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* UrExample: Retrospective analysts cite Hackett's guitar solos on "The Musical Box" as the first instances of the "galloping" guitar riffs (marked by their similarities to the rhythm of a running horse) that would become commonplace among HeavyMetal artists (most notably Music/IronMaiden).
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* DirtyOldMan: In "The Musical Box", after being freed from the titular trinket by Cynthia, Henry [[RapidAging suddenly ages]] into an old man and becomes overwhelmed with lust, attempting to seduce the nine-year-old girl. Luckily for Cynthia, Henry's efforts are thwarted when the nanny comes in and kills him by instinctively throwing the musical box at him. In live performances of the song, Music/PeterGabriel would don [[https://images.genius.com/abb5b7c8f4e8a3a2d5c1964763d55456.504x545x1.jpg a grotesque rubber mask]] to play the part of the aged Henry, depicting him as dirty both inside and out.
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* RapidAging: After Henry's soul was freed from the Musical Box, he experienced this, and with it gotten the sudden sexual urges that he made advances to Cynthia before he meets a quick end.
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* RapidAging: After Henry's soul was freed In "The Musical Box", Henry ages from a small child to an old man in a matter of moments after Cynthia frees him from the Musical Box, musical box. As a result, he experienced this, and with it gotten the sudden suddenly experiences a lifetime of sexual urges that he made and makes advances to Cynthia before he meets a quick end.
* PunBasedTitle: As fitting of Gabriel-era Genesis, the album titlewas in is itself a pun.pun, playing off of "nursery rhyme" in reference to the use of "Old King Cole" in "The Musical Box".
* PunBasedTitle: As fitting of Gabriel-era Genesis, the album title
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* SoulJar: In "The Musical Box", Henry's soul becomes tied to the titular device after Cynthia kills him. Not only is he imprisoned in it before Cynthia frees him by playing it, but when the nanny thwarts his aged self's attempts to seduce Cynthia by throwing the musical box at him, both he and the trinket are destroyed in an instant.
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* NewSoundAlbum: While the shift to ProgressiveRock was already instigated on ''Music/{{Trespass|GenesisAlbum}}'', here it gets finalized, discarding most of the folk elements in favor of a layered, eclectic style that places emphasis on textural electric guitar. The only major holdovers of the previous album's sound are the first half of "The Musical Box" and "Harlequin", both of which were co-written by Music/SteveHackett's predecessor, Anthony Phillips.
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* BotanicalAbomination: The titular plant in "Return of the Giant Hogweed" is played up as a malevolent force attempting to wipe out the human race as an exaggeration of its status as a noxious weed. The properties as described in the song -- its history and invasive nature, its distinctive odor, and its toxic sap -- are accurate, but are portrayed in a more malevolent manner.
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* EldritchAbomination: The Giant Hogweed in "Return of the Giant Hogweed". The properties as described in the song are accurate, albeit portrayed in a more malevolent manner.
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* HorribleHistoryMetal: A comedic example with "The Return of the Giant Hogweed". The song examines how the plant was taken from Russia by British nobles, only to become an invasive weed throughout western Europe and North America, portraying it as a war between humanity and a BotanicalAbomination. Fitting the "metal" part of the trope's name, the song is one of the album's harder rockers.
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*** In the UK, the altered running order is "For Absent Friends", "The Return of the Giant Hogweed", "The Musical Box", "Seven Stones", Harold the Barrel", "Harlequin", and "The Fountain of Salmacis". Additionally, "The Musical Box" and "Harlequin" are split into two parts due to them overlapping with the changeovers between programs.
*** In the US, the running order goes "For Absent Friends", "The Return of the Giant Hogweed", "Seven Stones", "Harlequin", "The Musical Box", "Harold the Barrel", and "The Fountain of Salmacis". Additionally, "The Musical Box" and "Harold the Barrel" are split into two parts due to them overlapping with the changeovers between programs.
*** In Canada, the running order goes "The Fountain of Salmacis", "The Musical Box", "For Absent Friends", "Seven Stones", "The Return of the Giant Hogweed", "Harold the Barrel", and "Harlequin". Additionally, "The Musical Box" and "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" are split into two parts due to them overlapping with the changeovers between programs.
** UK cassette releases swap "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" and "The Fountain of Salmacis" to even out the lengths of the two sides.
