Best Song from The Lamb

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I would have voted for "The Lamia", but "The Carpet Crawlers" needs a vote too.

Poll Question: What is your favorite track off the album?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway	4	[4.76%]
Fly on a Windshield	5	[5.95%]
Broadway Melody of 1974	1	[1.19%]
Cuckoo Cocoon	0	[0.00%]
In the Cage	6	[7.14%]
The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging	5	[5.95%]
Back in N.Y.C.	4	[4.76%]
Hairless Heart	2	[2.38%]
Counting Out Time	0	[0.00%]
The Carpet Crawlers	12	[14.29%]
The Chamber of 32 Doors	8	[9.52%]
Lilywhite Lilith	2	[2.38%]
The Waiting Room	3	[3.57%]
Anyway	2	[2.38%]
Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist	1	[1.19%]
The Lamia	18	[21.43%]
Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats	2	[2.38%]
The Colony of Slippermen	6	[7.14%]
Ravine	0	[0.00%]
The Light Dies Down on Broadway	0	[0.00%]
Riding the Scree	2	[2.38%]
In the Rapids	0	[0.00%]
it	1	[1.19%]
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Dayvenkirq Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970	Posted: November 19 2014 at 23:57
	I would have voted for "The Lamia", but "The Carpet Crawlers" needs a vote too.

Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916	Posted: November 19 2014 at 23:43
	No love for Slippermen ?? Well I guess there's some now

Dellinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 12609	Posted: November 19 2014 at 21:52
	This is rather difficult for me... but this time rather because this is my least favourite album from the classic era, and I can think of no song that really reaches the heights of the best songs from the previous 3 albums. The Cage must be the one that gets closer, though. As for The Lamia, which is winning at the time, I very much prefer Hackett's version on Genesis Revisited 2, with more pleasant vocals and added instrumental passages... he really fixed that song for me.

Ozark Soundscape Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 20 2014 Location: not here Status: Offline Points: 2360	Posted: November 19 2014 at 21:05
	I think the Lamia. It's such an enchanting, gorgeous track; very engrossing atmosphere.

Man With Hat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178	Posted: November 19 2014 at 20:28
	Most of these could take the title. But The Lamia for now.
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jude111 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 20 2009 Location: Not Here Status: Offline Points: 1749	Posted: November 19 2014 at 20:17
	For me personally, there are only 2 tracks on this album that reach the heights of their previous albums: The Carpet Crawlers and Anyway. I went with Anyway, but could've gone with the other one just as well. Edited by jude111 - November 19 2014 at 20:17

Barbu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 09 2005 Location: infinity Status: Offline Points: 30845	Posted: November 19 2014 at 19:37
	Lilith today.

HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26133	Posted: November 19 2014 at 19:28
	This is my favorite Genesis album, finally beating out Selling England a few years ago after I got to see The Musical Box perform it in totality. So the highlights are many, but my absolute favorite that I return to again and again is... Hairless Heart
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twosteves Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 01 2007 Location: NYC/Rhinebeck Status: Offline Points: 4071	Posted: November 19 2014 at 19:24
	Love this masterpiece---Fly, Lamia, It, Back in NYC, Chamber, Riding the Scree ---all have a special place in my heart---but the album as a whole is amazing art.

Rick Robson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 03 2013 Location: Rio de Janeiro Status: Offline Points: 1607	Posted: November 19 2014 at 18:28
	Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats, followed by Riding the Scree and third The Lamia. Having this said, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is maybe the best opener for a Genesis album, along with Down And Out for ATTWT and Watcher Of The Skies for Fotrot, it would be tough to decide a best if there was a poll like this.
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Horizons Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 20 2011 Location: Somewhere Else Status: Offline Points: 16952	Posted: November 19 2014 at 18:16
	My favorite Genesis song: In the Cage.
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Michael678 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 02 2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2466	Posted: November 19 2014 at 18:06
	a day too late, i know, but yesterday marks the actual 40th anniversary of this much-beloved album (one that i need to listen to all of again one of these days). That's why i decided to make this poll: to see which of these tracks is the best of the bunch in this weird concept album (and one i still don't get too, nor understand what's going on in it; i would like some insight on that please). So, which one's the one to go to for you? for me, it's the title track (the first Gabriel-Era Genesis song i have ever heard actually) followed by The Carpet Crawlers and then Counting Out Time. Edited by Michael678 - November 19 2014 at 18:07
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