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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snacklofter

4y↑1

Find a way to distinguish patterns
In the thread of the living
Pick a path through the rough and tumble
Look within without misgiving
Darkness falls on December
Gathered in, we recall

Wait, don't let it wear you down
Call me and I'll be right round, come what
May never wears a frown, so call me
And we'll treat the world as on wedding-days
On and on through the Paperchase

Pitch a ball across a dusky courtyard
See the shadows slink away
Toss a coin into a feckless fountain
And brittle hope, it's your lucky day
Winter finds us together
Heaven knows our design

Wait, don't let it wear you down
Call me and I'll be right round, come what
May never wears a frown, so call me
And we'll treat the world as on wedding-days
On and on through the Paperchase

Wait, don't let it wear you down
Call me and I'll be right round, come what
May never wears a frown, so call me
And we'll treat the world as on wedding-days
On and on through the Paperchase

Treat the world as on wedding-days
On and on through the Paperchase
Treat the world as on wedding-days
On and on through the Paperchase

Treat the world as on wedding-days
On and on through the Paperchase
Treat the world as on wedding-days
On and on through the Paperchase

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Gus Cristi

10y↑15

Listening to this when it came out on vinyl, with my window open, the birds would always sing along. The place was Hamilton Ontario Canada, the time was, well it was really timeless as it feels like it was much of a dream that I lived at one time with no witnesses still alive.

Crafty Spirit

8y↑2

Listening to this for the first time, 2016 in Costa Rica, and I experience a sense of time- and spacelessness as well.

Frodo Lives

7y↑8

One of the greatest records of all time. I had always been ( and still am ) a big Genesis fan. I was familiar with Anthony's work on the early Genesis records as a founding member, but never heard any of his solo albums. At an outdoor flea market in the summer of 2010, I stumbled across a killer box of prog-rock ( my favorite!!! ) Most of which I had, though some I did not. Towards the end of the bo I flipped to the most wonderful album cover. Wow! What an illustration. As I picked it up I realized it was Anthony Phillips, Wise After the Event. Bought it on the spot with a small stack of some other unusual stuff ( Passport, Hatfield And The North, Camel ).
My favorite thing to do for years and years and still to this day is, listen to a whole record for the first time on headphones tripping. Whether LSD, Mushrooms, Mescaline, DMT etc. I love it. So that summer, about a weekend after I bought the album, I ate a nice dose of LSD, waited until I was really tripping, packed up the bubbler and turned off the lights. This album BLEW MY MIND. Incredible. Right from the start with We're All As We Lie, I was so onboard. Loved all the music, all the arrangements, the playing, the lyrics..man the lyrics!! Anthony's unique, strangely trippy voice. Michael Giles drumming was fantastic ( as usual ) Mel Collins too!!!. Overall, a very well put together, very well done record. Amongst the greatest solo albums of all time in my opinion. A Prog-Rock masterpiece.

Robert Koford

7y↑2

I could never say enough good things about Anthony Phillips.

snacklofter

4y↑1

Always Curious

7y↑1

Who knew that 'Wind & Wuthering' could be given such a strong run for its money? That's it's all by one solo Genesis member is nothing short of astonishing.