My Top 20 Music Abums for 1976 No 7

I am a great fan of Genesis and their 70s work
A Trick of The Tail
This is the first Genesis album to credit songwriters individually, as opposed to the band as a whole.[6]
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Dance on a Volcano" Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Steve Hackett, Phil Collins 5:55
2. "Entangled" Hackett, Banks 6:27
3. "Squonk" Rutherford, Banks 6:29
4. "Mad Man Moon" Banks 7:36
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Robbery, Assault and Battery" Banks, Collins 6:16
2. "Ripples..." Rutherford, Banks 8:06
3. "A Trick of the Tail" Banks 4:35
4. "Los Endos" Collins, Hackett, Rutherford, Banks 5:46[19]
Personnel
Genesis
Mike Rutherford - 12-string guitar, bass, bass pedals
Tony Banks - pianos, synthesizers, organ, Mellotron, 12-string guitar, backing vocals
Phil Collins - drums, percussion, lead and backing vocals
Steve Hackett - electric guitar, 12-string guitars[19]

Production
Genesis - production
David Hentschel - production, engineering
Nick "Haddock" Bradford - engineering
Tex and Jeff - equipment
Neal, John and Terry - liquid sustenance
Hipgnosis - sleeve design
Colin Elgie - sleeve design
Special thanks to Tony Smith, Alex Sim and Regis
Recorded at Trident Studios, London

"Dance on a Volcano"

Holy mother of god
Youve got to go faster than that to get to the top
Dirty old mountain
All covered in smoke, she can turn you to stone
So you better start doing it right
Better start doing it right
You're halfway up and youre halfway down
And the pack on your back is turning you around
Throw it away, you won't need it up there, and remember
You dont look back whatever you do
Better start doing it right
On your left and on your right
Crosses are green and crosses are blue
Your friends didn't make it through
Out of the night and out of the dark
Into the fire and into the fight
Well that's the way the heroes go, ho! ho! ho!
Through a crack in mother earth
Blazing hot, the molten rock
Spills out over the land
And the lavas the lover who licks your boots away. hey! hey! hey!
If you dont want to boil as well
B-b-better start the dance
D-d-do you want to dance with me?
You better start doing it right
The music's playing, the notes are right
Put your left foot first and move into the light
The edge of this hill is the edge of the world
And if youre going to cross you better start doing it right
Better start doing it right
You better start doing it right
Let the dance begin

"Ripples"

[Verse 1: Phil Collins]
Blue girls come in every size
Some are wise and some otherwise
They got pretty blue eyes
For an hour a man may change
For an hour her face looks strange
Looks strange, looks strange
Marching to the promised land
Where the honey flows
And takes you by the hand
Pulls you down on your knees
While you're down a pool appears
The face in the water looks up
And she shakes her head as if to say
That it's the last time you'll look like today
[Chorus: Phil Collins]
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
Gone to the other side
Sail away, away
[Verse 2: Phil Collins]
The face that launched a thousand ships
Is sinking fast, that happens you know
The water gets below, seems not very long ago
Lovelier she was than any that I know
Angels never know it's time
To close the book
And gracefully decline
The song has found a tale
My, what a jealous pool is she
The face in the water looks up
She shakes her head as if to say
That the blue girls have all gone away
[Extended Chorus: Phil Collins]
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
They've gone to the other side
Look into the pool, ripples never come back
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
They've gone to the other side
[Instrumental]
[Extended Chorus: Phil Collins]
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
Gone to the other side
Look into the pool, the ripples never come back, come back
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
They've gone to the other side
[Chorus: Phil Collins]
Ripples never come back
Sail away, away
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back