountain is a fantastic piece, the mellotron at the beginning is incredible. Love it. Great in depth reaction. Perfection. As you said stagnation, is astounding. Genesis are my favourite prog group, by so far. And that’s saying something, as I love prog rock.
Nice review. Anthony Phillips is pretty underrated. He's got quite a few solos out there with some nice pieces here and there, "Beauty and the Beast" as an example, and "God if I Saw Her Now" w/Phil Collins on vocals, as another. And I really liked his "1984" as a whole (though a bit dated sounding now).
Interesting thought on “The Knife”, remember that there was “revolution in the air” since 1968. There were riots in Paris that summer. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who all had songs about the youthful revolutions at this time.
great review ..... and every thing you say is about how most Genesis fans feel about this album ........ love it, great album, ( most gravitate to the knife ) .... but if given a choice ...... whould pick another Genesis album to put on .... for same reason, while you were talking, the album Days of Future Past ... by Moody Blues came to mind .... have you listened to it yet , it all runs together from daybreak to midnight .... so it's hard to pick just one song .... even though the big hit on the radio was Nights in White Satin ........ oh yeah, also sweet thing / David Bowie .... LOL
Stagnation is my favorite Genesis song. Beautiful instrumentation. Great vocals by Gabriel. As you point out, a pretty remarkable accomplishment for a group of kids. Gabriel and Banks were 20 years old when it was released. You still need to check out "The Musical Box" and "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway."
Never heard this, on to the recommendation: Band, National Health. Album, Of Queues and Cures. Great band/album this, and right up your street. N.H, straight out the Canterbury scene, et al Dave Stewart. A touch of prog, jazz, rock fusion. Blinder of a record. Also, knowing of your penchant for interesting track titles, the opening tune's called: 'The Bryden two-step (for amphibians). pt 1' Now that's a track that deserves to be heard.
Trespass is one of my favourite Genesis albums. I remember the first time I heard it thinking how beautiful it sounded. It always makes me wonder how the band would have progressed if Anthony had stayed. Alas we will never know. Maybe in a parallel universe? 😊
At least you do not have your neighbors tress pass by bringing their water buffalo into your land to graze everything and anything living. Cheers, and you hit the nail on the head with this album. You just have to be in the right mood with this album.
Anthony & Mike had to dictate Mayhew's drum lines to him to achieve the effect they wanted and that lack of creativity got him run. For me, it's Knife, Stagnation, White, Dusk, Looking, and Visions in order. There are two other songs recorded about this time that went unreleased until the box sets called "Let Us Now Make Love" and "The Shepherd" where Peter and Tony share lead vocals. Additionally, there is a series of demos referred to as "The Jackson Tapes" which predate "Trespass" that foreshadow several songs released over the next four years such as "The Fountain Of Salmacis", "The Musical Box", "Anyway", "Looking For Someone", and actually references another unreleased song from 1967 called "Hair On The Arms And Legs". The Tapes aren't really good review material, but it has been a lot of fun to hear the creative process taking place. Looking forward to Cryme & Wind album reviews! Have a Merry Christmas, JP!
A lot of tenderness for this luminous, pastoral, mysterious, peaceful album. It's a grower too...In fact "The Knife" is my least favorite track, and although it's a very good song, it doesn't fit well with the album...it's too sharp ;) Favorite songs: Dusk - Stagnation - Visions of Angels My favorite moment is just after your own favorite moment ! Nice review Justin.
White Mountain: Did Phil ever do this song, with his drum interpretation? I quite liked John Mayhew but would love to hear what Phil would have done. The only part I didn't like was the trial, which was so different in style from the rest of the song that it was jarring. Maybe what they were going for, but for me a rude awakening. I fell as deeply in love with this album as I am not with Wind and Wuthering. I listened to W & W last, so had all of that earlier music to compare it to, maybe that is why I'm not in love with it. Trespass was new and fresh to me, mind blowing. I was just beginning to explore Genesis, Gentle Giant, and Rush. (Can you believe, it was years more before I discovered Fleetwood Mac.)
