Behind the Lines – Genesis from Duke
There's apparently some
sort of “Phil Collins reassessment” going on, or so the internet
tells me, and I'll agree it's largely ill-advised. But, in going
through my LPs to digitize them I was surprised how much the Genesis
albums I bought in high school held up. I generally agree with
Patrick Bateman's famous musicological presentation regarding
Collins' discovery of feelings that marks this album as a transition
for the band (but not about Invisible Touch or Sussudio, but I see
why he likes them). Funnily enough, this record coincided with
Peter Gabriel hitting his stride as a solo artist with his third
album (on which the famous “Phil Collins drum sound” was
invented), although his similar emotional breakthrough, lets call it,
was still several years in the future with So. Anyway, pointing out
that Phil Collins was once an engaging musician (see also his
drumming on Robert Fripp's Exposure album) is also like pointing out
that Jay Leno was once pretty funny - it's true, but no one believes
you and you kind of feel embarrassed bringing it up.
Mama Soukos by Volta Jazz
Since I can't allow the
only thing I write today to be a paragraph about Phil Collins, and
since I did listen to it again today.
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