Trespass is the second studio album from the English rock band Genesis, released in October 1970 on Charisma Records.
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Their last with guitarist Anthony Phillips and only record with drummer John Mayhew in the band's line-up, Trespass displayed a folk-flavoured progressive rock sound of the group that was a marked a departure from pop tunes on their first album, From Genesis to Revelation.Trespass was not a commercial success and it received some mixed reviews upon release. Following the band's growth in popularity in the 1980s, it peaked the UK chart at No. 98 for one week in 1984. The album is the first Genesis album released in the US. However the album reached No. 1 in Belgium, leading to the band's first overseas concerts there in March 1971. "The Knife" was released as a single in May 1971.