White mountain was played almost exclusively on the '76 tour with Phil singing according to www.setlist.fm/stats/genesis-1bd6b520.html . Audio: ua-cam.com/video/rg-Jh7YHLZc/v-deo.html
I still think you should do a couple of tracks from the first album. 'In The Beginning' is an up-tempo number that might give you an opportunity to talk about which musical elements they'd keep and which would be discarded. 'In The Wilderness' replaced the first version of 'Visions Of Angels', maybe another talking point. A lot of the points you made about 'Trespass' also apply to the first Supertramp album, released in the same year.
You should review "Genesis to Revelation" - all in one video, song by song. Anyone who loves old Genesis (like you do, Justin) should give it a listen. It's got a few nice moments, but it is MILES apart from Trespass.
I know this is heresy, but I'll take this album over FOXTROT every time. I think if it were the only album they made it would be considered a classic. "Stagnation" was the first song I heard when I was thirteen or so years old. It came on the local FM radio at about 1 AM, and until I bought the album I never forgot that I'd heard PG singing about fishing for bitter minnows. A few short years later I was driving through the mountains in snow and I put the 8-track tape on and it was a defining moment. I also love the first album. It's a totally gorgeous pop album.
@@silvertube52 And then Sides. The three in a row show a really smooth transition in his songwriting approach, from atmospheric pieces to a more direct style. It's all the more impressive as it was one album a year (not even including Private Parts)
Its pretty good, I quite like it but its evidence of a band still finding its footing. I think they stepped things up quite a few notches with their next one, Nursery Cryme. So...NC, Foxtrot, and Selling England - now THAT'S some quality Genesis.
I like TRESPASS a lot... even though Steve Hackett isn't on it. It takes a couple of listens to get an ear for it. Try the song THE SHEPHERD. It's on UA-cam. It's the song that didn't make it onto TRESPASS.
Used to give Trespass a pass but now I love it. No longer will Trespassers be shot. ps, I changed my mind about And Then There Were Three as well...except the western The Ballad of Big. Bad cheese.
Big review. Nothing to add. Keyword of the day : showcase. I'm not really sure that the people who watch this video will not have already seen those in the "first listen" category, but after all, since you yourself are suggesting that it might be the case, I will allow myself a small remark: it would perhaps be judicious that one way or another, you could indicate in the description or directly in files on the video the links leading to the titles concerned. It doesn't sound like much, but maybe a few more clicks could be won?
When I first heard Trespass, I liked "White Mountain" the least because I thought the lyrics were ridiculous, but now I'd have to say "Vision of Angels" is because I just don't find it as compelling as the rest of the songs. I still like it though. And "Stagnation" has always been my favorite. I'm not breaking any molds by saying that John Mayhew's drumming is the weakest part of the album. The other four grew up together and worked out their vision together before he came in, so its understandable that he wasn't really able to fit in or keep up with them.
I still have problems with this album. Some songs I like (the knive) and some, I don’t like. It’s an album that shows what they will be able to in the future. Genesis began to speak my language with the next albums: Nursery Crime, Foxtrot, Selling England by the pound etc.
Phillips was/is good. Hacket though is just a fantastic musician. His latest album just released has some outstanding songs. Problem with drums is that as Collins entered all comparison with Mayhem are there. Mayhem was not a progressive drummer but still a good drummer and could have gone far in a less progressive band.
@@Divedown_25 not to say Mayhem was bad, it is just difficult to be compared to one of the best rock drummers to have ever played a drum kit. Some may be better at solo ad-libing but none more musical in how he approached a composition or enhanced those around him. Collin's timing is/was impeccable.
As already mentioned, every song on the early Genesis Live album, including The Knife, sounds better than the studio versions. Partially because the mixing and mastering of Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot are not well done, and partly because they were such a precise band live. In the case of Genesis, Genesis Live must be reviewed just like the regular studio albums. Much like Frampton Comes Alive, if you miss it you've missed one the most important works.
