From Genesis to Revelation vs Chicago Transit Auth
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Topic: From Genesis to Revelation vs Chicago Transit Auth
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: From Genesis to Revelation vs Chicago Transit Auth
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 10:46
two debute albums from 69 one stumbling search for an identity and a mammoth of an ambitious album on the other side, one that dabbels in folk, blues, psychadelia and pop, the other that flexes it's muscles in jazz, rock, funk, soul, r&b, big band and psychadelia. two bands that would define each spectre of progressive music, progressive symponic and progressive jazz rock, both had their share of interesting albums before they became more interesting in making money and atract females,   -------------  
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 10:47
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CTA easily over Genesis. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 12:28
Yup,a blow out for sure. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
rushfan4 wrote:Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 13:08
The above comments. I wish that CTA/Chicago would have stayed this direction throughout their career. What a defining album it was at the time. Terry Kath was/is greatly missed . |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 13:25
Yeah, for me this isn't even close. |
Posted By: 33rpm
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 14:42
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CTA is Chicago's best album and my choice by far! ------------- Vinyl just sounds better!! |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 14:52
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Chicago for me easily!! Don't get me wrong I'm a major Genesis fan but this album is just awful IMO. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 14:57
| Chicago's first two albums are brilliant. I do have FGTR but I struggle to listen to the whole thing. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 15:26
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I have a special place for the naive but extremely beautiful FGTTR over any post Hackett album (Yes even better for that ATTW3 and Duke), really lovely album, on the other hand I don't like any Chicago album. So my choice is obvious...From Genesis to the Revelation. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 15:42
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In the beginning there was light jazz and it was good. The windy city bus system wins by biblical proportions. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 15:49
This. Although I do like Chicago and the first couple of records they created are fantastic. ------------- 
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 16:59
| CTA, no hesitation here ... |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:30
| Chicago has another vote. |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 01:12
| Big Genesis fan but CTA crushes From Genesis to Revelation |
Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 17:42
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My favorite Chicago album -------------   MY IDOLS |
Posted By: knecht56
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 18:09
| CTA. Whereas CTA is Chicago's best album, FGTR is Genesis' worst album until after Hackett's departure. Genesis is the better band, but CTA is the better of these two albums. FGTR is Genesis trying to find their way; after CTA, Chicago progressively lost their way (esp. after Terry Kath's untimely demise). |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 21:12
| Between these two releases, Chicago Transit Authority. |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 21:41
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Hmm, I'm quite surprised that anyone would pick the Genesis debut over CTA! ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: ProgEpics
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 23:14
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CTA by far, id rather listen to the first two chicago albums than any genesis album to be honest. IMO chicago were much better writers all around, with much more influences from different styles of music. ------------- Come on you target for faraway laughter, Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine! |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: September 21 2011 at 05:50
| CTA - one of my favourite albums. Not even sure where my copy of FGTR is anymore. |
Posted By: By--Tor
Date Posted: September 30 2011 at 19:24
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Both albums are great. This is not really an easy choice for me. CTA's debut album was not their best, but possibly their second best album and I think From Genesis to Revelation is a vastly underrated album, one of the best concept albums of 69, and is one of the Genesis albums I enjoy listening to the most. Of course both groups changed dramatically from their earliest incarnations, and Genesis's change may have been a bit more dramatic. I will say that if Genesis had maintained the Moody Blues like style that they were embarking on in 69 and never became known as a progressive icon, we would be looking back at From Genesis to Revelation as a classic, not as group "stumbling for an indentity". That being said, I still have to give a slight edge to CTA's debut album which has a soulfulness that transports me back to the 60's every time I listen to it. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: October 01 2011 at 02:35
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Chicago here for me
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Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: October 01 2011 at 13:00
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Easily CTA, a masterpiece. ------------- 
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: October 01 2011 at 18:22
These last days , i got back to my Chicago lp, the first seven albums  This band has a lot to give, it's realy worth listening, this band is far more important than most of us think......
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