Wind & Wuthering

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Wind & Wuthering is a studio album by British progressive rock band Genesis, originally released in the UK on 27 December 1976 and in the US and other territories on 7 January 1977.

Tony Banks has said Wind & Wuthering is one of his two favourite Genesis albums. Steve Hackett has also stated that he is "very fond" of this album (this was also his last studio release with the band).

Chart performance

Wind & Wuthering reached number 7 in the UK and #26 in the US. In the US, "Your Own Special Way" gained FM airplay.

Titles

The album's title derives from two pieces: The "Wind" comes from "The House of the Four Winds", the title given by Hackett to a piece that later became the quiet bridge for "Eleventh Earl of Mar"; the "Wuthering" alludes to the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The titles of tracks 7 and 8 are derived from the novel's closing sentence: "I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."

"Eleventh Earl of Mar" refers to the historical figure of John Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar by one reckoning.

"Wot Gorilla?" is a reference to touring drummer Chester Thompson being namechecked on "Florentine Pogen", a track on Frank Zappa's 1975 album One Size Fits All. Thompson performed drums on the track, the outro section of which features the repeated vocal phrase "Chester's gorilla"

Track listing

Side one

1. "Eleventh Earl of Mar" (Tony Banks/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford) – 7:41
2. "One for the Vine" (Tony Banks) – 10:00
3. "Your Own Special Way" (Mike Rutherford) – 6:19
4. "Wot Gorilla?" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins) – 3:19

Side two

1. "All in a Mouse's Night" (Tony Banks) – 6:37
2. "Blood on the Rooftops" (Steve Hackett/Phil Collins) – 5:27
3. "Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers..." (Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford) – 2:23
4. "...In That Quiet Earth" (Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford/Tony Banks/Phil Collins) – 4:50
5. "Afterglow" (Tony Banks) – 4:12

2007 SACD/CD/DVD Release

A new version of Wind & Wuthering was released in the U.K. and Japan on April 2, 2007. It was released in the US and Canada as part of the Genesis 1976-1982 box set on May 15, 2007. This includes the entire album in remixed stereo, the entire album in surround sound, and related video tracks.

• Disc 1, in the European and Japanese releases, is a hybrid SACD/CD disk. The stereo layer includes the remixed tracks, and the SACD layer is a multichannel surround sound remix.

• Disc 1, in the Canadian and U.S. releases, is a standard CD, containing the stereo remixes. No SACD layer is included.

• Disc 2, in all releases, is a DVD-Video disk containing both audio and video tracks. This DVD includes three audio mixes of the album: DTS 5.1-channel surround sound, Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound, and Dolby Digital stereo. The DTS surround sound is a slightly compressed version of the surround sound on the SACD, and the Dolby surround sound is of slightly inferior quality to the DTS.

• Disc 2 also includes the following video tracks:

1. Band interview about this album (2006).
2. Genesis on The Mike Douglas Show (U.S. television), 1977 (sourced from bootleg video). Songs include "Your Own Special Way" and "Afterglow".
3. Japanese television appearance, 1977 (sourced from bootleg video). Songs include "Eleventh Earl of Mar", "One For the Vine", and "Your Own Special Way".
4. World Tour Program, from 1977 tour (13 page gallery).

Personnel

• Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vocals
• Steve Hackett – guitars, kalimba, autoharp
• Tony Banks – keyboards
• Mike Rutherford – basses, guitars, bass pedals

Tour

Genesis toured in support of Wind & Wuthering between January and July 1977. This tour marked the debut of Chester Thompson as their touring drummer and final tour with guitarist Steve Hackett. The tour was documented on the Seconds Out album.

Setlist

1. Squonk
2. One For the Vine
3. Robbery, Assault And Battery
4. Your Own Special Way (performed on UK shows in January, 1977 and the whole of the North American leg in February and March, 1977)
5. Lilywhite Lilith/The Waiting Room/Wot Gorilla (performed at London's Rainbow Theatre show on 1st January 1977)
6. All In a Mouse's Night (performed on UK shows in January, 1977)
7. Inside and Out (performed on South American and second European legs replacing Your Own Special Way)
8. Firth of Fifth
9. The Carpet Crawlers
10. ...In That Quiet Earth'
11. Afterglow
12. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
13. Eleventh Earl of Mar
14. Supper's Ready
15. Dance On a Volcano
16. Drum Duet (replacing the instrumental Coda of Dance On a Volcano)
17. Los Endos

Encore:

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. The Musical Box (closing section)

Personnel

• Phil Collins - Lead Vocals, Drums, Percussion
• Tony Banks - Keyboards, Vocals, 12-string guitar
• Mike Rutherford - Bass guitar, 12-string guitars, bass pedals, vocals
• Steve Hackett - Guitars
• Chester Thompson - Drums, percussion