Given he's got 3.6K subs to go until he listens to _Lamb,_ it leaves plenty of time to listen to much of the rest of Genesis' discography, from their first 2 singles ("The Silent Sun" b/w "That's Me" and "A Winter's Tale" b/w "One-Eyed Hound"), _From Genesis to Revelation,_ _And Then There Were Three...,_ _Duke,_ several more of their non-album B-sides ("It's Yourself," "Vancouver," "The Day the Light Went Out," "Evidence of Autumn," "Open Door," "Naminanu"), and the tracks that make up their _Spot the Pigeon_ and _3x3_ EP's.
The Knife literally cuts through? No, JP. Quite the opposite. It figuratively cuts through. Sorry for the pedantry, but the misuse of the word "literally" always gets under my skin, lol.
The disconnect in timing between your song reactions and (eventual) album reviews is comical. Looking For Someone was posted 5/25/20 and The Knife on 7/12/20! ;)
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In the shadow of the more dramatic Genesis albums ("The Knife" excepted, perhaps), but I came to appreciate the quietness of this album as I got older. Very solid and underrated.
What must be appreciated, though, and is overlooked by too many too frequently, is the leap by light-years from the Bee Gees-like soft pop of "Revelation" to "Trespass" in right about 18 months! From a small consortium of pop songwriters at Charterhouse who became Jonathan King's darlings, to a rock cultural force to be reckoned with in its creative and daring infancy is a leap in brilliance seldom seen or matched.
I got into Genesis chronologically in high school, though I skipped Revelation, so I do love this record. Stagnation is my fave. I love the Knife, but the version on Genesis Live blows it out of the water.
I liken John Mayhew's drumming on this album to John Bonham, if Bonham had arthritis. Direct, thuddy, but very stiff and deliberate to the point of struggling. And yet, it lends the album a raw, still in development sound that gives it a charm, rather than detracting from it.
Really everyone in the band was still marinating in the fridge, so to speak, before they started cooking the next year with Nursery Cryme. Needless to say, Phil's drumming and arrangement skills, and Hackett's virtuoso guitar playing were a major upgrade.
I still go back to it because of the quality songwriting, melodies, strongly pastoral sound, and Gabriel's powerhouse singing. The end of White Mountain and Visions of Angels still gives me spine tingles after all these years (first heard it in 94).
Very good album review. Funny how timing works...I have on Spotify a mix for Genesis songs and The Knife played today on the way home. Cranked it up.
Two notes:
1). Steve Hackett played The Knife the last time he came thru South Florida a few years back.
2). Without question Anthony Phillips...The Geese and the Ghost is my favorite album of all time. Beautiful vocals by Collins and stellar guitar work from Rutherford and Mr. Phillips. Anthony Phillips is a very underrated guitarist. Wise After the Event also brilliantly made album. You will not be disappointed with either piece of work.
I can hear Mike Rutherford now, "....our first proper album....".
😎 I love listening to Trespass on gray Autumn days; it just fits for me.
That was a very good review Justin, I'm impressed. Also because of your Genesis coverage I discovered that I have copies of Lamb Lies Down and Seconds Out in much better condition than I'd thought, which was a nice surprise. So thanks for that too.
Ty Mark!
"Looking For Someone" is imo one of Peters best vocal performances. In the interview the band members gave for the CD box set, they state that this album was the true starting point for the band, setting
many of the the foundations for the prog style they developed.
A Great start for the real being of the Classic Genesis sound JP. : )
Great album from the Great Genesis ☝️ thanks for the reaction JP☝️❤️
You can never listen to too much Genesis! I have found this album to have many high points, but until you started reacting to it, I had forgotten most of it except The Knife. It was almost like rediscovering it for the first time to go along for the ride with you, so thank you for helping renew my interest in this album.
This was the first time I had to watch part of an ad before your video played, so I guess you have “arrived!” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
"Stagnation" is indeed one of the band's all-time great opuses. Great keyboards and soaring, proud mood.
The knife deserves to be listened on the "Live" album, with Hackett and Collins, much better.
I hope one day you check out the first album by Renaissance. It doesn't have Annie, but it's still real good, as is their female vocalist, Jane Relf. Great music.
I am so glad that this album grew on you! I also needed to warm up to it back in the day, but it’s a top 3 Genesis album for me.
I would find it difficult to rank the individual songs, so I won’t; I love them all!
