The Geese & The Ghost
5
By HOUSTON RICK
This album is a strong introduction for many to the classic, progressive acoustic music of Anthony Phillips. Probably the most popular and well known of his solo works, it has set many a person on a quest to acquire the Private Parts and Pieces series. For many years it has been one of my favorites to listen to when I can relax - and dream.
Ant Phillips' best
5
By ProgTodd
The first Genesis guitarist captures the whimsy, melancholy, and mirth present from the Peter Gabriel years of his old band. Ironically it's Phil Collins who does the vocals. This effort trims back the excessiveness of production that compromised Phillips' last album with Genesis, Trespass, and comes up with a perfect balance of elegant guitarwork, progressive structure, emotive mixing, and even my favorite album cover ever (you have to see it up close). While it doesn't rage like "The Knife," it satisfies the somber side well. The way it's packaged you do have to buy the whole album, because the shorter versions of the major pieces sold separately don't contain the brilliant, rich yet subtle accompanyment that are this album's hallmark. For those that love the tender side of prog, an absolute must.
...about time...finally
5
By squonk
Well...nice to see these added, at last.
You could go into this long drawn out review about this walking the edge of progressive rock and Renaissance madrigal, or, you might just want to keep it simple and listen to these and let your mind wander a bit...I'll do that again, now...it's beautiful stuff and if you don't feel a bit of a pang when hearing "God if I Saw Her Now" and "Which Way the Wind Blows" then, it's possible you never had a paint-by-numbers unicorn & castles picture when you were barely a teen...
