: A play on the legend of King Canute, reflecting on the futility of human ego.
The album’s iconic cover, the last designed for the band by Paul Whitehead, features a fox in a red dress. During the subsequent tour, Gabriel shocked his bandmates and the audience by appearing on stage wearing his wife's red dress and a fox mask during "The Musical Box". This theatrical stunt landed them on the cover of Melody Maker and propelled Foxtrot to on the UK charts. 4. Remastered Legacy Genesis - Foxtrot (Full Album Remastered)
Following the success of Nursery Cryme , the band spent the summer of 1972 jamming and writing new material. The recording sessions at Island Studios were initially plagued by tension; they went through several producers, including John Anthony and Bob Potter, before finding a rhythm with . Potter famously clashed with the band, even suggesting they cut the Mellotron intro to "Watcher of the Skies" because he disliked it. 2. Themes and Imagery : A play on the legend of King
: Remastered at The Farm and Abbey Road to clean up the analog tapes. This theatrical stunt landed them on the cover
Foxtrot is often cited as a "thematic" album centered on .
: Inspired by a view from a hotel roof in Naples, Italy, the lyrics imagine an alien visitor observing an empty, dying Earth.