I love this album. Hugely underrated and works fantastically as a complete listen. It’s definitely hard to live up to the masterpieces that came out later but this is right there with them for me. Dusk is actually one of my favourites and might be their most purely beautiful song ever.
Trespass just reached its 50th anniversary this year so great timing with this album review! Come on guys, lets get Justin to that 15k subscriber milestone so we can enjoy watching him react to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway :D
Haha hopefully soon!
Thanks for the album review. A great album. Although I cannot claim to it ever being my favourite, I have at many times chosen to listen to it for its soft mystical qualities. A sort of fantasy background to dream to. Stagnation is a phenomenal song. 😎
Once again, great review Justin, I am 99.9% in agreement with all your observations, the 0.1% that is missing is in your song ranking, because personally I do not consider the album version of "The Knife" as part of it, but the 1972 live version. So ... Stagnation 1, The Knife 2, and the rest as your ranking.
Changing the subject, December 21st. winter begins there in the northern hemisphere, it is the perfect day for you to start the fantastic winter album "And then there ..." where you will discover many things, among them, the best version of Mike as lead guitarist, the most beautiful Genesis song ("Many too many") along with the live version of Seconds Out of "Carpet Crawlers", one more masterpiece of the band "Burning Rope" and much more, but I am not going to tell you the full movie, just a part 😂. Thanks for your channel, its fantastic, I wish in advance, the best for you, your family and the rest of the folks in your channel, all the best for the new year. "Positive vibration" Bob Marley ®
Listened to this on vinyl a couple days ago. Great album- drums got a lot better with Phil Collins though
No truth to the rumor that "Looking for Someone" had its....uh, genesis in finding someone new to sit on the drummer's stool. I have it on good authority, though, that the working title for Side 1's last song was "Visions of Collins." 😉
@@bradsmack1 LOL
The start of some awesome work from this great band.
It's a great album ... glad you listened to it and liked it :) Trespass really is a landscape !! My favourite Genesis album (but I agree with your comments about the drumming).
Ty Damp!
Great review!
I forgot, please check for fun The 12 Days of Christmas, Progressive Rock style (again). It is a loving parody on prog rock set to the "12 Days Of Christmas". "On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a bass riff in 7/4 time..." and so on. :)
Really enjoyed your review on this album. Good stuff.
Ty Jeff!
This one’s vibe was a little different than the following albums. It set the stage very well for what Genesis is, with the classical/folk inspiration and general composition, but there also seems to be some king crimson influence. The drums in particular are very different since they’re not Phil Collins. Very interesting and good album!
Yep, Stagnation my favorite. Then, Looking For Someone, Dusk, The Knife, Vision of Angels, White Mountain. Good review, Justin. Glad you came to like Dusk a bit more. Matt
Ty Matt! Definitely warmed up to it
Great review Justin, it is an album which I have found myself turning to more and more over the years and I found myself agreeing with almost everything you said except the position of the Knife in the track order. I think my appreciation of the knife was perhaps affected by the power it had live in the Collins era. Fabulous memories from Earl’s Court 1977 Wind and Wuthering tour when it was the climax of the show as the final encore.
Don’t you just love UA-cam. Having posted this I went looking for a Collins era live version of the knife for old times sake and guess what..
ua-cam.com/video/xNrbROXL0WQ/v-deo.html. Dodgy sound quality but just lost 43 years in an instant. Good to hear myself cheering at the end!!
Haha perfect!
Nice review. It’s a special album indeed. I love Dusk and I think that it showcases why Genesis were different from other progressive rock bands with their pastoral balladry and almost medieval sound. And then into the blaring proto-metal of The Knife. Time to listen to The Geese and The Ghost me thinks.
I knew you would come around ;-) it's my favorite Genesis album. Not their "best", but my favorite.
