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Selling England by the Pound is the fifth studio album by Genesis, released in October 1973 on Charisma Records. It reached number three on the UK Albums Chart and generated the band's first top-thirty UK single. The record's literary, place-rooted sensibility — and its title's pointed question about cultural commodification — draws listeners who respond to work that combines formal ambition with a distinctly English sense of identity and irony.
About Selling England by the Pound
Selling England by the Pound is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Genesis, released on 5 October 1973, by Charisma Records. The album was a commercial success in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart, but less so in the United States, peaking at No. 70 on the Billboard 200. A single from the album, "I Know What I Like ", was released in February 1974 and became the band's first top 30 hit on the UK singles chart.
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The Genesis Children
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Quadrophenia
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The Million Pound Note
A comedy built entirely around the social weight and absurdity of a single piece of British currency.
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Bible!
Softcore anthology retelling Adam and Eve, Bathsheba, and Samson and Delilah with irreverent sexual twists.
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Millions
Two grieving boys and a bag of stolen cash in the days before Britain abandons the pound — money as a vehicle for moral comedy.
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Genesis
Three teenagers insisting on their own emotional truth against social pressure — standing apart from conformity.
Books to read after Selling England by the Pound
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Breakfast at Sotheby's
Explores how paintings and works of art are assigned financial value — a meditation on creative worth versus the market.
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Gleanings in Genesis
An in-depth study of the book of Genesis, tracing its origins and meanings.
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Soul by Soul
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In Search of Stones
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Frequently asked
What should I watch after Selling England by the Pound?
Quadrophenia is the natural companion — it adapts a 1973 rock concept album by The Who and immerses you in the same era of British youth culture. Millions offers a lighter but equally English take on currency and moral imagination, set in the days before Britain switches to the Euro.
What books are like Selling England by the Pound?
In Search of Stones shares the album's deep sense of British landscape and history, tracing a journey through the country's ancient stone monuments. Breakfast at Sotheby's tackles the question the album's title raises — what does it mean to assign a price to something made with creative intent?
Why does Selling England by the Pound resonate so strongly with British listeners?
The album hit number three on the UK Albums Chart and produced Genesis's first top-thirty UK single, suggesting it captured something genuinely felt at home. Its title frames England itself as a commodity — touching a nerve about cultural identity and what gets lost when art meets commerce.