Spot the Pigeon
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| EP by Genesis | ||||
| Released | 20 May 1977 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1976 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, pop | |||
| Length | 13:22 | |||
| Label | Charisma | |||
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Spot the Pigeon is an extended play (EP) from the English progressive rock band Genesis, released in May 1977 on Charisma Records. Its three songs were originally written for the group's eighth studio album Wind & Wuthering (1976), but were not included in the final track selection. This is the final studio release to feature guitarist Steve Hackett prior to his departure from Genesis.
Spot the Pigeon was not released in the United States as the market for EPs never took off, but a Canadian release was issued by Atlantic Records, the band's overseas distributor. Spot the Pigeon reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart. It was released on CD in 1988 but has not been reissued since; "Pigeons" and "Inside and Out" were included in the Genesis Archive 2: 1976-1992 (2000) and Turn It On Again: The Hits – The Tour Edition (2007) sets, and "Match of the Day" on Genesis 1976–1982 (2007) and on the label sampler "Refugees: A Charisma Records Anthology 1969-1978" (2009).
The title is a variation on the football-themed spot the ball (the cover resembles a spot the ball competition photo), replacing the word "ball" with "pigeon" so that the title links the themes of the first two songs.
A music video for "Match of the Day" was made, with Phil Collins singing on the terraces of Queens Park Rangers F.C.. Collins expressed his disdain for the song in 2004, saying "It was also not our finest hour looking back at it now!!! I wrote the embarrassing lyrics and the track featured an attempt to bring some of the hipper grooves of the day into Genesis, with very suspect results."
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