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AFlowerKingCrimson 
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 13:44 |
How would you rank the tracks on "Selling England by the Pound" by Genesis. Here's my order:
1. Firth of Fifth 2. Cinema Show/ Aisle of Plenty (I consider them one track) 3. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight 4. After the Ordeal 5. I Know What I Like (In your wardrobe) 6. The Battle of Epping Forest
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 14:21 |
1, 2, and 3 switch around every now and again, but 9 times out of 10 I think I'd put them in this order:
1. The Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty (I too consider them to be one track) 2. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 3. Firth of Fifth 4. After The Ordeal 5. More Fool Me 6. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 7. The Battle of Epping Forest (Possibly the worst Genesis song, period)
1-5 are all good or great songs, the last two not so much.
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 14:31 |
Firth of Fifth The Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty Dancing With The Moonlit Knight After The Ordeal I Know What I Like The Battle of Epping Forest More Fool Me
The top three are untouchable, the next two are great, Battle is decent, More Fool Me is tolerable
Edit: Just realized I have the exact same listing as the OP. Not bad...
Edited by mechanicalflattery - March 25 2017 at 14:54
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 14:47 |
Firth of Fifth Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty Dancing with the Moonlit Knight Battle of Epping Forest After the Ordeal I Know What I Like More Fool Me
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 15:11 |
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I had to think about it a bit if I was going to put "dancing" above "after the ordeal" but ultimately I decided to. "After the ordeal" is one of the best prog instrumentals imo though. I also had to think for a second if I was going to put "battle" ahead of "more fool me" since both are at the bottom of the barrel for me. At least "battle" has a lot going on and goes by fast even though I don't like it nearly as much as some of the others. "More fool me" is pleasant enough I suppose but it's hard to view it as anything other than filler. "I know what I like" I actually like a lot because it's catchy but it's admittedly a prog pop song(maybe one of their very first).
Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - March 25 2017 at 15:12
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 15:49 |
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight Firth of Fifth The Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty After the Ordeal Battle of Epping Forest More Fool Me I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 16:55 |
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1. The Cinema Show
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 17:00 |
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight Battle of Epping Forest After the Ordeal
Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty
Firth of Fifth
I Know What I Like
More Fool Me
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 17:51 |
 mechanicalflattery wrote:
Firth of FifthThe Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty Dancing With The Moonlit Knight After The Ordeal I Know What I Like The Battle of Epping Forest More Fool Me
The top three are untouchable, the next two are great, Battle is decent, More Fool Me is tolerable
Edit: Just realized I have the exact same listing as the OP. Not bad...
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 18:28 |
Dancing Firth Cinema
Ordeal Know Aisle
Battle
I've erased Bore Cool Pee from my memory...it doesn't exist.
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mechanicalflattery
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Posted: March 25 2017 at 18:29 |
Hercules wrote:
mechanicalflattery wrote:
Firth of FifthThe Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty Dancing With The Moonlit Knight After The Ordeal I Know What I Like The Battle of Epping Forest More Fool Me
The top three are untouchable, the next two are great, Battle is decent, More Fool Me is tolerable
Edit: Just realized I have the exact same listing as the OP. Not bad...
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Posted: March 26 2017 at 16:21 |
not my favorite genesis album, that title goes to foxtrot. still an amazing, 5-star effort
1. dancing with the moonlit knight 2. firth of fifth 3. after the ordeal 4. the cinema show/aisle of plenty 5. the battle of epping forest 6. more fool me 7. I know what I like
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Posted: March 26 2017 at 16:43 |
Barbu wrote:
1. The Cinema Show |
yeah.. that about about sums it up... 5 star album? my ass .not with 3 easy 1 star clunkers on it. Fanboys... you all need to get out more.
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Posted: March 26 2017 at 16:51 |
micky wrote:
Barbu wrote:
1. The Cinema Show |
yeah.. that about about sums it up...
5 star album? my ass .not with 3 easy 1 star clunkers on it. Fanboys... you all need to get out more.
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So what is your favorite Genesis album?
I actually don't like it as much as I used to. At one point it was my favorite but now that title would go to ATOTT.
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Posted: March 26 2017 at 16:56 |
Duke  Great songs from start to finish.. I don't give a sh*t if they are prog or not. I love music. Simple as that. And that something earlier Genesis failed at IMO. Great songs.. and they had some...mixed with absolute crap which they had plenty of...
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 26 2017 at 19:41 |
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I won't say I like the 80's Genesis as much as the 70's but I will say that I probably like it more than most prog fans seem to. I think part of it is I grew up as a teen in the eighties and that was my first exposure to them(not the seventies stuff). However, after I started going backwards in the Yes discography I soon did the same thing with Genesis and that's ultimately how I became a prog fan.
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Posted: March 26 2017 at 22:02 |
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:
How would you rank the tracks on "Selling England by the Pound" by Genesis. Here's my order:
1. Firth of Fifth 2. Cinema Show/ Aisle of Plenty (I consider them one track) 3. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight 4. After the Ordeal 5. I Know What I Like (In your wardrobe) 6. The Battle of Epping Forest |
I'll go with this order as well.
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Posted: March 27 2017 at 02:15 |
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:
How would you rank the tracks on "Selling England by the Pound" by Genesis. Here's my order:
1. Firth of Fifth 2. Cinema Show/ Aisle of Plenty (I consider them one track) 3. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight 4. After the Ordeal 5. I Know What I Like (In your wardrobe) 6. The Battle of Epping Forest |
Precisely this ranking for me too!
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Posted: March 27 2017 at 02:42 |
1. The Cinema Show / Aisle of Plenty 2. Firth of Fifth 3. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight 4. The Battle of Epping Forest 5. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 6. After the Ordeal 7. More Fool Me
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Posted: March 27 2017 at 19:28 |
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1 Dancing wit the Moonlit Knight
2 Cinema Show/ Aisle of Plenty
3 Firth of Fifth
4 Epping Forest
5 I Know What I Like
6 After the Ordeal
7 More Fool Me
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