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Nursery Cryme is the third studio album by the English rock band Genesis. Released on 12 November 1971 on Charisma Records, It was their first to feature drummer/vocalist Phil Collins and guitarist Steve Hackett. The album received a mixed response from critics and was not initially a commercial success; it did not enter the UK chart until 1974, when it reached its peak at No. 39. However, the album was successful in continental Europe, particularly Italy. Following the recruitment of Collins and Hackett, the band extensively toured in support of their previous album Trespass, and then began writing and rehearsing for a follow-up in Luxford House, East Sussex, with recording following at Trident Studios. Nursery Cryme saw the band take a more aggressive direction on some songs, with substantially improved drumming and new guitar techniques, such as tapping and sweep picking. The opening piece, "The Musical Box", uses the band's trademark mix of twelve-string guitars with harsh electric guitars and keyboards. The song, a macabre fairy story set in Victorian Britain, became the inspiration for the album cover, and went on to be a live favourite. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursery...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
