Genre: International
Disks: 1
Zusammenfassung: Foxtrot is one of my favorite albums (next to "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"). Every song moves cleanly into the next.
Song Reviews:
1. Watcher of the Skies: Tony Banks does a great job with the keyboards; the intro and throughout the entire song. Rutherford's bass sounds great, he plays very well, some of his bass lines sound really complex. Even though the song is quite repetitive, it is worth listening too.
2. Time Table: It opens with Banks on a grand piano. Then the band comes in gently. This is probably my least favorite song on this album. It is quite laid back until about ý through the song, then it slowly quiets down.
3. Get `Em out By Friday: The lyrics in this song are great. It opens with the band playing and scales on the keyboard. The verse is very laid back. Then suddenly...the chorus. The chorus has really cool chord changes too. In the next verse, Hackett plays arpeggios on his guitar that sound great. The ending is triumphant too.
4. Can-Utility and the Coastliners: It opens with guitar, and once the first note is played, the rest of the song is great. About 1/3 through the song, Steve Hackett plays these really cool chords. That carries for awhile until the Banks begin playing these arpeggios then goes into these chords down the keys. It ends good too!
5. Horizons: It is only guitar. It sounds like a baby's lullaby, but it can put you to sleep too. This is a BEAUTIFUL song! It is only like a minute long or something.
6. Supper's Ready: This song is over 20 minutes!
Part I: Lovers Lane: It is just Hackett and Banks on the 12-strings and Gabriel singing, but very complex.
Part II: The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man: This is kind of the theme song (because it appears later in the song), but very cool with the keyboards scales and chords, it goes well with the singing.
Part III: Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band Of Merry Men: It begins with cool drum beats by Phil and arpeggios by Banks.
Part IV: How Dare I Be So Beautiful: Just washes of sound along with Gabriel, but very mysterious.
Part V: Willow Farm: Very jumpy, it will wake up from still being in a deep sleep from "Horizons". The lyrics are very fun (he makes a reference to "The Musical Box") and the staccatos that every band member playing at the same time while going down a chromatic scale is very cool. It changes a bit after "ALL CHANGE!"
Part VI: Apocalypse in 9/8: This part is my favorite part. It is so powerful, strong, and full of energy (well duh...it's the apocalypse; it's not going to be all happy happy joy joy).The echo of the vocals is really cool. Banks solo is very good...actually, it's extremely good. I would mess up following a 9/8 beat. Then it goes back to a 2/4 beat.
Part VII: As Sure as Eggs Is Eggs: The triplet chords that Banks plays are really awesome. (This part is like the section in "The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man" except more powerful). A great ending to a great song.
Even though I am 12 years old, I still like this kind of music. I like bands like ELP, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, and Genesis. Foxtrot is a great album, a must own!