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Xonty 
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 Posted: April 15 2014 at 03:17 |
No love for the debut? 
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 10:12 |
 Xonty wrote:
No love for the debut? |
Apart from one person who gave it 10/10 and one who called it "pop perfection"?
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 10:21 |
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There we go again. Let's see if it differs from my last one:
*** 5 stars ***
1. Foxtrot
2. Selling England by the pound
3. Nursery Cryme
4. Wind and Wuthering
5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
*** 4 stars ***
6. A Trick of the Tail
7. Trespass
*** 3 stars ***
8. Duke
9. And Then There Were Three...
10. Invisible Touch
11. Genesis
12. We Can't Dance
13. Calling All Stations
*** 2 stars ***
14. Abacab
15. From Genesis to Revelation
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lazland
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 11:17 |
Xonty wrote:
No love for the debut? |
It was made by a bunch of snotty nosed, spotty school kids. A bunch of snotty nosed, spotty, English public school kids, at that.
They made an album of Bee Gee sounding pop rock songs to impress school old boy Jonathan King, who had had a massive hit record.
To Revelation was really no more than that.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 11:33 |
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Not sure I've done this before. But I generally like all the Genesis albums so this may be tough
1. Lamb
2. Selling England
3. Foxtrot
4. Trespass
5. Trick
6. Abacab
7. And Then There...
8. Genesis
9. Duke
10. Nursery
11. Wind
12. Invisible
13. FGTR
14. We Can't Dance
15. Calling
The ones on the bottom half of the list are still good albums (with the exception of maybe Calling, but even that is growing on me), but they rank lower because they contain a higher % of songs that I'm not particularly excited about. Wind and Wuthering, for example: I love the first track and the last three - but everything in between is stuff I often skip over. And as for "And Then There Were Three", my favorite songs on that one are among my all time favorite Genesis tracks... but the others are just okay.
Just pre-empting against any "No Love for ____?" claims. They're Genesis, and I love them.
Edited by HolyMoly - April 15 2014 at 12:44
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 11:57 |
lazland wrote:
Xonty wrote:
No love for the debut? |
It was made by a bunch of snotty nosed, spotty school kids. A bunch of snotty nosed, spotty, English public school kids, at that.
They made an album of Bee Gee sounding pop rock songs to impress school old boy Jonathan King, who had had a massive hit record.
To Revelation was really no more than that. |
It didn't take much for a bunch of young boys to impress that massive tit Jonathan King.
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bloodnarfer
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 12:26 |
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Love them all except CAS and FGTR but would rank them something along the lines of:
1. Lamb
2. Foxtrot
3. Trespass
4. Selling England
5. Abacab
6. A Trick of the Tail
7. Nursery Cryme
8. Duke
9. Genesis
10. Wind and Wuthering
11. Invisible Touch
12. And then there were three...
13. We Can't Dance
14. From Genesis to Revelation
15. Calling All Stations
Edited by bloodnarfer - April 15 2014 at 12:29
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Xonty
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 13:55 |
lazland wrote:
Xonty wrote:
No love for the debut?  |
It was made by a bunch of snotty nosed, spotty school kids. A bunch of snotty nosed, spotty, English public school kids, at that.
They made an album of Bee Gee sounding pop rock songs to impress school old boy Jonathan King, who had had a massive hit record.
To Revelation was really no more than that. |
School kids or not, some great songs on there  What about "In The Wilderness" or "In Hiding"? Not a fan?
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Xonty
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 13:58 |
chopper wrote:
Xonty wrote:
No love for the debut? |
Apart from one person who gave it 10/10 and one who called it "pop perfection"? |
I gave it 10/10, and for the "pop perfection" one, it still didn't reach their top 10. Just thought it deserves a bit more credit
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Horizons
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 14:02 |
That's the problem with ratings here. 10/10 For their debut? So you would give it 5 stars and call it an essential prog masterpiece because you think a forgettable, lame album deserves a bit more credit?
Let's be realistic here..
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Mirror Image
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 19:32 |
Xonty wrote:
No love for the debut? |
Nope. It doesn't have Hackett, so I'm not particularly interested just like I wasn't interested in Trespass or anything post-Wind & Wuthering.
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honganji
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 21:23 |
From Genesis To Revelation (12/100) 1☆ Trespass (61/100) 3☆ Nursery Cryme (50/100) 2☆ Foxtrot (52/100) 2☆ Selling England By The Pound (65/100) 3☆ The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (67/100) 3☆ A Trick Of The Tail (54/100) 2☆ Wind And Wuthering (56/100) 3☆ (;-_-)
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Mirror Image
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 21:34 |
Okay, let me try this again...
Okay, never mind, I can't!  |
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 21:48 |
honganji wrote:
From Genesis To Revelation (12/100) 1☆
Trespass (61/100) 3☆
Nursery Cryme (50/100) 2☆
Foxtrot (52/100) 2☆
Selling England By The Pound (65/100) 3☆
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (67/100) 3☆
A Trick Of The Tail (54/100) 2☆
Wind And Wuthering (56/100) 3☆
(;-_-)
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Love this. Welcome.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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King Crimson776
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Posted: April 17 2014 at 22:41 |
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Selling England By the Pound (5.0)
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (4.5)
Foxtrot (4.5)
A Trick of the Tail (4.5)
Nursery Cryme (4.0)
Trespass (4.0)
Wind & Wuthering (3.5)
Genesis (3.5)
Abacab (3.5)
And Then There Were Three (3.0)
Duke (3.0)
Invisible Touch (3.0)
From Genesis to Revelation (2.5)
We Can't Dance (1.5)
Calling All Stations (1.0)
Edited by King Crimson776 - April 17 2014 at 22:42
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Posted: April 22 2014 at 15:28 |
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1-6 Lamb
7. Seconds
8. Trick
9. Duke
10.Wind
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Bitterblogger
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Posted: April 22 2014 at 15:30 |
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^Not going lower, although Foxtrot and Selling are good. After that, individual songs rank higher than complete albums.
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Posted: April 22 2014 at 17:21 |
Foxtrot-8.5/10 Trespass-8.5/10 Trick-8.5/10 Wind-8/10 Lamb-8/10 England-7.5/10 Three-7/10 Duke-7/10 Nursery-6/10 Not quite as good as tull and giant over the 70s but better than Yes 
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Titan
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Posted: May 05 2014 at 15:26 |
1.) Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 2.) Foxtrot 3.) Trespass 4.) Nursery Cryme 5.) Selling England By The Pound 6.) Trick Of The Tail 7.) Wind and Wuthering 8.) From Genesis To Revelation (yeah i really like it) 9.) The Rest
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Ruby900
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Posted: May 06 2014 at 06:33 |
1. Trespass 2. Foxtrot 3. SEBTP 4. Seconds out 5. NC 6. The Lamb 7. Trick 8. Live (1973) 9. Duke 10. W&W
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