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Genesis by far, but I can't vote :,,,,,(
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I prefer Foxtrot but that's not the question.

Neither is 'superior' to the other; Technically? I'm sure Floyd had a bigger budget and access to better recording facilities. Compositionally? I know relatively little about composition but I am sure they are very different beasts in terms of how they are structured, written and constructed in the studio. Artistically?? Sonically? Intellectually? etc etc...

I don't really see it as a valid question except in terms of which one is preferable to individual tastes..

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Foxtrot still remains my favourite musical album of all time (regardless of genre) - so for me it is 'superior' to even the wonderful DSOTM (whose only flaw is that I over-played it to death in the 70s!)
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DOTM

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mormegil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2020 at 12:14
Foxtrot.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote King of Loss Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2020 at 11:33
Both are great albums, albeit one is bigger and probably better in the grand scheme of things, but I'll go with Foxtrot because of Supper's Ready.
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Dark Side of the Moon has always been a far superior album listening experience for me. 

It's like comparing a walk on a beautiful, sandy beach on a peaceful summer's eve to that over jagged rocks long after sunset.


That's very similar to what I was going to say, only that's better expressed. Also, I do consider Dark Side of the Moon to be the much more remarkable and significant album in the history of rock, music generally, and art. That doesn't make it intrinsically to be of better quality, but Dark Side of the Moon is far more iconic and has had a much greater impact.

I've never much liked Foxtrot. I don't find it to be anything special even just in the Genesis oeuvre. To me it doesn't stand out, and if we were without it, well, it's not that remarkable or unusual an achievement for Genesis. One could easily substitute Nursery Cryme or Selling England by the Pound, I think. And as art rock, I dig The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

Dark Side of the Moon may not be my favourite Pink Floyd (it has been), but it does still stand out in the discography as it is so iconic, and it gets referenced in popular culture a great deal. It is one of the great works of the second half of the 20th century I'd posit, whereas Foxtrot is just another Gabriel era Genesis album to me, and it happens to be my least liked of those other than the debut. Pink Floyd has many great albums I think, but only one Dark Side of the Moon. I don't feel quite the same about Genesis with Foxtrot.
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Foxtrot for me.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2020 at 10:53
Darkside is probably "superior" but I don't like it more. But I suppose it depends on what is meant by superior. I think as a rock album Darkside is better but as a prog album Foxtrot(although there are a few Genesis albums I like better). Anyway, no vote from me.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote M27Barney Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2020 at 10:47
Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

Foxtrot by a vast margin

Yeah...at least 5 magnitudes in superiority...lets stick it to the false proggers (prosecute the heretics)....
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BrufordFreak Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2020 at 10:19
Dark Side of the Moon has always been a far superior album listening experience for me. 

It's like comparing a walk on a beautiful, sandy beach on a peaceful summer's eve to that over jagged rocks long after sunset.
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Simply Genesis.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hercules Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2020 at 10:13
Foxtrot, but both are very good.
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Foxtrot by a vast margin
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easily Genesis because of Suppers Ready --but Dark side is good.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mortte Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2020 at 08:40
If it had been Atom Heart, my choise would have been clear, but now it´s Foxtrot.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote M27Barney Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2020 at 08:26
This will be close as I suspect to confirm the dichotomy...
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Foxtrot but both are perfect albums
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Neither is superior. Different dinosaurs.
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