The Knife (song)
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| "The Knife" | ||
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| Song by Genesis | ||
| from the album Trespass | ||
| Released | 23 October 1970 | |
| Recorded | July 1970 | |
| Genre | Progressive Rock | |
| Length | 8:57 | |
| Label | Charisma/Virgin (UK) MCA (U.S.) |
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| Writer(s) | Banks/Rutherford/Phillips/Gabriel | |
| Producer(s) | John Anthony | |
| Trespass track listing | ||
| "Dusk" (5) |
"The Knife" (6) |
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"The Knife" is one of the most famous songs by progressive rock band Genesis and the first timeless Genesis classic concerning Peter's reflexations on revolution and violence in general; it was also the only number from the album to make it onto the regular stage set. It appears on the album Trespass of 1970 and also appears on live album, Genesis Live in 1973 as the last song. It's also the most — and the only — hard-rocking piece on here, actually, it might be the heaviest song ever recorded by the band. It's a natural way to get thrown out of the comatose state into a world of chaos, distortion, stormy organ solos and poisonous, sneering vocals. Not coincidentally, for many people, this is the only song on the entire album worth mentioning, just because it's different from every other song on "Trespass" - a great dynamic, psychotic ending for an otherwise calm, solemn, slow-paced, wintery kind of record.
The song is aggressive and bombastic, featuring some biting lyrics from Peter Gabriel, with Mike Rutherford playing fuzz bass.
