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Foxtrot by Genesis
Foxtrot is an album by Genesis, released in 1972. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Supper's Ready”, on 7 lists with a best position of #31.
Foxtrot, Genesis's fourth album, landed on Charisma in 1972, and it's the one that finally put the old Charterhouse schoolmates on the UK chart. They wrote it over the summer, mixing songs already road-tested on the Nursery Cryme tour with new pieces hammered out in jams, and the sessions were prickly: Bob Potter started as producer, and after a quick run of Italian dates Dave Hitchcock took over. Tony Banks's keyboards and Mike Rutherford's bass and guitar lock in with Steve Hackett's guitar and Phil Collins's drums, while Peter Gabriel sings and adds flute.
The centerpiece is "Supper's Ready", 23 minutes long and the longest song they ever recorded. Paul Whitehead's last cover for the band put a fox in a red dress, and on the tour that followed Gabriel wore the dress on stage, fox head and all. The stunt got the press talking, and the album climbed to 12 in the UK, their first chart entry there.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Foxtrot on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supper's Ready | 7 | #31 | – | 1976–2020 | |
| 2 | Watcher Of The Skies | 2 | #566 | – | 2014–2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.