Is Foxtrot Underated?

If you're looking for a quintessentially English pastoral take on 1st Gen Prog, then you really can't go wrong with the Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot and Selling England by the Pound sequence from the early 70's. Although none of these are 5 star masterpieces in my book, they are uniformly strong throughout and it's testimony to their longevity and influence that they have been plagiarized and imitated ad nauseum by wannabes from every part of the globe ever since. For me, Foxtrot is maybe the pick of the bunch (and I actually rate Get 'Em Out by Friday a smidgen above Supper's Ready so turn the radio up and I'll go quietly)

Nothing is ever overrated. Something can be underrated.

If Foxtrot has a high rating it's cause symphonic rock (er, prog fans) like it usually. A lot.

Get the views of, say, a 1977 type punk.

This is what politicians like to call "balance".

HackettFan wrote: Not underrated. Not overrated.

hah.. good answer...vanilla like that answer    I can dig that... and agree with it.  Barely worthy of being rated at all...

aglasshouse wrote: In the prog world Foxtrot is often hailed and practically worshiped as one of the best prog albums of all time. Outside the prog sphere even it's popularity is nothing to scoff at though, as many people think it's one of if not the best Gabriel-era Genesis album. Personally I think in the time between 1969-1975 Selling England was their best, but we're talking about <i style="font-weight: bold;">popularity here, not <i style="font-weight: bold;">quality, right?

Well, even if popularity is the one considered, Selling England might just as well take it. If I remember correctly, it's the highest rated Genesis album on PA.

It's not underated.....Supremely OVERATED. A cover that makes no sense and a 24min song about religious gibberish.

Larkstongue41 wrote: Rednight wrote: Larkstongue41 wrote: I also think Foxtrot is one of Genesis's best but I actually think it is "overrated". If you look at the average rating on this database, it has a score of 4.60 which places it in the top 10 of prog albums. I personally don't think anything produced by Genesis deserves such a rank although I love the band very much. Talk about wishy-washy. 4.60 seems suitably appropriate for this great English prog product. So much to love here and then some. Your opinion reflects the 3000+ ratings of that album, I'm sure most people here would agree with you on that. Why call my comment wishy-washy though? I'm not offended in any way, I'm just tired of seeing you insecure condescending person constantly using this forum to vent out your apparent frustration. Peace.

So you're not offended then.

12/10

micky wrote: garla1lh wrote: I had to check out this album, being that it is the most highly rated on prog archives. I was very disappointed! I had already not been a fan of genesis, but i was only familiar with Duke and Abacab, so I thought possibly that Genesis was much better earlier in their carrer and had just tapered off. Maybe thats the case, but this is still not a great album. Nothing about the musical quality of this album, or anything by Genesis for that matter is exceptional. The musical skill is simply average for me, and the songs are very boring with no truly memorable hooks. And some of the longer songs like the Cinema show seem to drag on for much longer than is pleasurable. Not an essential album at all. Possibly 2 stars, because fans of Genesis of course like Genesis, but I was so frustrated by the high ratings and lack of delivery that its a 1 star in my book. f**king A!!!!   someone promote him to admin...  make him the owner... he has a brain and uses it.. more than most here do.

You're late!

garla1lh wrote: I had to check out this album, being that it is the most highly rated on prog archives. I was very disappointed! I had already not been a fan of genesis, but i was only familiar with Duke and Abacab, so I thought possibly that Genesis was much better earlier in their carrer and had just tapered off. Maybe thats the case, but this is still not a great album. Nothing about the musical quality of this album, or anything by Genesis for that matter is exceptional. The musical skill is simply average for me, and the songs are very boring with no truly memorable hooks. And some of the longer songs like the Cinema show seem to drag on for much longer than is pleasurable. Not an essential album at all. Possibly 2 stars, because fans of Genesis of course like Genesis, but I was so frustrated by the high ratings and lack of delivery that its a 1 star in my book.

f**king A!!!!   someone promote him to admin...  make him the owner... he has a brain and uses it.. more than most here do. 

I myself think it's the best Genesis album, so I can't think I've overrated it.