Genesis Studio Albums - Best To Worst
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Topic: Genesis Studio Albums - Best To Worst
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Genesis Studio Albums - Best To Worst
Date Posted: March 22 2014 at 15:53
Hey, just wanted to see everyone's favourite to least favourite Genesis (studio) albums. It's probably been done on PA some time but can't find it, so I'd like to what yours are!  If you haven't heard all of them, just list the ones you have. Anyway, mine are:1. Trespass (10/10) 2. Foxtrot (10/10) 3. Selling England By The Pound (10/10) 4. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (10/10) 5. From Genesis To Revelation (10/10 - yes really!) 6. Nursery Cryme (9/10) 7. Duke (9/10) 8. A Trick Of The Tail (8/10) 9. Wind And Wuthering (8/10) 10. And Then There Were Three (8/10) 11. Invisible Touch (7/10) 12. We Can't Dance (6/10) 13. Genesis (6/10) 14. Abacab (6/10) 15. Calling All Stations (4/10) Once again, thanks for any feedback
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: March 22 2014 at 16:40
Well, this has been done something like a whole load of times (the search thing is crap!), but a Genesis list is always worth responding to 1. Nursery Cryme. The archetypal English prog album 2. Duke. The archetypal prog pop rock album 3. Foxtrot. The realisation of a musical dream and genius on record. Stratton Smith adored it, for good reason. 4. Selling England. The achingly gorgeous paeon to a soon to be lost England. 5. Trick of the Tail. Finest recovery from disaster of all time, 6. Trespass. They were kids, for f**ks sake. just kids. Incredible, really. 7. Wind & Wuthering. That wall of sound. It moves me enormously to this day. 8. Abacab. There are some deliciously dark moments on this. 9. The Lamb. Flawed genius, but genius nonetheless. 10. ATTWT. That wall of sound. Expanded, with one person removed. Far better than most people state. 11. We Can't Dance. Fading Lights, No Son of Mine, need I say more? Some exceptional music on this. 12. Invisible Touch. Domino and Brazilian especially, with some very clever pop rock. 13. Calling All Stations. I really wish Banks and Rutherford had stuck with this. Far better than merely a one album lineup. 14. Genesis. Great first side. Probably the worst second side in prog history. 15. To Revelation. It shows its age and immaturity. Bags of potential, though  ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Stardust
Date Posted: March 22 2014 at 17:31
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Genesis' albums? From best to worst? ...okay, I think I can do this! 1: Genesis (Surprised?) 2: Selling England By The Pound (Genesis (album) just beats this album by a super-tiny margin) 3: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis with a bang and gives us the best concept album ever) 4: Foxtrot (Best opening song and ending song by Genesis is on this album) 5: A Trick Of The Tail (Gabriel or no Gabriel, this album is still a masterpiece) 6: Nursery Cryme (The Musical Box, The Return Of The Giant Hogsweed AND The Fountain Of Salmacis all on one album?! I'm sold) 7: Abacab (Experimental synthpop mixed with pseudoprog elements? I can go with this. And the result is amazing) 8: And Then There Were Three (Very underrated. Deserves much better. So much better than that nauseating synthfest that was the previous album and we get to that album later) 9: Invisible Touch (Excellent songs mixed in with some crap) 10: Duke (And suddenly Genesis turns into pseudoprog. And it's okay. Very close to being great) 11: From Genesis To Revelation (Terrible production but the songs? Pop perfection) 12: We Can't Dance (First four songs are excellent. The others are utter garbage) 13: Trespass (For the most part, boring as all hell. The Knife saves the album, though) 14: Wind & Wuthering (50 minutes of nauseating Banksynths and terrible, terrible songs) 15: Calling All Stations (What the hell is THIS sh*t? Cosmic rock lullabys? Is this even supposed to be music?) |
Posted By: Ethos
Date Posted: March 22 2014 at 17:49
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1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (wore that one out in the 70's) 2. Foxtrot (greatest song ever, Supper's Ready) 3. Nursery Cryme 4. Selling England By The Pound 5. Trespass 6. Wind & Wuthering 7. A Trick of the Tale 8. And Then There Were Three 9. The rest... Last two From Genesis to Revelation Calling All Stations ------------- "As sure as Eggs is Eggs." |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: March 22 2014 at 19:10
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1: Nursery Cryme 2: THe Lamb 3: Foxtrot 4: Trespass 5: Selling England 6: And then there were three... 7: A Trick 8: W & W 9: Abacab 10: Duke the rest ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: March 22 2014 at 19:13
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Foxtrot A Trick Of The Tail The Lamb SEBTP Nursery Cryme Wind & Wuthering Trespass Duke Abacab Invisible Touch ...And Then There Were Three s/t Calling All Stations We Can't Dance From Genesis To Revelation ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 23 2014 at 12:50
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I can't do this, they all occupy tiers.
