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Selling England by the Pound by Genesis: everything is firing on all cylinders on this genre-defining & hallowed record

Updated: Jul 6




With Understanding Comes Appreciation


Okay: You're all alone on the desert island with your ten essential prog albums. The solar-powered stereo overheats, the hut bursts into flames, and you've only got time to grab three discs before it's just you, the ashes, and "Wilson." Is this one of the three to escape the inferno? Hugh betcha!


Absolutely masterful from start to finish; all meat and no filler. Prog doesn't get any better than this genre-defining recording! Marvelous, majestic, mesmerizing, mighty, momentous and moving must-have music. A masterpiece that showcases some of the most perfect songwriting of the 70's —even the production is flawless— quite a feat for the times. It shows Genesis at the peak of their musical creativity.

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