A Trick of the Tail
Occupation
- Vocals, Drums: Phil Collins
- Guitar: Steve Hackett
- Guitar, Bass: Mike Rutherford
- Keyboard, Piano: Tony Banks
A Trick of the Tail (English for: " A match of the tail ") is the seventh studio album by British rock band Genesis. It was released in February 1976 and was the first album of the band after the departure of singer Peter Gabriel. With A Trick of the Tail drummer Phil Collins became the singer and front man of Genesis. After a long search for a successor to Peter Gabriel was finally decided in favor of Collins, who had been on previous Genesis albums the background vocals (and also the main vocals on two songs ) taken.
- 4.1 Example setlist
Background
Shortly after the end of the last tour with Peter Gabriel was - despite the post of lead singer initially remained vacant - the work on this album started. However, after numerous candidates appeared as successor Gabriel unsuitable Collins was eventually asked to interpret the title Squonk. This worked so well that they decided quickly to convey Collins as the new singer of the band. Shortly thereafter, the quartet went into the studio to make the recordings for A Trick of the Tail.
Also on A Trick of the Tail Genesis still plays progressive rock. The style change to the "traditional" skirt should be made only after the departure of Steve Hackett 1977. With a ranking of 31 in the North American album charts A Trick of the Tail was the hitherto most successful album to date.
Title list
DVD Extras (2007 Release)
Description of individual songs
- Entangled: The title is based on a 6/8-measure with three 12- string guitars and loud Hackett is based on a painting by the Brazilian artist Kim Poor.
- Squonk: The inspiration for this song, Banks and Rutherford served as Led Zeppelin Title Kashmir since the two were going to try to reproduce the slow beat and the massive drums with Squonk. The song is about the American mythical beast Squonk, which was to be found in the forests of northern Pennsylvania. At the start of production the song was called Indians.
- Ripples: The song was played until the last tour in 2007, many years.
- Los Endos: The instrumental closing track is an instrumental combination of several themes of the album and is influenced by percussion and jazz rock. In the end, the very standing in the background is " there's an angel standing in the sun" quote from the Genesis titles Supper's Ready.
Tour
In 1976 Collins was held tour, as he was the lead singer of the group now, replaced by Bill Bruford on drums. In instrumental passages Collins played a second drum set.
Sample Setlist
Charts
- Album: ( U.S. # 31, UK # 3, D # 43, SW # 17)
- Singles: A Trick of the Tail, Ripples
Occupation
- Tony Banks - Hammond organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, mellotron, vocals, 12 - string guitar
- Phil Collins - percussion, drums, vocals
- Steve Hackett - electric guitar, 12-string guitar, bass
- Mike Rutherford - bass, bass pedal, electric guitar, 12 - string guitar
Trivia
In the German LP an offer of the company Phonogram was printed on the inner record sleeve: You could free Request the German translation of the lyrics.