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: March 23 2014 at 13:32
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Foxtrot Selling England by the Pound Trespass A Trick of the Tail Wind and Wuthering Nursery Cryme The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Invisible Touch Genesis Abacab I'm not familiar enough with any of their other albums. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: March 23 2014 at 15:50
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Five stars: Foxtrot > Nursery Cryme > Trespass > The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway > Duke > A Trick of the Tail > Genesis > Wind and Wuthering > ...And Then There Were Three... Four and a half stars: Selling England by the Pound > Abacab Four stars: Invisible Touch Three stars: From Genesis to Revelations Two and a half stars: We Can't Dance Haven't heard all the way thru but heard enough to know it's among their worst: Calling All Stations ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: richh
Date Posted: March 23 2014 at 19:18
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For Me: Trick The Lamb Selling England Nursery Foxtrot Wind Duke Trespass Calling Genesis Invisible We Can't Dance Abacab And Then There Were Three I can say for my list I think Trick through Foxtrot, those lp's are flawless. Wind is pretty close to flawless, maybe a little lyrical weakness on Mouses night but the music is great. Duke is really superb. As for the rest I like them all but they have their weaker moments but great upsides as well, The Knife, Domino, Home by the Sea, Driving the Last Spike, Dividing Line, Fading Lights... IMHO they really only have two awful songs, I Can't Dance and Who Dunnit. I put Abacab and Then Then There Were Three at the bottom because they missed that one thing that made Genesis great, a proggy song of length. I omitted Revelations because I have not heard it in years, having said that I know I liked it and it was certainly different from the sound they eventually came up with! |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: April 04 2014 at 22:30
| I didn't care for Genesis once Tony, Phil, and Mike gave into commercialism, so I don't count their endeavors as part of the progressive rock continuum. This said, I love Nursery Cryme through Wind & Wuthering and it would be foolish of me to even try and put them in any kind of favorite order. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 04 2014 at 22:58
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Trick Nursery Trespass Foxtrot Selling England Lamb Wind And Then... Duke Genesis FGTR We Can't Dance Abacab Invisible Touch Calling........ |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 06:49
It was my favorite Genesis album when it came out. I still think it's a decent album, but it's not in my top 10 anymore. Here is my list: 1. Selling England By The Pound 2. And Then There Were Three 3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4. Duke 5. Nursery Cryme 6. Trespass 7. Foxtrot 8. A Trick Of The Tail 9. Wind And Wuthering 10. Abacab 11. Genesis 12. Invisible Touch 13. We Can't Dance 14. From Genesis To Revelation 15. Calling All Stations |
Stardust wrote:Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 11:10
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Selling England
Foxtrot
Nursery Cryme
Trespass
Trick of the Tail
Wind and Wuthering
Lamb
after that it really doesn't matter to me...........
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 14 2014 at 04:43
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A trick of the tail Foxtrot The Lamb Wind & Wuthering ATTWT SEBTP Trespass Duke Nursery Cryme Genesis Abacab Invisible Touch We Can't dance Calling stations ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: April 14 2014 at 06:18
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Selling England Foxtrot Trespass
Nursery Cryme Trick of the Tail Wind and Wuthering Lamb Duke after that it really doesn't matter to me........... |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 14 2014 at 06:46
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I mean yer limited to what you own? Foxtrot Live (1973) Selling England By the Pound A Trick of the Tail The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Nursery Cryme Trespass And Then There Were Three ------------- 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 14 2014 at 09:41
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Too easy...they all fall in the Best category -------------   
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 14 2014 at 22:45
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1. Foxtrot 2. A Trick of the Tail 3. Nursery Cryme 4. Selling England by the Pound 5. Wind and Wuthering 6. Seconds Out 7. Live (1973) 8. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 9. Trespass 10. And Then There Were Three 11. Duke The rest don't matter. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: April 14 2014 at 22:49
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Here are the albums I do like by Genesis: EVERYTHING from Nursery Cryme through Wind & Wuthering. Now the tricky part of all of this is trying to get these albums into some kind of order... This may take me awhile.
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 03:17
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No love for the debut?
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 10:12
Apart from one person who gave it 10/10 and one who called it "pop perfection"?
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Posted By: someone_else
Date 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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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 11:17
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. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date 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. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 11:57
It didn't take much for a bunch of young boys to impress that massive tit Jonathan King. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date 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 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 13:55
School kids or not, some great songs on there
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 13:58
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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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 14:02
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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.. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 19:32
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. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: honganji
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 21:23
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http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=2448" rel="nofollow - 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☆ (;-_-) |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 21:34
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Okay, let me try this again... Okay, never mind, I can't!  ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 21:48
Love this. Welcome. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date 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) |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: April 22 2014 at 15:28
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1-6 Lamb 7. Seconds 8. Trick 9. Duke 10.Wind |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: April 22 2014 at 15:30
| ^Not going lower, although Foxtrot and Selling are good. After that, individual songs rank higher than complete albums. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: April 22 2014 at 17:21
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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 ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Titan
Date Posted: May 05 2014 at 15:26
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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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Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: May 06 2014 at 06:33
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1. Trespass 2. Foxtrot 3. SEBTP 4. Seconds out 5. NC 6. The Lamb 7. Trick 8. Live (1973) 9. Duke 10. W&W ------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 06 2014 at 14:57
probably the closest to my own rankings. I find SEBTP and Lamb the hardest to rate as they have some of the very best Genesis music but also stuff I really don't care for. ATOTT and Foxtrot are the two Genesis I absolutely love and I would probably rate them that way round as well.
