Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling (1979) {Reissue}

A Curious Feeling is the début solo album from Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks. Recorded at ABBA's Polar Music Studios during a brief Genesis hiatus, it was released in 1979 on Charisma Records and is one of only two of Banks' solo albums to have entered the UK Albums Chart, reaching 21 and staying on the chart for five weeks.

According to Banks himself, the album "got some extremely scathing reviews, I don't think they were fair" but he conceded "this was post-punk and this was really not the album that people wanted to hear". Classic Rock reviewer Jerry Ewing agrees with Banks, writing that the album is made of "lush pastoral English prog rock that deserved better at the time" and is probably the musician's best solo effort.

AllMusic gave a positive retrospective review, asserting that "Banks manages to capture the wonderment and allure that enveloped Genesis' Peter Gabriel days… yet he filters out the instrumental intricacies, unorthodox time signatures, and complex poetry which enveloped these works to create a milder but equally effective progressive realm." They praised the album for lacking the instrumental pretentiousness that most would have expected, instead focusing on strong progressive rock compositions.

Track List

01. From The Undertow [0:02:44.50]
02. Lucky Me [0:04:27.57]
03. The Lie [0:04:59.40]
04. After The Lie [0:04:51.13]
05. A Curious Feeling [0:03:58.02]
06. Forever Morning [0:05:58.58]
07. You [0:06:30.30]
08. Somebody Else's Dream [0:07:50.62]
09. The Waters Of Lethe [0:06:29.70]
10. For A While [0:03:38.68]
11. In The Dark [0:02:57.47]