Selling England by the Pound is the fifth studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1973. It followed Foxtrot and was the band's commercial peak with Peter Gabriel, hitting #3 in the UK. The album went gold in the US in 1990. The album cover is a painting by Betty Swanwick called The Dream. The original painting did not feature a lawn mower; the band had Swanwick add it later as an allusion to the song I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe). Theme Retaining the pastoral yearning for ancient or medieval England as its primary Read more on Last.fm.