Ty Andrew, sometimes it just takes time😃
One thing i love about music, especially with albums, is that sometimes they take a few listens to really love. I hated The Sensual World when i first heard it, and now i think it is one of Kate Bush's best albums. Likewise with Genesis, it took me about a year to get into anything post-Peter Gabriel, and now We Can't Dance is one of my favorites. Sometimes you just have to give them a good few listens before you can "ease in" to them fully
Very very true
It’s a wonderful album, some bits are really beautiful. Yep they were 18/20 then. That’s Genesis, for you. White mountain is a fantastic piece, the mellotron at the beginning is incredible. Love it. Great in depth reaction. Perfection. As you said stagnation, is astounding. Genesis are my favourite prog group, by so far. And that’s saying something, as I love prog rock.
Ty Dale!
Lyrics deep, telling and mystical (if not a bit violent) & melodies beautiful & pastoral -Visions & Stagnation favorites of mine in 1975 and beyond!
Really love this album
1. The Knife
2. Stagnation
3. White Mountain
4. Visions Of Angels
5. Looking For Someone
6. Dusk
I agree with you 100%. Really good album review
Ty!
Nice review. Anthony Phillips is pretty underrated. He's got quite a few solos out there with some nice pieces here and there, "Beauty and the Beast" as an example, and "God if I Saw Her Now" w/Phil Collins on vocals, as another. And I really liked his "1984" as a whole (though a bit dated sounding now).
Interesting thought on “The Knife”, remember that there was “revolution in the air” since 1968. There were riots in Paris that summer. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who all had songs about the youthful revolutions at this time.
great review ..... and every thing you say is about how most Genesis fans feel about this album ........ love it, great album, ( most gravitate to the knife ) .... but if given a choice ...... whould pick another Genesis album to put on .... for same reason, while you were talking, the album Days of Future Past ... by Moody Blues came to mind .... have you listened to it yet , it all runs together from daybreak to midnight .... so it's hard to pick just one song .... even though the big hit on the radio was Nights in White Satin ........ oh yeah, also sweet thing / David Bowie .... LOL
Stagnation is my favorite Genesis song. Beautiful instrumentation. Great vocals by Gabriel. As you point out, a pretty remarkable accomplishment for a group of kids. Gabriel and Banks were 20 years old when it was released. You still need to check out "The Musical Box" and "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway."
Ty Chest, ive done the Musical Box and all of Nursery Cryme🙃
Never heard this, on to the recommendation: Band, National Health. Album, Of Queues and Cures. Great band/album this, and right up your street. N.H, straight out the Canterbury scene, et al Dave Stewart. A touch of prog, jazz, rock fusion. Blinder of a record. Also, knowing of your penchant for interesting track titles, the opening tune's called:
'The Bryden two-step (for amphibians). pt 1' Now that's a track that deserves to be heard.
Trespass is one of my favourite Genesis albums. I remember the first time I heard it thinking how beautiful it sounded. It always makes me wonder how the band would have progressed if Anthony had stayed. Alas we will never know. Maybe in a parallel universe? 😊
Yes Trespass is underrated. Albums to follow were all masterpieces, but Trespass is still very interesting. Very good review!
Ty!
Very interesting comments Justin.
One of my favorites
Songs ranking:
1. Stagnation
2. The knife
3. Looking for someone
4. White mountain
5. Dusk
6. Visions of angels
Mine:
1. Looking For Someone
2. White Mountain
3. Dusk
4. Stagnation
5. Visions of Angels
6.The Knife
I'm looking forward to you listening to the songs from the Duke suite!
After listening to your review I went and had a listen to trespass on you tube and so far I like the tracks white Mountain and stagnation
Awesome!
This album is much better than I remember. I need to listen to it more because I have obviously not listened to enough.
At least you do not have your neighbors tress pass by bringing their water buffalo into your land to graze everything and anything living. Cheers, and you hit the nail on the head with this album. You just have to be in the right mood with this album.
Lol!
#TheLamia ...the build up begins
Anthony & Mike had to dictate Mayhew's drum lines to him to achieve the effect they wanted and that lack of creativity got him run. For me, it's Knife, Stagnation, White, Dusk, Looking, and Visions in order. There are two other songs recorded about this time that went unreleased until the box sets called "Let Us Now Make Love" and "The Shepherd" where Peter and Tony share lead vocals. Additionally, there is a series of demos referred to as "The Jackson Tapes" which predate "Trespass" that foreshadow several songs released over the next four years such as "The Fountain Of Salmacis", "The Musical Box", "Anyway", "Looking For Someone", and actually references another unreleased song from 1967 called "Hair On The Arms And Legs". The Tapes aren't really good review material, but it has been a lot of fun to hear the creative process taking place. Looking forward to Cryme & Wind album reviews! Have a Merry Christmas, JP!
