Steve Hackett

Somewhere within the classical arrangements, baroque folk and muscular prog rock, you'll find Hackett's first solo album. This 1975 effort features fellow Genesis members Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford, all working together to create a bombastic and frighteningly good album about wizards. The acoustic guitar and Mellotron-soaked "Star of Sirius" is a melodic highlight.

The release of guitarist Steve Hackett's solo album offered assurance that Genesis still had
enough talent to compensate for the departure of singer Peter Gabriel. A Trick of the Tail,
the first post-Gabriel Genesis LP, confirms it, surprisingly drawing most of its strength from
the writing of keyboardist Tony Banks, who contributed to all eight of the songs. Voyage of
the Acolyte invites comparison to Genesis, of course, because the band's drum... More >