I am so glad that you are making a video on this song! It is my favourite of all Genesis instrumentals, and I have loved it from the moment I first heard it. I am in complete agreement with you that it really serves its place as a much needed breather in between the epics The Battle of Epping Forest and The Cinema Show. I first bought Selling England in 1991, at the age of 14, and during my teenage years, this song was one of my main go-to songs for relaxing, if I was feeling tense or stressed. It is such a beautiful and relaxing piece, while still being an interesting and well-crafted composition. I feel it is such an under-rated song. I love it so much. Thank you for this great video!
"After the Ordeal" is delightful, really nice to listen to but is essential for the album, as you say, how things flow. If you went out of the dense "Battle of Epping Forest" into the mini-epic "Cinema Show" it would be sensory overload. Thank goodness this delightful track was included.
3:14 I couldn't agree more. Those shorter, non-epic songs are necessary in order to make things a bit more dynamic. And in the case of "After The Ordeal" I think it's one of their most beautiful instrumental tracks.
So Selling England is actually my favorite Genesis album, followed directly after Trick of the Tail! I own some of their catalog on vinyl, but I own more on CD believe it or not. Definitely my personal favorite albums of theirs!!!!
After The Ordeal is a delicate, charming two sectioned track. The first part features what could be a classical melody played on piano and nylon stringed acoustic, the second electric guitar, both with sympathetic accompaniment from bass, drums and flute. But it is a track upon which the band were split and neither Tony Banks nor Peter Gabriel wanted it on the album. I think it serves as a musical counterpoint to the lengthy Battle….but despite its positioning on the album, it was not written as a coda to the Epping epic. The track resonates with the general vibe of this quintessentially English album - pastoral yet subfused with a faint but discernible melancholy running through the lyrics and gently repeating instrumental motifs until sprung open by some deft Mahavishnu-like time changes. There’s little wonder that Selling England… is such a highly-regarded and well-loved album fifty-one years after its release.
Pt 1 is a bit of a Brother of Horizons and Pt 2 has a great electric solo. I think this track is wonderful wherever it would be placed, but it is probably in the perfect spot there on side 2.
The first half was written by Hackett, the second half by Rutherford. Along with Aisle Of Plenty it's the track for which the skip button on CD players was invented.
Never loved this instrumental. Always thought of a boring pastoral tune with a bridge in the middle with more intervention of the rest of the group. More of a B-side for me. Middle of the road. Lack of inspiration ?
I am so glad that you are making a video on this song! It is my favourite of all Genesis instrumentals, and I have loved it from the moment I first heard it.
I am in complete agreement with you that it really serves its place as a much needed breather in between the epics The Battle of Epping Forest and The Cinema Show.
I first bought Selling England in 1991, at the age of 14, and during my teenage years, this song was one of my main go-to songs for relaxing, if I was feeling tense or stressed.
It is such a beautiful and relaxing piece, while still being an interesting and well-crafted composition.
I feel it is such an under-rated song. I love it so much.
Thank you for this great video!
Always liked it. Great atmosphere and melody! Got even more appreciation for it, when The Musical Box played it in the "Genesis Extravaganza" Shows.
Tony Banks seems to do interviews so maybe you can contact him and maybe he will agree to do an interview. Fingers crossed 🤞
"After the Ordeal" is delightful, really nice to listen to but is essential for the album, as you say, how things flow. If you went out of the dense "Battle of Epping Forest" into the mini-epic "Cinema Show" it would be sensory overload. Thank goodness this delightful track was included.
3:14 I couldn't agree more. Those shorter, non-epic songs are necessary in order to make things a bit more dynamic. And in the case of "After The Ordeal" I think it's one of their most beautiful instrumental tracks.
I'd love to see a feature on Suppers Ready and Apocalypse 9/8 and Blood On The Rooftops and Eleventh Earl Of Marl.
It is a Steve Hackett composition with a bit of Mike Rutherford composition at the end.
Yeah it’s a great interlude as you say….! Love the whole album right out anyway ❤❤ thanks for talking about it too, I will listen to it again!
So Selling England is actually my favorite Genesis album, followed directly after Trick of the Tail! I own some of their catalog on vinyl, but I own more on CD believe it or not. Definitely my personal favorite albums of theirs!!!!
After The Ordeal is a delicate, charming two sectioned track. The first part features what could be a classical melody played on piano and nylon stringed acoustic, the second electric guitar, both with sympathetic accompaniment from bass, drums and flute. But it is a track upon which the band were split and neither Tony Banks nor Peter Gabriel wanted it on the album. I think it serves as a musical counterpoint to the lengthy Battle….but despite its positioning on the album, it was not written as a coda to the Epping epic.
The track resonates with the general vibe of this quintessentially English album - pastoral yet subfused with a faint but discernible melancholy running through the lyrics and gently repeating instrumental motifs until sprung open by some deft Mahavishnu-like time changes. There’s little wonder that Selling England… is such a highly-regarded and well-loved album fifty-one years after its release.
Pt 1 is a bit of a Brother of Horizons and Pt 2 has a great electric solo. I think this track is wonderful wherever it would be placed, but it is probably in the perfect spot there on side 2.
I guess they would call this a musical "interlude" or "epilogue"
The first half was written by Hackett, the second half by Rutherford. Along with Aisle Of Plenty it's the track for which the skip button on CD players was invented.
Theres a great Demo of this song, which is played much faster, and sounds more like a rocker !! Well worth checking out !!
I strongly agree. Too much action would cause the album to be overwhelming and forgettable, especially after a monster like Epping Forest. LOL
I love this piece of music, nothing on that album is duff.
I think it's an Okay song but there's definitely much better Genesis songs.
The first two minutes sound like something you'd hear at a gathering of hobbits.
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@@Z-ebFound it. Many thanks for the pointer. Much appreciated. John
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Selling England is 2nd to Trick for me.
It seems Tony could be a bully sometimes.
Never loved this instrumental. Always thought of a boring pastoral tune with a bridge in the middle with more intervention of the rest of the group. More of a B-side for me. Middle of the road. Lack of inspiration ?