Saturday, 17 January 2015

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973) {2013 Blu-ray Audio Virgin Records Edition}


Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973) {2013 Blu-ray Audio Virgin Records Edition}
Full Blu-ray Audio -> 12.3 Gb | LPCM 2.0 & 5.1 / DTS Master Audio 2.0 & 5.1 | 24bit/96kHz | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 192 Mb | 5% repair rar

© 2007, 2013 Virgin Records / Universal | 0600753454404
Rock / Progressive Rock


High Fidelity Pure Audio edition of the Genesis album Selling England By The Pound. High Fidelity Pure Audio is a range of physical HD audio products from Universal Music Group which uses Blu-ray technology to deliver the ultimate listening experience to the user. High Fidelity Pure Audio discs are playable through all Blu-ray devices.

Genesis are on record as saying that they feel they have never produced a definitive album. Maybe, but 'Selling England' is as close as they get. This is their 'Dark Side of the Moon'.

All the elements of Genesis, old and new, are present on this record. Gabriel's voice and quirky, pun filled lyrics are much in evidence. It has Steve Hackett's finest hour in the magnificent solo on 'Firth of Fifth', and Tony Banks similarly shines in the awesome instrumental section of 'The Cinema Show'. Mike Rutherford's powerful rhythmn playing drives 'Cinema Show' and 'Dancing With the Moonlit Knight', and Phil Collins, whose drumming is staggering throughout, has a vocal debut on the light, romantic ballad 'More Fool Me', perhaps a sign of things to come.

This is a powerful, complex yet amazingly accessible and melodic work, lyrically loosely based on the theme of England, past and present. For me personally, Genesis hit their peak with this album, and sustained the quality for 'The Lamb', 'Trick of the Tail' and 'Wind and Wuthering' before starting to balance their art with simpler, more radio friendly ballads and anthems. One of the great rock albums of the Seventies.

tracklist:
01. Are You Gonna Go My Way
02. Believe
03. Come On And Love Me
04. Heaven Help
05. Just Be A Woman
06. Is There Any Love In Your Heart
07. Black Girl
08. My Love
09. Sugar
10. Sister
11. Eleutheria

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