Anthony Phillips
Anthony Phillips began his solo career in the 70's after departing as Genes… Read Full Bio ↴Anthony Phillips began his solo career in the 70's after departing as Genesis' lead guitarist in 1970 due to stage fright. Since 1977, he has released several albums taking on different moods, from his poppy Sides to the ambience of his Private Parts and Pieces collections, from the anthemic pieces like "Tarka" or "Slow Dance" to the rock opera of 1984.
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Anthony PHILLIPS was one of the original founding members of GENESIS featuring Peter GABRIEL, Tony BANKS, and Michael RUTHERFORD. Following "Trespass", GENESIS' second album, PHILLIPS left (purportedly due to stage fright) and was replaced by Steve HACKETT. Nothing was heard again from Anthony until 1977, when he favored us with his first solo, "The Geese and the Ghost", although PHILLIPS wasn't the first member of the band to release a solo album (that honor goes to Steve HACKETT, by releasing "Voyage of the Acolyte", in 1975). A more commercial audience was courted on "Wise After The Event" and "Sides", to no avail, and PHILLIPS spent much of his time releasing instrumental pieces (both old and new) under the "Private Parts & Pieces" series. Steeped in classical, pre-Baroque, and folk influences, he was able to record entire albums featuring only his acoustic instrument. He is one of the world's masters on the twelve string guitar and piano compositions that hark back to GENESIS' original lost innocence. His studio recordings reveal a distinctive character to his compositions on those instruments as well.

Some of his albums are more "progessive" than others, especially "Sides" (INTERESTING CD), "Private Parts and Pieces II" (A MUST! for fans of early GENESIS), "PP&P IX", and "Wise After the Event" (A MASTERPIECE); others are more "classical" in style like "PP&P III", "PP&P V", "PP&P VI" or "poppy" like "Invisible Men" and a few tracks on "Sides". Anthony PHILLIPS' 1977 debut album is one of the best works, but all of them are excellent. This album (1977) by Ant is my second favorite PHILLIPS album after "Wise After the Event". Even more its a jewel for every Rock collection, but in its own particular genre (a mix of those quiet moments of "Trespass" of GENESIS+the medieval folkprog style by GRYPHON). As you well have gathered, "Anthology" (1995) is an album that has a compilation of tracks from his solo career. This album is the perfect introduction to the world of Anthony PHILLIPS.
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Anthony Phillips Lyrics


Ballad of Penlee Sunday morning There's a cold wind Down by the Tatterdoo Roc…
Birdsong I hear the birds come greet me in my morning, They…
Birdsong and Reprise I hear the birds come greet me in my morning, They…
Bleak House Say no word She watched as she waited By the iron gate Ve…
Collections "All the world's a stage," A friend of mine, he…
Exocet Somewhere between the shades of grey Where the sky meets th…
Falling for Love All alone at the station Oh, how I needed a drink And…
God If I Saw Her Now "Rest your head my love Rest your tired limbs Leave your min…
Going for Broke Going for broke There's nothing around here to make me stay…
Golden Bodies High, dreaming on the seventh floor I always need a little…
Greenhouse Hear, a West Wind calling, I hear it calling my name, Snow…
Guru Well here she comes through the trees In her saffron robes…
Henry: Portraits From Tudor Times I. Fanfare Heralds sound the fanfare at the opening of the…



Henry: Portraits from Tudor Times (I) Fanfare [Ii] Lite's Chorus [Iii] Misty Battlements [Iv] Lute's If I was a turtle I would fly I would die So i…
Holy Deadlock Where we are, it's very lonely There we are, oh God…
I Saw You Today I saw you today And, through the distant years, It all came…
I Want Your Heart Cold streets, everyone's inside There's just me driving thr…
I Want Your Love Cold streets, everyone's inside There's just me driving thro…
Love in a Hot Air Balloon What a situation I want to take you beside the sea But…
Lucy Will She makes her face up in the looking glass The bell…
Lucy: An Illusion Now, now as the sun climbs the hills, Softly she skips…
Magdalen She drinks the morning air She takes the utmost care She's…
Master Of Time Master of Time See, the days grown long Winter comes…
Moonshooter Every little thing she's wanted Every little thing she's ha…
My Time Has Come Dust drew down the desert night Stallions kick and moan All …
Paperchase Find a way to distinguish patterns In the thread of the…
Parlour Suite II Old Sarum Suite: Sarabande - Song of the ShiresThe Feast…
Pulling Faces Flashing meteors follow Comets climb in startling numbers, …
Regrets Regrets, yes I have many, But none so great as spurning…
Sally 29 in Highgate, P.R. queen So socially unattainable Down the…
Sanctuary How I want you, how I want your loving, girl How…
Seven Long Years Seven long years have gone by, Scattered on the wind, Fortun…
Side Door Side door, you'll be the one Side door, I'm telling you,…
Silver Song Dear Friend, When you are gone, There'll always be this so…
Sistine There's a light on the sea And it's shining for me 'Cause…
Sleepfall: The Geese Fly West Anthony Phillips The Geese And The Ghost Sleepfall The Gee…
Souvenir There was once a Marionette Who walked in fields of silk…
Squirrel Out at night, I saw a squirrel Lying in a ditch…
Stranger Now that you don't know me, Is it gone forever, past? Now…
The Ballad of Penlee Sunday morning There's a cold wind Down by the Tatterdoo Roc…
The Women Were Watching They saw the flags, it didn't look so bad they heard…
Traces The girl in the gallery, The way she moves her hair, Foots…
Um & Aargh You couldn't run, you couldn't hide, they had their spies…
Unheard Cry Pretty baby, in your cradle, Smiling sickly, hushed and stil…
We August saw a contest fit for Kings From far and wide…
Which Way The Wind Blows Look, see how the world goes round, Look, see how the…
Wind - Tales Anthony Phillips The Geese And The Ghost Wind Tales This son…
Wise After the Event Four thousand monks in a maelstrom All crying out for releas…


RGJ


on Ballad of Penlee

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