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Sztermel ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: September 30 2012 Location: Poland Status: Offline Points: 9 |
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Genesis by far, but I can't vote :,,,,,(
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Cosmiclawnmower ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 09 2010 Location: West Country,UK Status: Offline Points: 4019 |
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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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Squonk19 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 03 2015 Location: Darlington, UK Status: Offline Points: 4794 |
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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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“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”
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DOTM
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Mormegil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 03 2010 Location: NE PA Status: Offline Points: 8030 |
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Foxtrot.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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King of Loss ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: April 21 2005 Location: Boston, MA Status: Offline Points: 17061 |
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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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Logan ![]() Forum & Site Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: In repose. Status: Offline Points: 38880 |
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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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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4870 |
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Foxtrot for me.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 19355 |
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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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M27Barney ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 09 2006 Location: Swinton M27 Status: Offline Points: 3136 |
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Yeah...at least 5 magnitudes in superiority...lets stick it to the false proggers (prosecute the heretics).... |
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BrufordFreak ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 25 2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 8633 |
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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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Rednight ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 18 2014 Location: Mar Vista, CA Status: Offline Points: 4812 |
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Simply Genesis.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Hercules ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 7024 |
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Foxtrot, but both are very good.
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Mirakaze ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Eclectic, JRF/Canterbury, Avant/Zeuhl Joined: December 17 2019 Location: (redacted) Status: Offline Points: 4281 |
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Foxtrot by a vast margin
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twosteves ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 01 2007 Location: NYC/Rhinebeck Status: Offline Points: 4098 |
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easily Genesis because of Suppers Ready --but Dark side is good.
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Mortte ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 11 2016 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 5538 |
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If it had been Atom Heart, my choise would have been clear, but now it´s Foxtrot.
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M27Barney ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 09 2006 Location: Swinton M27 Status: Offline Points: 3136 |
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This will be close as I suspect to confirm the dichotomy...
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dougmcauliffe ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 23 2019 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 3895 |
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Foxtrot but both are perfect albums
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Grumpyprogfan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 09 2019 Location: KC Status: Offline Points: 12890 |
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Neither is superior. Different dinosaurs.
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SteveG ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20617 |
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Floyd.
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