Anthony Phillips - Sleepfall - The Geese Fly West

Anthony PHILLIPS was one of the original founding members of GENESIS featuring Peter GABRIEL, Tony BANKS, and Michael RUTHERFORD. Following "Trespass", GENESIS' second album, PHILLIPS left (purportedly due to stage fright) and was replaced by Steve HACKETT. Nothing was heard again from Anthony until 1977, when he favored us with his first solo, "The Geese and the Ghost", although PHILLIPS wasn't the first member of the band to release a solo album (that honor goes to Steve HACKETT, by releasing "Voyage of the Acolyte", in 1975). A more commercial audience was courted on "Wise After The Event" and "Sides", to no avail, and PHILLIPS spent much of his time releasing instrumental pieces (both old and new) under the "Private Parts & Pieces" series. Steeped in classical, pre-Baroque, and folk influences, he was able to record entire albums featuring only his acoustic instrument. He is one of the world's masters on the twelve string guitar and piano compositions that hark back to GENESIS' original lost innocence. His studio recordings reveal a distinctive character to his compositions on those instruments as well.

Some of his albums are more "progessive" than others, especially "Sides" (INTERESTING CD), "Private Parts and Pieces II" (A MUST! for fans of early GENESIS), "PP&P IX", and "Wise After the Event" (A MASTERPIECE); others are more "classical" in style like "PP&P III", "PP&P V", "PP&P VI" or "poppy" like "Invisible Men" and a few tracks on "Sides". Anthony PHILLIPS' 1977 debut album is one of the best works, but all of them are excellent. This album (1977) by Ant is my second favorite PHILLIPS album after "Wise After the Event". Even more its a jewel for every Rock collection, but in its own particular genre (a mix of those quiet moments of "Trespass" of GENESIS+the medieval folkprog style by GRYPHON). As you well have gathered, "Anthology" (1995) is an album that has a compilation of tracks from his solo career. This album is the perfect introduction to the world of Anthony PHILLIPS.

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[labora4best]

Placid ,pastoral minnestrels music...touches the finest string in my body and soul.

I must admit ,after hard deceptions, some joys, many sorrow ...some hapiness... NEVER something more pure and intense ever happended to me than the encountering of this exceptional-quality-and-beauty -in-music...

When I was 16 , now that I am 51...and that ...will hopefully never change.

Bernard. Belgium.

[CesarDegiampietro]

Fortunately there are people in the world that continues to enjoy this great music, thanks to all.

[MrAurelius77]

pure essence

[lsdmadman]

yay...y'all g'wan ahaid n bless all the hearts involved

[tappenpappen]

....für dich...beachte das bild... fällt dir was auf ? gibt es zufälle..?

[Big77Jim]

Lovely stuff.I love hard rock but I am a progressive rock fan first and foremost so I love the lights as well as the darks.

[rahard]

When I was in high school (in the 70s), I used to be with myself listening to this song. Thinking that I must be misuderstood. That I should fly away ...

[izabelka24]

When I'm listening to this, All I am wondering about is to go to medieval times, visit some nice tavern and listen to a minstrel singing about love, life, heroes and all of those epic things.

[triarii11]

Y'know, I didn't like this when I first heard it in '78. I was young and full of spit, thought I was all tough and powerful. Genesis went on to be my favorite band for 20 years. I rediscovered this little gem tonight as I sit here quietly and all alone at my computer desk. I thank God for human evolution, and that there are still pieces of real music to (re) discover. Thanks Youtube, Ant, and Palepolichild. This is remarkable.

[TheGojira84]

@HoneypieTheLover Hey me too!

[HoneypieTheLover]

This is the composition that made me an Anthony Phillips fan.