Firth of Fifth

It first appeared as the third track on the 1973 album Selling England by the Pound, and was performed as a live piece either in whole or in part throughout the band's career.

[6] The section changes tempo and segues into the first verse (of three) of the song, accompanied by Phil Collins on drums and a chord progression between the Hammond organ (Banks) bass (Rutherford) and guitar (Hackett).

[7] Peter Gabriel sings the third verse of lyrics and a closing line before Banks concludes the song on piano, restating a motif from the opening section before fading out.

[3] Tony Banks felt he could not play the introduction live effectively, because he used an RMI electric piano on stage, which was not touch-sensitive.

A Scotsman in the group realises that and stops jumping over the fifth body, calling the mouth "Firth", precisely because he is Scottish.

The song survived the departure of Peter Gabriel in 1975, with Phil Collins taking over to sing lead.

[3] That section of the song featured on the Calling All Stations tour in 1998, with Anthony Drennan playing guitar.

[1] Rock author Edward Macan describes "Firth of Fifth" as "one of the finest nine and half minutes of music that Genesis ever put down".