History Music / FoxtrotAlbum

[[AC: [[WeInterruptThisProgram This is an announcement from Genetic Control:]]]]

!! Tracklist:

[[AC: Side One]]

[[AC: Side Two]]

!! Principal Members:

!! With the tropes of Magog swarming around, the Pied Piper takes his children underground:

* {{Instrumentals}}: A large part of "Supper's Ready" is made up of these, especially in the second half. "Horizons" is an instrumental acoustic guitar piece.

# “Watcher of the Skies” (7:23)
# “Time Table” (4:46)
# “Get 'Em Out by Friday” (8:36)
# “Can-Utility and the Coastliners” (5:45)

# “Horizons” (1:41)
# “Music/SuppersReady” (23:06)
## “Lover's Leap” - 3:48
## “The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man” - 1:57
## “Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men” - 3:55
## “How Dare I Be So Beautiful?” - 1:26
## “Willow Farm" - 4:33
## “Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)” - 4:22
## “As Sure as Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)” - 2:55

* EpicInstrumentalOpener: The 2-minute Mellotron intro to "Watcher of the Skies".

* {{Pride}}: "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" is inspired by King Canute of UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} and his inability to hold back a flood. There is a legend that he was convinced through flattery into believing he possessed supernatural powers and was able to do so, which contradicts historical accounts of his reign. Genesis' song somewhat has it both ways - "We heed not flatterers," the song has him say, but then "By our command, waters retreat/Show my power/Halt at my feet." In any case, [[ForegoneConclusion he is unable to stop the tide]].

''Foxtrot'' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, released through Creator/CharismaRecords on 6 October 1972. Among others, it notably contains the 23-minute epic "Music/SuppersReady", which has its own page. It was Genesis' first album to chart in the UK, reaching as high as number 12 on the charts. Music/PeterGabriel, imitating the album cover, would wear a red dress and a fox's head during the tour for the album.

[[caption-width-right:300:''Walking across the sitting room, I turn the television off...'']]

* FilkSong: "Watcher of the Skies" is reportedly influenced by, if not outright based on, Creator/ArthurCClarke's novel ''Literature/ChildhoodsEnd''.

''Foxtrot'' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Genesis}}, released through Creator/CharismaRecords on 6 October 1972. Among others, it notably contains the 23-minute epic "Music/SuppersReady", which has its own page. It was Genesis' first album to chart in the UK, reaching as high as number 12 on the charts. Music/PeterGabriel, imitating the album cover, would wear a red dress and a fox's head during the tour for the album.

''Foxtrot'' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Genesis}}, released through Creator/CharismaRecords on 6 October 1972. Among others, it notably contains the 23-minute epic "Music/SuppersReady", which has its own page and is widely seen as one of the greatest ProgressiveRock songs of all time. The rest of the album has been quite well received as well, with "Watcher of the Skies" and "Get 'Em Out by Friday" in particular being regarded as classics. It was Genesis' first album to chart in the UK, reaching as high as number 12 on the charts, and received largely positive reviews. Music/PeterGabriel, imitating the album cover, would wear a red dress and a fox’s head during the tour for the album, which attracted no small amount of press coverage at the time.

* AfterTheEnd: In "Watcher of the Skies", the titular superbeing encounters an abandoned future UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} and wonders if humanity has destroyed itself, gone to live somewhere else, or [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascended to a higher plane of existence]].

-->"Creatures shaped this planet's soil\\

This is the end of man's long union with Earth"

-->"Like the fox on the rocks..."

-->"I hear the directors of Genetic Control\\

told they must go-go-go-go..."

* {{Pride}}: "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" is inspired by King Canute of Denmark and his inability to hold back a flood. There is a legend that he was convinced through flattery into believing he possessed supernatural powers and was able to do so, which contradicts historical accounts of his reign. Genesis' song somewhat has it both ways - "We heed not flatterers," the song has him say, but then "By our command, waters retreat/Show my power/Halt at my feet." In any case, [[ForegoneConclusion he is unable to stop the tide]].

''Foxtrot'' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Genesis}}, released through Creator/CharismaRecords on 6 October 1972. Among others, it notably contains the 23-minute epic "Music/SuppersReady", which has its own page and is widely seen as one of the greatest ProgressiveRock songs of all time. The rest of the album
has been quite well received as well, with "Watcher of the Skies" and "Get 'Em Out by Friday" in particular being regarded as classics. It was Genesis' first album to chart in the UK, reaching as high as number 12 on the charts, and received largely positive reviews. Music/PeterGabriel, imitating the album cover, would wear a red dress and a fox’s head during the tour for the album, which attracted no small amount of press coverage at the time.