artist/brand-x-mn0000614982">Brand X's nearly eclectic album to date, Product is perchance nearly notable for its attempts at a popular crossover inward the artist/phil-collins-mn0000337119">Phil Collins-sung "Don't Make Waves" as well as "Soho." The make of styles presented hither -- difficult as well as soft fusion, pop, progressive stone -- results from the now-interchangeable nature of the artist/brand-x-mn0000614982">Brand X lineup, which, inward add-on to the returning artist/collins-mn0000337119">Collins as well as artist/robin-lumley-mn0000834822">Robin Lumley, is expanded to include bassist artist/john-giblin-mn0000224991">John Giblin as well as drummer artist/mike-clarke-mn0001554227">Mike Clarke (artist/chuck-burgi-mn0000101538">Chuck Burgi having left afterwards Masques). While the popular songs convey a tart, novel moving ridge audio to them that is oddly ingratiating, they're probable to larn out longtime fans scratching their heads. (artist/genesis-mn0000199995">Genesis fans may listen inward "Soho" the musical inspiration for "Illegal Alien," as well as inward artist/percy-jones-mn0000308478">Percy Jones' "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" its titular inspiration.) Despite the presence of the master copy quartet -- artist/collins-mn0000337119">Collins, artist/goodsall-mn0000228772">Goodsall, artist/lumley-mn0000834822">Lumley, artist/jones-mn0001675339">Jones -- the 4 don't seem together on Product, although artist/goodsall-mn0000228772">Goodsall is introduce for all merely i vocal (the lonely pairing of fretless bassists artist/percy-jones-mn0000308478">Percy Jones as well as artist/john-giblin-mn0000224991">John Giblin on "Wal to Wal"). Many of this album's tracks convey flora a house inward the band's career retrospectives, including the airy fusion of "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" as well as the engaging "Algon." While artist/mike-clarke-mn0001554227">Mike Clarke's deportment on on the music oftentimes goes unnoticed, artist/john-giblin-mn0000224991">John Giblin adds a novel dimension to the band's audio amongst 2 soft, evocative songs: "Rhesus Perplexus" (in which artist/goodsall-mn0000228772">Goodsall's acoustic guitar crosses into artist/pat-metheny-mn0000179698">Pat Metheny territory) as well as "April." The remaining tracks, "Not Good Enough -- See Me!" as well as "...And So to F...," are pleasant instrumentals amongst a to a greater extent than prominent utilisation for the percussion; artist/collins-mn0000337119">Collins idea plenty of the latter to include a alive version of it on a pair of 12" singles from his subsequent solo career. By nearly doubling the band's size, Product is able to indulge inward an interesting game of musical chairs that occasionally overshadows the music itself. The band clearly has talent to spare, merely can't seem to handle where to strike.
Track listing
CD
- "Don't Make Waves" (Goodsall) – 5:31
- "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" (Jones) – 7:49
- "Soho" (Goodsall, Collins) – 3:40
- "Not Good Enough-See Me!" (Jones, Robinson) – 7:29
- "Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000)" (Lumley) – 6:08
- "Rhesus Perplexus" (Giblin) – 4:00
- "Wal to Wal" (Jones, Giblin) – 3:14
- "...And So to F..." (Collins) – 6:28
- "April" (Giblin) – 2:08
Personnel
except on "Dance of the Illegal Aliens"; "Wal to Wal"; "Not Good Enough - See Me!"
- Keyboards, Sounds [Gunfire, Chainsaw] – Robin Lumley
- Guitar – John Goodsall
- Bass – John Giblin
- Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Phil Collins
on "Dance of the Illegal Aliens"; "Not Good Enough - See Me!"
- Keyboards, Sounds [Gunfire], Vocals – Peter Robinson
- Guitar, Vocals – John Goodsall
- Bass – Percy Jones
- Drums – Mike Clark
- Percussion – Morris Pert
on "Wal to Wal"
- Bass – John Giblin
- Bass – Percy Jones
- Drums, Drum Machine – Phil Collins
Notes
- The vocal "Wal to Wal" is the outset recorded vocal on which Phil Collins used a Roland drum machine. (The outset recorded Genesis vocal on which he used a drum machine is Duchess.)
- Both "Don't Make Waves" as well as "Soho" were released every bit singles.
- The non-album vocal "Pool Room Blues" was used every bit a B-side to i of the singles. "Genocide of the Straights" is unopen to other non-album rails that failed to build the cutting on Livestock, nonetheless was included on a 1977 EP titled 'X-cerpts - three from "Livestock" + 1'.
- Various releases of the album switch the rails listing amongst "...And So to F..." as well as "Not Good Enough - See Me!"
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