After the resounding success of »Foxtrot« and the fact that they had a reputation for performing in medium-sized concert halls, Genesis was only missing one really successful album to place them among their peers such as Yes and King Crimson. It was time to increase their potential once again. Strangely enough, they did this by going backwards. Her work always contained a pastoral longing and the feeling of wanting to return to times gone by. No doubt her adherence to this surreal form of nostalgia stemmed from her school background in the Charterhouse, but after Foxtrot's rather obscure remarks about the end of the world, it was a sense of loss to the old order that shaped selling... Hence the title. The album's opening track, »Dancing With The Moonlit Knight«, gives the perfect snapshot of what Genesis was all about at the time. His folk roots gradually morphed into Elgar-esque jazz-rock grandeur as the band finally captured their true sound on vinyl. There, too, the eerie feeling of Edwardian spirits can still be felt. At this point, Collins' jazz-rock drumming transformed her set pieces into much livelier offerings such as the second part of "Cinema Show", in which Gabriel's love for T.S. Eliot also comes to the fore. It's all much smarter and still manages not to be too intrusive, despite the use of words like "undynal" in "Firth Of Fifth" (the puns still came). It also allowed Gabriel to don an even more outrageous stage wardrobe. Hackett's work on the latter is fantastic, his sound is now entirely his own; a truly rare achievement in rock. Even Gabriel's flute sounded polished now. Only »The Battle Of Epping Forest« seemed out of place, as its comedic values were at odds with its violent theme. Banks plays much more piano here and synthesizers now got a glimpse inside, as in the aforementioned "Cinema Show". To top it all off, the single »I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)« finally cracked the band's single charts with its tale of small-town eccentrics. It seemed as if the world was finally ready for Genesis. Genesis' playful and brilliant, career-defining studio release from 1973, which features the timeless epics "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight", "Firth Of Fifth" and "Cinema Show". 2024 Vinyl Re-Release