Genesis

Wind and Wuthering

The only Genesis CD i listen to from beginning to end.

Review Score:

(10/10)
The last Genesis CD to be true to its story telling roots, with rich, detailed music laced with all the ingredients that made most people Genesis fans in the first place. From the opening attack of "11th Earl of Mar", to the closing "Unquiet Slumbers For the Sleepers/In That Quiet Earth/Afterglow", "Wind and Weathering" touches on many moods and inspirations that regretably will no longer be demonstrated on their future CDs. "Your Own Special Way" garnered pop radio play attention, but whetted Genesis record sales appetites (Collins upcoming divorce, and subsequent solo efforts would solidify the Genesis pop sound to come). This album was still a rock aberrition in the bubble gum, hard rock saturated sounds of the mid 70s. But that's what made it worth a listen. With the exception of a few ditties from the following "And Then There Were Three" CD (titled after the departure of guitarist Steve Hackett and resulting remaining number of band members) and "Duke", no future Genesis album will ever have the same character. This CD made me a Genesis fan at a time when I appreciated where they came from, and could still see remnants of their past in future CDs.

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