Nominated by: Tom Snr
Music club: MNAC
MNAC playlist addition: Sleepfall: The Geese Fly West
I did a double take when Tom selected this album. It's quite unlike his usual fare - yes, he recently opted for a Mike Oldfield opus, but generally, I didn't have him pegged as a connoisseur of prog rock in general, and Genesis style prog rock in particular.
Anthony Phillips was once the lead guitarist in Genesis, albeit briefly. He left the band in 1970, after their Trespass album, to pursue a solo career.
After taking some time to improve his musicianship, The Geese and the Ghost was his first solo album in 1977. Apparently, it's pretty close to the sound Genesis were all about on Trespass (I have plenty of Genesis albums but not that one) and both Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins appear on the album.
The Geese and the Ghost is a very arty album, and it sounds luvverly, but there's not a lot of substance to the material, I find. So, it floats on by effortlessly. Some will call it beguiling, but it doesn't really engage me especially - although I do have a copy on vinyl, and I do play it from time to time after a hard day at the brick factory.
Highlights for me are Sleepfall and God If I Saw Her Now.
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