** 8-track releases reshuffle the tracklist to fit a four-program format. How these changes are applied depends on the region:
*** In the UK, the altered running order is "For Absent Friends", "The Return of the Giant Hogweed", "The Musical Box", "Seven Stones", Harold the Barrel", "Harlequin", and "The Fountain of Salmacis". Additionally, "The Musical Box" and "Harlequin" are split into two parts due to them overlapping with the changeovers between programs.
*** In the US, the running order goes "For Absent Friends", "The Return of the Giant Hogweed", "Seven Stones", "Harlequin", "The Musical Box", "Harold the Barrel", and "The Fountain of Salmacis". Additionally, "The Musical Box" and "Harold the Barrel" are split into two parts due to them overlapping with the changeovers between programs.
*** In Canada, the running order goes "The Fountain of Salmacis", "The Musical Box", "For Absent Friends", "Seven Stones", "The Return of the Giant Hogweed", "Harold the Barrel", and "Harlequin". Additionally, "The Musical Box" and "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" are split into two parts due to them overlapping with the changeovers between programs.
** UK cassette releases swap "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" and "The Fountain of Salmacis" to even out the lengths of the two sides.
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* InTheStyleOf: "The Fountain of Salmacis" was inspired by Music/KingCrimson's ''Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing'', particularly the heavy, atmospheric use of Mellotron strings.
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* ShoutOut: "The Musical Box" namedrops and quotes the British nursery rhyme "Old King Cole".
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''Nursery Cryme'' is the third studio album by Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, released through Creator/CharismaRecords on November 1971. It was the first album to include guitarist Music/SteveHackett and drummer Music/PhilCollins, who filled in for Anthony Phillips and John Mayhew respectively after an extensive tour of the previous album ''Music/{{Trespass|GenesisAlbum}}''. The inclusion of Collins and Hackett also solidified the band's identity as a ProgressiveRock band for the remainder of the seventies.
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* BlackComedy: "Harold the Barrel"Barrel" is a jaunty piece about a crowd of people unsuccessfully trying to talk the title character out of committing suicide. The comedy, however, goes swiftly out the window once Harold jumps, at which point the music becomes much more melancholy as it slowly fades out.
* DrivenToSuicide: The TitleCharacter of "Harold the Barrel" is looking to jump off a tall ledge, with a man on the street implying that his suicidal state is the result of financial ruination.
* HeavyMithril: "The Fountain of Salmacis" retells the myth of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, in which the latter rapes the former and merges with him into the first {{hermaphrodite}}. Afterwards, the titular fountain is cursed by the merged Hermaphroditus so that anyone else who drinks from it takes on his form.
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Per the myth its based on, in "The Fountain of Salmacis", the TitleCharacter and Hermaphroditus are merged together into a being with both male and female genitalia.
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Per the myth its based on, in "The Fountain of Salmacis", the TitleCharacter and Hermaphroditus are merged together into a being with both male and female genitalia.
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: The first album in which Phil Collins not only appeared in Genesis, but also the first in which he was the sole lead vocal of a song ("For Absent Friends"). He also was co-lead alongside Peter Gabriel for "Harold the Barrel" and "Harlequin".
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* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: "Harold the Barrel" revolves around a crowd of people attempting to convince the title character not to jump off a ledge to his death. They ultimately fail, with Harold simply shouting "You must be joking!" and hurling himself onto the pavement.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: "Harold the Barrel" revolves around a crowd of people attempting to convince the title character not to jump off a ledge to his death. They ultimately fail, with Harold simply shouting "You must be joking!" and hurling himself onto the pavement.
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* ShoutOut: "The Music Box" mentions "Old [[Music/NatKingCole King Cole]]."
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''Nursery Cryme'' is the third studio album by Music/{{Genesis}}, Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, released through Creator/CharismaRecords on November 1971. It was the first album to include Music/SteveHackett and Music/PhilCollins, who filled in for Anthony Phillips and John Mayhew respectively after an extensive tour of the previous album ''Music/{{Trespass|GenesisAlbum}}''. The inclusion of Collins and Hackett also solidified the band's identity as a ProgressiveRock band for the remainder of the seventies.