I feel this is the album where their sound came together. This is a very strong album.
A lot of tenderness for this luminous, pastoral, mysterious, peaceful album. It's a grower too...In fact "The Knife" is my least favorite track, and although it's a very good song, it doesn't fit well with the album...it's too sharp ;)
Favorite songs: Dusk - Stagnation - Visions of Angels
My favorite moment is just after your own favorite moment ! Nice review Justin.
It is pretty cool that they stuck it at the end though. Its like the first King Crimson album but reversed.
Ty Cosi!
White Mountain: Did Phil ever do this song, with his drum interpretation? I quite liked John Mayhew but would love to hear what Phil would have done. The only part I didn't like was the trial, which was so different in style from the rest of the song that it was jarring. Maybe what they were going for, but for me a rude awakening. I fell as deeply in love with this album as I am not with Wind and Wuthering. I listened to W & W last, so had all of that earlier music to compare it to, maybe that is why I'm not in love with it. Trespass was new and fresh to me, mind blowing. I was just beginning to explore Genesis, Gentle Giant, and Rush. (Can you believe, it was years more before I discovered Fleetwood Mac.)
White mountain was played almost exclusively on the '76 tour with Phil singing according to www.setlist.fm/stats/genesis-1bd6b520.html . Audio: ua-cam.com/video/rg-Jh7YHLZc/v-deo.html
I still think you should do a couple of tracks from the first album. 'In The Beginning' is an up-tempo number that might give you an opportunity to talk about which musical elements they'd keep and which would be discarded. 'In The Wilderness' replaced the first version of 'Visions Of Angels', maybe another talking point.
A lot of the points you made about 'Trespass' also apply to the first Supertramp album, released in the same year.
Ty Rich, ill likely check out some of the first album
I think 'Wise After the Event' would be great start with Ant's catalogue. It features Mike Giles on drums. 'Nuff said.
We have a very similar taste XD
Ohhh Justin, is Stagnation not just magic? Unbelieveble beatiful song
Its exquisite!
You should review "Genesis to Revelation" - all in one video, song by song. Anyone who loves old Genesis (like you do, Justin) should give it a listen. It's got a few nice moments, but it is MILES apart from Trespass.
Great Album
Let's rock now.
Miss America - Styx
Grand Illusion : )
I know this is heresy, but I'll take this album over FOXTROT every time. I think if it were the only album they made it would be considered a classic. "Stagnation" was the first song I heard when I was thirteen or so years old. It came on the local FM radio at about 1 AM, and until I bought the album I never forgot that I'd heard PG singing about fishing for bitter minnows. A few short years later I was driving through the mountains in snow and I put the 8-track tape on and it was a defining moment. I also love the first album. It's a totally gorgeous pop album.
No heresy committed here😃
I just hope you tackle Anthony Phillips' The Geese and the Ghost soon.
I agree. suggested it myself on another video
And then Wise After the Event.
@@silvertube52 And then Sides. The three in a row show a really smooth transition in his songwriting approach, from atmospheric pieces to a more direct style. It's all the more impressive as it was one album a year (not even including Private Parts)
On my eventual lost lol
You really need to hear the lamb
Its pretty good, I quite like it but its evidence of a band still finding its footing. I think they stepped things up quite a few notches with their next one, Nursery Cryme. So...NC, Foxtrot, and Selling England - now THAT'S some quality Genesis.
Also wanted to recommend a band & song that I think you'd like. Lunatic Soul ~ "A Thousand Shards of Heaven".
I like TRESPASS a lot... even though Steve Hackett isn't on it. It takes a couple of listens to get an ear for it. Try the song THE SHEPHERD. It's on UA-cam. It's the song that didn't make it onto TRESPASS.
