Favorite 'essential' Genesis album

I LOVE all the albums from Foxtrot onwards, and while I recognise that there a slight feeling of jadedness about ATTWT, and Hackett is sorely missed, there are some good compositions on there - Undertow, Snowbound, Burning Rope - and if only Mike Rutherford could've played lead guitar a little more convincingly (or they'd employed Steve Howe for an afternoon in the studio) this could have been a great album

Every one of those albums deserves a vote, I love them all. And you will probably find SEBTP and Foxtrot come first and second. But for me, it has always been The Lamb. My fave album of all time in fact! (Second would probably be your choice, Nursery Cryme. I love that too!)

But as I said, all of those on your list are immaculate. You have great taste!

 

(My favourite cover award goes to A Trick Of The Tail.)  :)

2. Foxtrot (close, but cannot quite match SETBP's conceptually perfection).

3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Also fantastic, almost beats Foxtrot, but has no songs that can fully match Supper's Ready).

4. Trespass (actually more pleasing than Nursery Cryme, fantastic guitar solo by Phillips on The Knife).

5. Nursery Cryme (Harold The Barrel points forward to the theatrical style of the 3 next albums, whereas The Musical Box is the highlight of the album. Very good, but cannot match Genesis' later concept albums).

6. A Trick Of The Tail (at this point Genesis has lost its fantastic and unique theatricality, but prove that they still can make beautiful progrock).

7. Wind And Wuthering (almost every bit as good as A Trick...).

 

And I don't really get the worshipping of SEBTP when it seems like the only songs that are absolutely loved on it are "Dancing," "Firth of Fifth," and "Cinema Show."