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''Nursery Cryme'' is the third studio album by Music/{{Genesis}}, released through Creator/CharismaRecords on November 1971. It was the first album to include Music/SteveHackett and Music/PhilCollins, who filled in for Anthony Phillips and John Mayhew respectively after an extensive tour of the previous album ''Music/TrespassGenesisAlbum''.''Music/{{Trespass|GenesisAlbum}}''. The inclusion of Collins and Hackett also solidified the band's identity as a ProgressiveRock band for the remainder of the seventies.
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* FranchiseCodifier: The eclectically pastoral ProgressiveRock sound on this album would quickly come to define Genesis' subsequent albums all the way until guitarist Steve Hackett's departure in 1977.
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* EldritchAbomination: The Giant Hogweed in "Return of the Giant Hogweed". The properties as described in the song is accurate, albeit portrayed in a more malevolent manner.
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''Nursery Cryme''Box"'''
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* SeveredHeadSports: As portrayed on the album cover, the girl playing croquet with a severed head.
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Your shirt's all dirty and there's a man here from the BBC.\\
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Your shirt's all dirty and dirty, there's a man here from the BBC.\\
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* SkewedPriorities: "Harold the Barrel", with Harold's mother trying to talk him out of committing suicide:
-->'''Mrs. Barrel''': Come off the ledge - if your father were alive he'd be very, very, very upset\\
You just can't jump, you just can't jump.\\
Your shirt's all dirty and there's a man here from the BBC.\\
You just can't jump.
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You just can't jump, you just can't jump.\\
Your shirt's all dirty and there's a man here from the BBC.\\
You just can't jump.
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''Nursery Cryme'' is the third studio album by ''Music/{{Genesis}}'', Music/{{Genesis}}, released on November 1971. It was the first album to include Music/SteveHackett and Music/PhilCollins, who filled in for Anthony Phillips and John Mayhew respectively after an extensive tour of the previous album ''Music/{{Trespass}}''. Although it had mixed reviews at the time and didn't sell well in its native UK until 1974, it had proven more successful in continental Europe, with the Italian tour in particular played in front of enthusiastic crowds. The inclusion of Collins and Hackett also solidified the band's identity as a ProgressiveRock band for the remainder of the seventies.
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!!Why don't you trope me, trope me, trope me, trope me now, now, now, now now:
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->"Play me Old King Cole\\
That I may join with you,\\
All your hearts now seem so far from me.\\
It hardly seems to matter now."
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That I may join with you,\\
All your hearts now seem so far from me.\\
It hardly seems to matter now."
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''Nursery Cryme'' is the third studio album by ''Music/{{Genesis}}'', released on November 1971. It was the first album to include Music/SteveHackett and Music/PhilCollins, who filled in for Anthony Phillips and John Mayhew respectively after an extensive tour of the previous album ''Music/{{Trespass}}''. Although it had mixed reviews at the time and didn't sell well in its native UK until 1974, it had proven more successful in continental Europe, with the Italian tour in particular played in front of enthusiastic crowds. The inclusion of Collins and Hackett also solidified the band's identity as a ProgressiveRock band for the remainder of the seventies.
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!! Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "The Musical Box" (10:25)
# "For Absent Friends" (1:48)
# "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" (8:09)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Seven Stones" (5:08)
# "Harold the Barrel" (3:01)
# "Harlequin" (2:56)
# "The Fountain of Salmacis" (8:02)
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!!Principal Members:
* Music/TonyBanks – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
* Music/PhilCollins – drums, percussion, vocals
* Music/PeterGabriel – lead vocals, flute, percussion
* Music/SteveHackett – guitars
* Music/MikeRutherford – guitars, bass guitars
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* AllThereInTheManual: While there is no album drop in the lyrics, the liner notes inside the album contextualizes "The Musical Box" as it relates to the album cover.
* BlackComedy: "Harold the Barrel"
-->Father of three: It's disgusting\\
Such a horrible thing to do\\
Harold the Barrel cut off his toes and he served them all for tea\\
He can't go far. He can't go far.\\
(Hasn't got a leg to stand on!)\\
He can't go far.
* CompanionCube: "The Musical Box" involved nine-year old Cyntha Jane de Balise-William interacting with the eponymous box which contained the soul of Henry Hamilton-Smythe, the eight-year old boy she decapitated in a croquet match.