It’s an album that fits as anticipator of nursery cryme but stagnation is very close to a masterpiece
Agreed!
Dusk is my favorite Genesis song of all the songs.
Its quite beautiful!
Used to give Trespass a pass but now I love it. No longer will Trespassers be shot.
ps, I changed my mind about And Then There Were Three as well...except the western The Ballad of Big. Bad cheese.
Big review. Nothing to add.
Keyword of the day : showcase.
I'm not really sure that the people who watch this video will not have already seen those in the "first listen" category, but after all, since you yourself are suggesting that it might be the case, I will allow myself a small remark: it would perhaps be judicious that one way or another, you could indicate in the description or directly in files on the video the links leading to the titles concerned. It doesn't sound like much, but maybe a few more clicks could be won?
Not a bad idea. Do you mean links to my reactions, or the songs themselves?
@@JustJPYour work of course ! Your reaction videos.
Have a nice day.
The period with Peter Gabrial was there best
Absolutely!
When I first heard Trespass, I liked "White Mountain" the least because I thought the lyrics were ridiculous, but now I'd have to say "Vision of Angels" is because I just don't find it as compelling as the rest of the songs. I still like it though. And "Stagnation" has always been my favorite.
I'm not breaking any molds by saying that John Mayhew's drumming is the weakest part of the album. The other four grew up together and worked out their vision together before he came in, so its understandable that he wasn't really able to fit in or keep up with them.
I still have problems with this album. Some songs I like (the knive) and some, I don’t like. It’s an album that shows what they will be able to in the future.
Genesis began to speak my language with the next albums: Nursery Crime, Foxtrot, Selling England by the pound etc.
Regarding the drumming, there is a reason they fired Mayhew after Ant Phillips left. They knew they could find someone stronger.
Man, was THAT a great decision. (they made a LOT of great decisions)
Phillips was/is good. Hacket though is just a fantastic musician. His latest album just released has some outstanding songs. Problem with drums is that as Collins entered all comparison with Mayhem are there. Mayhem was not a progressive drummer but still a good drummer and could have gone far in a less progressive band.
@@Divedown_25 not to say Mayhem was bad, it is just difficult to be compared to one of the best rock drummers to have ever played a drum kit. Some may be better at solo ad-libing but none more musical in how he approached a composition or enhanced those around him. Collin's timing is/was impeccable.
@@rkress9349 1000% agree
As already mentioned, every song on the early Genesis Live album, including The Knife, sounds better than the studio versions. Partially because the mixing and mastering of Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot are not well done, and partly because they were such a precise band live. In the case of Genesis, Genesis Live must be reviewed just like the regular studio albums. Much like Frampton Comes Alive, if you miss it you've missed one the most important works.
Album art work is not my fav .. But the songs are amazing... Fang son of great Fang lol. say no more !
Any chance you'll be listening to From Genesis to Revelation anytime soon?
There's definitely a chance🙃
@@JustJP yes!!!!! Give it a chance! Dont listen to the haterz!
Given he's got 3.6K subs to go until he listens to _Lamb,_ it leaves plenty of time to listen to much of the rest of Genesis' discography, from their first 2 singles ("The Silent Sun" b/w "That's Me" and "A Winter's Tale" b/w "One-Eyed Hound"), _From Genesis to Revelation,_ _And Then There Were Three...,_ _Duke,_ several more of their non-album B-sides ("It's Yourself," "Vancouver," "The Day the Light Went Out," "Evidence of Autumn," "Open Door," "Naminanu"), and the tracks that make up their _Spot the Pigeon_ and _3x3_ EP's.
All prog rock always requires multiple listens.....Trespass and Foxtrot are my preferred Genesis albums....
The Knife literally cuts through? No, JP. Quite the opposite. It figuratively cuts through.
Sorry for the pedantry, but the misuse of the word "literally" always gets under my skin, lol.
The disconnect in timing between your song reactions and (eventual) album reviews is comical.
Looking For Someone was posted 5/25/20 and The Knife on 7/12/20! ;)
Sometimes its good to give an album a long time to seep in with repeated listens to know how you really feel about.
Man I disagree with the drums I think the drumming on this album is a huge highlight