Genesis-Nursery Cryme (1971)

It has always given the impression that the "Nursery Cryme" and the "Foxtrot" are part of the same work because of their similar atmosphere (despite the fact that the staff behind the sound engineering was not the same) and the similarity of their covers.
Even the "Nursery Cryme" cover can be seen inside the "Foxtrot" cover. Both covers are surreal paintings by Paul Whitehead, who was also responsible for the magnificent "Trespass" cover.
A year before they had published "Trespass" and although there were glimpses of eloquent progressive rock in it, they were still in a phase of certain immaturity, the evolution they carried out in just one year was truly amazing, turning them into a fundamental band within the progressive.
"Nursery Cryme" turned out to be a fantastic album, imaginative and complete with versatility, nuances and great sensations.
With remarkable virtuosity, they proved to be able to tackle without complexes, compositions of the most diverse from extensive and fantastic, such as "The Musical Box", to concise and brief ones such as "For Absent Friends".
New member Steve Hackett's guitar along with Gabriel's hypnotic voice stand as absolute leaders and basic reference in the band's sound.
All the compositions are diversified, mixing the long complex compositions with the immediate themes of easy assimilation.