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'''A Trick of the Tail''' was the first studio album by progressive rock band Genesis following the departure of original vocalist Peter Gabriel. It was released in February 1976.

Contents

Post-Gabriel Genesis

Recording

Videos

Chart performance

Track listing

2007 SACD/CD/DVD Release

Personnel

External Links

Footnotes

Post-Gabriel Genesis

After Peter Gabriel left Genesis, the remaining members held auditions for a permanent lead singer. Initially Phil Collins did not wish to take over from Gabriel, instead teaching the potential lead singers the songs. When the auditions failed to produce a suitable vocalist, Collins reluctantly went in the studio to sing "Squonk" and the band decided that Collins should be the new vocalist.

Recording

The album was recorded and mixed at Trident Studios in October / November 1975. It also marked the first album that the band would co-produce with David Hentschel. They would work with David for the next four years.

Videos

Three videos were shot for the album. The first was for the album's title cut which depicted the band playing to the track together around a piano. A very miniature Phil Collins can be seen hopping around on a piano and a guitar (Collins later revealed this clip was the most embarrassing video of his career). The second was for Ripples which was a performance clip. The third was "Robbery, Assault and Battery" which depicted Phil as a bank robber who kills an elderly man (played by Mike Rutherford) after holding him up and then pursued by cops (played by Banks, Hackett and Rutherford), killing Banks in the process.

Chart performance

''A Trick of the Tail'' reached #3 in the UK and #31 in the US. Additionally, the album was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA in March of 1990. Also according to Tony Banks in the essay that comes with Platinum Collection, the album doubled the band's previous albums sales. This success was also financially crucial for Genesis who were $400,000 in debt by the time Peter Gabriel left.

Track listing

''A Trick of the Tail'' was the first Genesis album to credit specific band members to each track - previous albums had been credited entirely to "Genesis".
#"Dance On A Volcano" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford) – 5:54
#"Entangled" (Tony Banks/Steve Hackett) – 6:27
#"Squonk" (Tony Banks/Mike Rutherford) – 6:27
#"Mad Man Moon" (Tony Banks) – 7:34
#"Robbery, Assault And Battery" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins) – 6:16
#"Ripples" (Tony Banks/Mike Rutherford) – 8:04
#"A Trick Of The Tail" (Tony Banks) – 4:35
#"Los Endos" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford) – 5:47
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★ Intro is taken from "It's Yourself", an ''A Trick of the Tail''-era recording released as a B-Side to "Your Own Special Way" in 1977.
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★ A reprise of "Dance on a Volcano" is next, followed by a reprise of "Squonk"
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★ During the fade-out, Collins sings "There's an angel standing in the sun/Free to get back home". These are references to the final segment of "Supper's Ready" from ''Foxtrot''.

2007 SACD/CD/DVD Release

A new version of ''A Trick of the Tail'' was released in the U.K. and Japan on April 2, 2007. It was released in the US and Canada as part of the ''Genesis 1976-1982'' box set on May 15, 2007. This includes the entire album in remixed stereo, the entire album in surround sound, and related video tracks.

★ Disc 1, in the European and Japanese releases, is a hybrid SACD/CD disk. The stereo layer includes the remixed tracks, and the SACD layer is a multichannel surround sound remix.^[1]

★ Disc 1, in the Canadian and U.S. releases, is a standard CD, containing the stereo remixes. No SACD layer is included.^[2]

★ Disc 2, in all releases, is a DVD-Video disk containing both audio and video tracks. This DVD includes three audio mixes of the album: DTS , Dolby Digital , and Dolby Digital stereo.^[3] The DTS surround sound is a slightly compressed version of the surround sound on the SACD,^[2] and the Dolby surround sound is of slightly inferior quality to the DTS.^[5]

★ Disk 2 also includes the following video tracks:
#Band interview about this album (2006).
#Promotional videos: "Robbery, Assault and Battery", "Ripples" and "A Trick Of The Tail".
#'' (1977 concert movie filmed during 1976 tour). Songs include "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)", "Fly On A Windshield", "The Carpet Crawlers", "The Cinema Show", "Entangled", "Supper's Ready" and "Los Endos".
#"White Rocks" premiere program, from 1977 show (8 page gallery).

Personnel

★ Phil Collins – vocals, background vocals, percussion, drums,

★ Steve Hackett – electric guitar, 12-string guitars

★ Tony Banks – organ, synthesizers, pianos, vocals, background vocals, 12-string guitar, mellotron

★ Mike Rutherford – bass guitar, 12-string guitar, bass pedals, vocals, background vocals

External Links

Video clip for ''A Trick of The Tail''

Footnotes

1. Formats described at http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/reviews/sacds/1976-1982.htm
2. Explained in interview with producer and remixer Nick Davis, at http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/reviews/sacds/interview-with-nick-davis.htm
3. The DVD interface has two audio choices: Dolby 5.1 and DTS 5.1. If the Dolby 5.1 option is chosen on a system that does not support surround sound, the Dolby stereo mix is played.
4. Explained in interview with producer and remixer Nick Davis, at http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/reviews/sacds/interview-with-nick-davis.htm
5. Comparison from ''Sound and Vision'' magazine article online at http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/musicreviews/2285/genesis-in-surround.html