Aisle of Plenty
Genesis * Track #8 On Selling England by the Pound
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Aisle of Plenty by Genesis
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GenesisWrited by
Tony Banks & Phil Collins & Peter Gabriel & Steve Hackett & Mike RutherfordAbout
The title “aisle of plenty” is a play on the phrase “isle of plenty”. It refers to grocery aisles, and indeed there are many references to UK supermarkets in the song.
The instrumental is a kind of reprise on “Dancing With the Moonlit Knight”, “Aisle of Plenty” takes on the same musical and lyrical...
Aisle of Plenty Lyrics
[Verse]
"I don't belong here," said old Tessa out loud
"Easy, love, there's the Safe Way home"
Thankful for her Fine Fare discount
Tess Co-operates
Still alone in o-Hell-o
See the deadly nightshade grow
[Outro: Overlapping Voices]
English ribs of beef bone in fourty-seven pence a pound
Peek Freans Family assorted from seventeen and a half to twelve
Fairy Liquid Giant, slashed from 20p to seventeen and a half
Table jellies at four pence each
Anchor butter down to eleven pence for a half
Birds Eye dairy cream sponge on offer this week
It's Scrambled Eggs
Aisle of Plenty Q&A
Who wrote Aisle of Plenty's ?
Aisle of Plenty was written by Tony Banks & Phil Collins & Peter Gabriel & Steve Hackett & Mike Rutherford.
Who produced Aisle of Plenty's ?
Aisle of Plenty was produced by John Burns & Genesis.
When did Genesis release Aisle of Plenty?
Genesis released Aisle of Plenty on Sat Oct 13 1973.