Wind & Wuthering
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| Studio album by Genesis | ||||
| Released | 17 December 1976 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1976 | |||
| Studio | Relight Studios in Hilvarenbeek, the Netherlands | |||
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| Length | 50:54 | |||
| Label | Charisma, Atco | |||
| Producer | David Hentschel and Genesis | |||
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| Rolling Stone (1977) | (favorable) |
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Wind & Wuthering is the eighth studio album from English progressive rock band Genesis. It was released on 17 December 1976 on Charisma Records in the UK and the following January in the United States. It was the last studio album to feature guitarist Steve Hackett before his departure to pursue a solo career. Following the success of their 1976 tour to support their previous album A Trick of the Tail, the group relocated to Hilvarenbeek, the Netherlands to record a follow up album, their first recorded outside the UK. Writing and recording caused some internal friction as Hackett felt some of his contributions were dropped in favour of material by keyboardist Tony Banks.
Wind & Wuthering received a mostly positive response from critics which contributed to the band's growing popularity in the US. It reached No. 7 in the UK and No. 26 in the US and continued to sell, eventually reaching Gold certification by the British Phonographic Institute and the Recording Industry Association of America. The album's sole single, "Your Own Special Way", peaked at No. 62 in the US. The band's 1977 tour, their last with Hackett, was their first with Chester Thompson hired as their live drummer. Three tracks left off the album were released during this time as an extended play, Spot the Pigeon. The album was reissued with a new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mix in 2007.
Following the end of their 1976 tour of North America and Europe in support of A Trick of the Tail, Genesis proceeded to work on their next album. The line-up during this time was Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Steve Hackett. Recording began in September 1976 with producer David Hentschel at Relight Studios in Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands, the first time Genesis recorded an album outside of the UK. The band worked hard, recording all the basic tracks for the album in twelve days. Further work on the album was completed in October at Trident Studios in London; the album was mixed there in three weeks. The album's title derives from two pieces—"Wind" comes from "The House of the Four Winds", the title of one piece Hackett wrote that became the bridge on "Eleventh Earl of Mar"; the "Wuthering" alludes to the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, the final sentence of which provides the titles of "Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers..." and "...In That Quiet Earth". The album's sleeve was designed and illustrated by Hipgnosis.
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