* EldritchAbomination: The Giant Hogweed in "Return of the Giant Hogweed". The properties as described in the song is accurate, albeit portrayed in a more malevolent manner.
* EpicRocking: "The Musical Box", "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" and "The Fountain of Salmacis".
* IronicNurseryTune: "Old King Cole" in "The Musical Box". Gabriel quoted said rhyme at one point, but it's done so in a sinister fashion, given that it's a ghost story about [[spoiler:a dead child whose music box summons his ghost... who then rapidly begins ageing and experiencing "a lifetime's desires", as the [[AllThereInTheManual liner notes]] put it]].
* LyricalDissonance: "Harold the Barrel", an upbeat song about a man threatening suicide.
* MinisculeRocking: "For Absent Friends", the only song on the album clocking in at less than two minutes.
* PunBasedTitle: As fitting of Gabriel-era Genesis, the album title was in itself a pun.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: The first album in which Phil Collins not only appeared in Genesis, but also the first in which he was the sole lead vocal of a song ("For Absent Friends"). He also was co-lead alongside Peter Gabriel for a few songs.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The liner notes detail that a nine-year old child decapitated an eight-year old child with a croquet mallet (as portrayed in the album cover).
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Play me my song. Here it comes again."'']]
''Nursery Cryme'' is the third studio album by ''Music/{{Genesis}}'', released on November 1971. It was the first album to include Music/SteveHackett and Music/PhilCollins, who filled in for Anthony Phillips and John Mayhew respectively after an extensive tour of the previous album ''Music/{{Trespass}}''. Although it had mixed reviews at the time and didn't sell well in its native UK until 1974, it had proven more successful in continental Europe, with the Italian tour in particular played in front of enthusiastic crowds. The inclusion of Collins and Hackett also solidified the band's identity as a ProgressiveRock band for the remainder of the seventies.
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!! Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "The Musical Box" (10:25)
# "For Absent Friends" (1:48)
# "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" (8:09)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Seven Stones" (5:08)
# "Harold the Barrel" (3:01)
# "Harlequin" (2:56)
# "The Fountain of Salmacis" (8:02)
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!!Principal Members:
* Music/TonyBanks – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
* Music/PhilCollins – drums, percussion, vocals
* Music/PeterGabriel – lead vocals, flute, percussion
* Music/SteveHackett – guitars
* Music/MikeRutherford – guitars, bass guitars
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* AllThereInTheManual: While there is no album drop in the lyrics, the liner notes inside the album contextualizes "The Musical Box" as it relates to the album cover.
* BlackComedy: "Harold the Barrel"
-->Father of three: It's disgusting\\
Such a horrible thing to do\\
Harold the Barrel cut off his toes and he served them all for tea\\
He can't go far. He can't go far.\\
(Hasn't got a leg to stand on!)\\
He can't go far.
* CompanionCube: "The Musical Box" involved nine-year old Cyntha Jane de Balise-William interacting with the eponymous box which contained the soul of Henry Hamilton-Smythe, the eight-year old boy she decapitated in a croquet match.
* EldritchAbomination: The Giant Hogweed in "Return of the Giant Hogweed". The properties as described in the song is accurate, albeit portrayed in a more malevolent manner.
* EpicRocking: "The Musical Box", "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" and "The Fountain of Salmacis".
* IronicNurseryTune: "Old King Cole" in "The Musical Box". Gabriel quoted said rhyme at one point, but it's done so in a sinister fashion, given that it's a ghost story about [[spoiler:a dead child whose music box summons his ghost... who then rapidly begins ageing and experiencing "a lifetime's desires", as the [[AllThereInTheManual liner notes]] put it]].
* LyricalDissonance: "Harold the Barrel", an upbeat song about a man threatening suicide.
* MinisculeRocking: "For Absent Friends", the only song on the album clocking in at less than two minutes.
* PunBasedTitle: As fitting of Gabriel-era Genesis, the album title was in itself a pun.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: The first album in which Phil Collins not only appeared in Genesis, but also the first in which he was the sole lead vocal of a song ("For Absent Friends"). He also was co-lead alongside Peter Gabriel for a few songs.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The liner notes detail that a nine-year old child decapitated an eight-year old child with a croquet mallet (as portrayed in the album cover).
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