Wind & Wuthering
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| Studio album by Genesis | |||||
| Released | January 7, 1977 | ||||
| Recorded | September - October 1976 at Relight Studios/Hilvarenbeek, NL | ||||
| Genre | Progressive rock | ||||
| Length | 50:54 | ||||
| Label | Charisma/Virgin (UK) Atco (US/Canada) |
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| Producer | David Hentschel and Genesis | ||||
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Wind & Wuthering is a studio album by British progressive rock band Genesis, originally released in January 1977.
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[edit] Overview
Wind & Wuthering was the second Genesis studio album featuring Phil Collins as lead vocalist. It was released within a year of A Trick of the Tail. It was also the last full studio album to include guitarist Steve Hackett. The album has a much more sombre atmosphere than the previous one, particularly in its second half.
[edit] Notes
Tony Banks has said Wind & Wuthering is one of his two favourite Genesis albums.[1] Steve Hackett has also stated that he is "very fond" of this album.[2]
[edit] Chart performance
Wind & Wuthering reached number 7 in the UK and #26 in the US. In the US, "Your Own Special Way" gained FM airplay.
[edit] Titles
The album's title derives from two pieces: The "Wind" comes from "The House of the Four Winds", the title given by Hackett to a piece that later became the quiet bridge for "Eleventh Earl of Mar"; the "Wuthering" alludes to the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The titles of tracks 7 and 8 are derived from the novel's closing sentence: "I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
"Eleventh Earl of Mar" refers to the historical figure of John Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar by one reckoning.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Eleventh Earl of Mar" (Tony Banks/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford) – 7:41 (Lyrics: Rutherford)
- "One for the Vine" (Tony Banks) – 10:00
- "Your Own Special Way" (Mike Rutherford) – 6:19
- "Wot Gorilla" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins) – 3:19
[edit] Side two
- "All in a Mouse's Night" (Tony Banks) – 6:37
- "Blood on the Rooftops" (Steve Hackett/Phil Collins) – 5:27
- "'Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers..." (Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford) – 2:23
- "...In That Quiet Earth'" (Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford/Tony Banks/Phil Collins) – 4:50
- "Afterglow" (Tony Banks) – 4:12
Songwriting credits as listed in the CD sleeve, not necessarily in alphabetical order.
[edit] 2007 SACD/CD/DVD Release
A new version of Wind & Wuthering was released in the U.K. and Japan on April 2, 2007. It was released in the US and Canada as part of the Genesis 1976-1982 box set on May 15, 2007. This includes the entire album in remixed stereo, the entire album in surround sound, and related video tracks.
- Disc 1, in the European and Japanese releases, is a hybrid SACD/CD disk. The stereo layer includes the remixed tracks, and the SACD layer is a multichannel surround sound remix.[3]
- Disc 1, in the Canadian and U.S. releases, is a standard CD, containing the stereo remixes. No SACD layer is included.[4]
- Disc 2, in all releases, is a DVD-Video disk containing both audio and video tracks. This DVD includes three audio mixes of the album: DTS 5.1-channel surround sound, Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound, and Dolby Digital stereo.[5] The DTS surround sound is a slightly compressed version of the surround sound on the SACD,[6] and the Dolby surround sound is of slightly inferior quality to the DTS.[7]
- Disc 2 also includes the following video tracks:
- Band interview about this album (2006).
- Genesis on The Mike Douglas Show (U.S. television), 1977 (sourced from bootleg video). Lip-synched songs include "Your Own Special Way" and "Afterglow".
- Japanese television appearance, 1977 (sourced from bootleg video). Lip-synched songs include "Eleventh Earl of Mar", "One For the Vine", and "Your Own Special Way".
- World Tour Program, from 1977 tour (13 page gallery).
[edit] Personnel
- Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vocals
- Steve Hackett – guitars, kalimba, autoharp
- Tony Banks – keyboards
- Mike Rutherford – basses, guitars, bass pedals
[edit] Tour
Genesis toured in support of Wind & Wuthering between January and July of 1977. This tour marked the debut of Chester Thompson as their touring drummer and final tour with guitarist Steve Hackett. The tour was documented on the Seconds Out album.
[edit] Setlist
- Squonk
- One For the Vine
- Robbery, Assault And Battery
- Your Own Special Way (performed on UK shows in January, 1977 and the whole of the North American leg in February and March, 1977)
- Lilywhite Lilith/The Waiting Room/Wot Gorilla (performed at London's Rainbow Theatre show on 1st January 1977)
- All In a Mouse's Night (performed on UK shows in January, 1977)
- Inside and Out (performed on South American and second European legs replacing Your Own Special Way)
- Firth of Fifth
- The Carpet Crawlers
- ...In That Quiet Earth'
- Afterglow
- I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
- Eleventh Earl of Mar
- Supper's Ready
- Dance On a Volcano
- Drum Duet (replacing the instrumental Coda of Dance On a Volcano)
- Los Endos
Encore:
- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- The Musical Box (closing section)
[edit] Personnel
- Phil Collins - Lead Vocals, Drums, Percussion
- Tony Banks - Keyboards, Vocals, 12-string guitar
- Mike Rutherford - Bass guitar, 12-string guitars, bass pedals, vocals
- Steve Hackett - Guitars
- Chester Thompson - Drums, percussion
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Reissues Interview 2007, on the Wind and Wuthering 2007 SACD/CD/DVD Release
- ^ Reissues Interview 2007, on the Wind and Wuthering 2007 SACD/CD/DVD Release
- ^ Formats described at http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/reviews/sacds/1976-1982.htm
- ^ Explained in interview with producer and remixer Nick Davis, at http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/reviews/sacds/interview-with-nick-davis.htm
- ^ The DVD interface has two audio choices: Dolby 5.1 and DTS 5.1. If the Dolby 5.1 option is chosen on a system that does not support surround sound, the Dolby stereo mix is played.
- ^ Explained in interview with producer and remixer Nick Davis, at http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/reviews/sacds/interview-with-nick-davis.htm
- ^ Comparison from Sound and Vision magazine article online at http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/musicreviews/2285/genesis-in-surround.html
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