Genesis or Pink Floyd album?

What an absolutely ludicrisp poll.

I've come to realise that there is a huge love for Genesis on this forum, one which I'm afraid I don't altogether share, well as much as anyone who owns five Genesis CDs can say they aren't a lover of Genesis.
When I saw the choice my first reaction was no contest, it has to be The Wall, but I can see that as I was inj the Genesis vs Marillion threads, I'm swimming against the tide.

I love The Wall. I think it is brilliant from start to finish, an opinion I also hold  for   every Pink Floyd album  from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut as well as The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Radio kAOS and Amused to Death

But I could never get into The Lamb...  well apart from Carpet Crawlers, Counting Out Time and the sublime Chamber of 32 Doors

I admit it's really close but for me personally the Lamb just has too much filler on it. It doesn't drag on like some of topographic does but still I think it would have been a better single album. The Wall seems more cohesive to me and although there are some slightly boring or quiet parts it all seems to work well and I like the special effects and the clever way in which it was put together. Maybe more of an art rock album than true full blown prog but I still like it. 

The Wall by far, as its not only my favorite PF album, but my favorite album in general. The Lamb has waaaay too much filler for my liking, though it is still my favorite Genesis record.

Scorpius wrote: The Wall by far, as its not only my favorite PF album, but my favorite album in general. The Lamb has waaaay too much filler for my liking, though it is still my favorite Genesis record.

there is no filler whatever on "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"

BaldJean wrote: Scorpius wrote: The Wall by far, as its not only my favorite PF album, but my favorite album in general. The Lamb has waaaay too much filler for my liking, though it is still my favorite Genesis record. there is no filler whatever on "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"

Yes there is. Much of sides three and four, in fact.

Anyhow, I still love both, but The Wall is a classic and made up a deep part of the soundtrack to my angry youth.

BaldJean wrote: lazland wrote: BaldJean wrote: Scorpius wrote: The Wall by far, as its not only my favorite PF album, but my favorite album in general. The Lamb has waaaay too much filler for my liking, though it is still my favorite Genesis record. there is no filler whatever on "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" Yes there is. Much of sides three and four, in fact. Anyhow, I still love both, but The Wall is a classic and made up a deep part of the soundtrack to my angry youth. no, there is not. every single track has significance. if you don't like certain tracks, fine. but filler they are not

I am afraid that I have always subscribed to the school of " great single,album, too much for a double". Interestingly, Banks said much the same on the last BBC documentary, much to Gabriel's chagrin.

You are right, though, that Gabriel wrote the album as a whole. Don't get me wrong, I think it is a magnificent album, just an album I have always thought of as a flawed masterpiece.

Genesis.

CLEARLY, the LAMB if only for the lyric, "There's Howard Hughes in blue suede shoes, smiling at the majorettes smoking Winston Cigarettes..."

Edited by cemego - January 30 2017 at 23:33

What is this?  A News site?  I wasn't posting about Trump or Hillary?  I was just stating my opinion!  Sheeez!  So my opinion is baloney?  Man, relax and go back to a news site.  I ask humbly to not hate me and you did anyways!