The follow up album to Foxtrot is Selling England by the Pound and the title track was about the privatisation of England. This album had more contribution from guitarist Steve Hackett, who not being a Charter House old boy felt a bit outside of the band at first. Hackett felt that this album was a good showcase of the band member’s individual talents. He preferred his own playing on this album compared to contributions to the previous albums. One track from the album, I Know What I Like was the band’s first attempt at a chart single and the track got into the top 20 in Britain. The track is very similar to something produced by the likes of Jethro Tull and has very popular traits musically for its time. It is believed that the band members felt popular music was a bit below them. The live rendition of the track Dancing with the Moonlit Night begins with Gabriel on stage dressed as Britannia as he proclaims “I am the voice of Britain.” Here we have one of Hackett’s biggest contributions with the opening guitar riff. The album however is believed by some fans not to be as much a classic as Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot.
The follow up album to Foxtrot is Selling England by the Pound and the title track was about the privatisation of England. This album had more contribution from guitarist Steve Hackett, who not being a Charter House old boy felt a bit outside of the band at first. Hackett felt that this album was a good showcase of the band member’s individual talents. He preferred his own playing on this album compared to contributions to the previous albums. One track from the album, I Know What I Like was the band’s first attempt at a chart single and the track got into the top 20 in Britain. The track is very similar to something produced by the likes of Jethro Tull and has very popular traits musically for its time. It is believed that the band members felt popular music was a bit below them. The live rendition of the track Dancing with the Moonlit Night begins with Gabriel on stage dressed as Britannia as he proclaims “I am the voice of Britain.” Here we have one of Hackett’s biggest contributions with the opening guitar riff. The album however is believed by some fans not to be as much a classic as Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot.
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