A Curious Feeling: Tony Banks: Amazon.ca: Music

1. From The Undertow

2. Lucky Me

3. Lie

4. After The Lie

5. Curious Feeling

6. Forever Morning

7. You

8. Somebody Else's Dream

9. Waters Of Lethe

10. For A While

11. In The Dark

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Album Description

Digitally remastered edition of f the Genesis keyboardist's 1979 album. A Curious Feeling was inspired by the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, whilst Genesis were on a brief hiatus following the And Then There Were Three tour, this majestic work featured contributions from drummer Chester Thompson (a member of Genesis for concert appearances) and vocalist Kim Beacon. Stylistically the album is equal to anything Banks composed for Genesis and includes the instrumental 'The Waters Of Lethe' and the single 'For a While' among its highlights. Esoteric. 2009.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A moody classic, Mar 10 2006

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Samuel McAdorey (Fonthill, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Curious Feeling (Audio CD)

I originally bought this album a couple of decades ago and to be honest the muddy production was a bit of a turnoff. I eventually forgot the album, but bits and pieces of tunes from the album kept surfacing in my memory. I couldn't remember where they were from, but they just wouldn't go away. Then a couple of years ago I was going through my old LP collection and found ACF. I put it on the turntable and was just blown away by this bittersweet symphony! The story is heartbreaking, as is the music in many places. The ending fanfare on "Forever Morning" is one of the most evocative pieces of music I've ever heard; I can just imagine someone waking and standing while watching a glorious sunrise to that music... the droning organ combined with the strings creates and overpowering wall of sound. It also makes the character's downfall through the rest of the album much more touching.

This is definitely an album that grows on you. Forget the average production, the average singer; listen to the melodies, the lyrics and the orchestra-like instrumentation. A classic, period.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best progressive album, ever., Jan 11 2004

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This review is from: A Curious Feeling (Audio CD)

I'm old enough to have heard just about everything "prog rock" has to offer. And I'm the first to admit there is much to be ashamed of (the excesses of ELP, the vocals of Marrilion, the musical ugliness of Dream Theater, Asia, Genesis after Wind & Wuthering, later incarnations of King Crimson, and so on). No wonder so many people hate complex music!

But there have been a few moments of real joy, beauty and musical thrills. In The Court Of The Crimson King, A Trick Of The Tail, Stand Up, Chicago #1, Shades Of Deep Purple, The Doors, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed, McDonald & Giles, Smallcreep's Day, Spectral Mornings, Anthony Phillips' 1984 and anything by the still undiscovered Kevin Gilbert. You're either nodding your head or have no clue to what this paragraph says....sorry.

If you had any doubts, A Curious Feeling makes it clear Tony Banks was the musical "brains" behind Genesis. Everything good from Genesis is traceable to him and/or Anthony Phillips. The one thing he can't do is sing and on this album, he doesn't.

Its fair to say if you like Genesis you'll love this disc. But please don't lump this in with crap like Follow You, Follow Me. This is the real deal. And while you're at it, pick up 21st Century Schizoid Band's album. Thirty years on and these guys still write and play better than the big current acts.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous, with reservations, Oct 27 2003

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T. Dimock (Ventura, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Curious Feeling (Audio CD)

You can really hear Tony's contributions to Genesis on this album. Those gorgeous chord progressions, even in their simplist forms, are so reminiscent of his work with Genesis. The instrumental songs are lush; the vocal songs are very good. "Lucky Me" is such a beautifully composed song, and "For A While" sounds instantly familiar even if you've never heard it before - it's just one of those naturally appealing songs. My only gripe is with the horribly dissonant fourth verse of the chorus in "Somebody Else's Dream": for me, that just ruined an otherwise powerful song with magnificient chords. The CD sound is a bit veiled and soft, but a great album anyway.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cloth ears
Not much to say about this albums brilliance except that the nut who thought that Kim Beacon was the sad element on this album probably needs a labotomy, their ears syringed or... Read more

Published on Sep 29 2003 by Lud Wig

5.0 out of 5 stars Duke's Little Brother?
If you liked Genesis's "Duke" at all, GET THIS CD NOW. The music is much in the same vein. Banks plays his trademark electric piano sound throughout. Read more

Published on Mar 19 2003 by A. Mason