Genesis – Wind & Wuthering (Vinyl)
Charisma Records (1976)

2 reviews for Genesis – Wind & Wuthering (Vinyl)
Charisma Records (1976)

1. 

   4 out of 5

   AMG – April 8, 2015

   Wind & Wuthering followed quickly on the heels of A Trick of the Tail and they're very much cut from the same cloth... Wind & Wuthering followed quickly on the heels of A Trick of the Tail and they're very much cut from the same cloth, working the same English eccentric ground that was the group's stock in trade since Trespass. But if A Trick of the Tail played like Genesis' attempt at crafting a great Genesis record without Peter Gabriel, as a way of finding their footing as a quartet, Wind & Wuthering finds Genesis tentatively figuring out what their identity will be in this new phase of their career. The most obvious indication of this is Mike Rutherford's "Your Own Special Way," which is both the poppiest tune the group had cut and also the first that could qualify as a love song. It stands out on a record that is, apart from that, a standard Genesis record, but a good one in that regard.
2. 

   4 out of 5

   Geoff – April 8, 2015

   The oft-forgotten ‘Wind and Wuthering’ is a total classic prog rock album! The follow-up to ‘Trick of the Tail’ may not have been as direct and focused as that LP, but oft-forgotten ‘Wind and Wuthering’ is still a total classic prog rock album! “Blood on the Rooftops” is magnificent, while “Eleventh Earl of Mar” and “One for the Vine” are comparable to the epics Genesis were performing back in the Gabriel years. Two instrumentals indicate that perhaps Phil Collins was still finding his vocal confidence and the first obvious pop single from the group appears in the form of “Own Special Way”. The album ends a very beautiful note with the shimmering “Afterglow”. After the ‘Wind and Wuthering’ tour, guitarist Steve Hackett quit the band and Genesis were never the same again.