It’s almost a coin-toss, but Wind & Wuthering edges out its predecessor in a track-by-track comparison. This one’s a behemoth from start to finish, offering two of most nutcase prog tracks (“Eleventh Earl Of Mar” and “One For The Vine”), Genesis’ first true love song (Rutherford’s shimmering “Your Own Special Away”), and multiple fusion-styled instrumental workouts (“Wot Gorilla?,” “Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers,” “…In That Quiet Earth”). Hackett, in particular, shines on Wuthering, co-writing four of the nine tracks and layering in a number of hypnotic guitar lines. But there were still too many cooks in the kitchen: Hackett quit the band during the mid-’77 mixing sessions for Seconds Out, armed with unused material that would inform his second solo album, 1978’s Please Don’t Touch.