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Posted By: N-sz
Date Posted: May 06 2014 at 15:56
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From what I've heard so far: Nursery Cryme (8.5/10) Selling England by the Pound (8.25/10) Foxtrot (will probably go here, but I haven't decided yet--need a few more listens) Trespass (7.25/10) A Trick of the Tail (6.25/10) Wind and Wuthering (not sure yet) Genesis (haven't listened to it enough time to say but I liked it okay) ------------- https://blankspacerecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Blank Space Records |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: May 07 2014 at 00:04
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1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2. Nursery Cryme 3. Tresspass 4. Selling England By the Pound 5. Foxtrot 6. Trick of the Tail 7. Wind & Wuthering 8. From Genesis to Revelation 9. Duke 10. ABACAB 11. Genesis 12. And Then There Were Three 13. Invisible Touch ...I don't own any of the rest |
Posted By: CharlesPL
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 23:51
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15.From Genesis To Revelation 14.Genesis 13.Invisible Touch 12.We Can't Dance 11.Calling All Stations 10.Trespass 9.Abacab 8.A Trick Of The Tail 7.And Then There Were Three 6.Nursery Cryme 5.The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4.Duke 3.Wind And Wuthering 2.Selling England By The Pound 1.Foxtrot |
Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 06:50
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1. Foxtrot 2. Trespass 3. Trick of the Tail 4. Selling England by the pond 5. Nursery Crime 6. Wind and Wuthering 7. The land lies down on broadway 8. Abacab 9. We can't dance and here it ends for me. Don't know the other studio albums. ------------- Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
Posted By: queen_crimson
Date Posted: May 20 2014 at 19:27
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Wind & Wuthering A Trick of the Tail Selling England by the Pound Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Foxtrot And Then There Were Three Nursery Cryme Trespass Duke We Can't Dance Genesis Abacab Invisible Touch Calling All Stations |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: May 22 2014 at 16:30
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The lamb Selling England by the Pound Foxtrot Wind & Wuthering A trick of the tail Nursery Cryme Duke Trespass And then there were three The rest...
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Posted By: Kirillov
Date Posted: May 22 2014 at 17:03
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Trespass Foxtrot Selling England Wind & Wuthering Nursery Cryme The Lamb Duke A Trick of the Tail Abacab And then there were three Genesis We can't Dance Invisible Touch Calling All Stations FGTR |
Posted By: Snowbound1997
Date Posted: July 09 2014 at 19:07
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Foxtrot - God Tier Nursery Cryme - God Tier Wind And Wuthering - God Tier Selling England By The Pound - Amazing tier Trick Of The Tail - Amazing Tier Duke - Amazing Tier …And Then There Were Three - Amazing Tier Invisible Touch - Amazing Tier Genesis - Great tier The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Good tier Trespass - Good Tier We Cant Dance - Ok Tier From Genesis To Revelation - Ok Tier Abacab - Bad Tier Calling All Stations… - Bad Tier Any albums on the same tier are tied |
Posted By: mike1259
Date Posted: July 12 2014 at 13:15
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I once read something that echoed my sentiments exactly, to the effect that once Gabe left the band the world began to loose a world-class drummer and gained just another piano balladeer, so I can't shake off the contempt for all post-Gabriel Genesis. That being said... Nursery Cryme - To me a unique musical adventure whose flaws actually add to the aesthetic. Trespass - This album also carries the unique style that actually seemed to fade with every successive ensuing release. Foxtrot - Sure, the band's highly polished at this point and all these listed deserve the highest marks, yet it seems the more capable the musicianship the further away the essence, the faery tale style of true Genesis slips. Lamb - Brian Eno is a rare genius and his small contributions to this album makes for goose bumps! Selling England - If it's their weakest album before the split this still doesn't mean it's essential for any true Prog audiophile. ...and I've sampled FGTR and would lump it with Triumvirate and Gentle Giant's last albums altho this was their first and rather than selling out I guess they were sellin in! |
Posted By: midnightmadness
Date Posted: November 08 2014 at 22:08
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1. Wind & Wuthering (1976) 2. Duke (1980) 3. Nursery Cryme (1971) 4. A Trick of the Tail (1976) 5. Foxtrot (1972) 6. Trespass (1970) 7. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974) 8. ...And Then There Were Three... (1978) 9. Selling England By The Pound (1973) 10. Abacab (1981) 11. Invisible Touch (1986) 12. Genesis (1983) 13. From Genesis To Revelation (1969) 14. Calling All Stations (1997) 15. We Can't Dance (1991)
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Posted By: Darious
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 02:36
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Below my combination. Not entirely complete, I think I need to perform some re-listenings, but I'm sure nothing will much affect the leading titles: Foxtrot Wind and Wuthering A trick of the Tail The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Selling England by the Pound Trespass Nursery Cryme Genesis Invisible Touch We Can't Dance ------------- Writing about truth is a little bit like getting your dick out in public and hoping no one laughs (Steve Hogarth) |
Posted By: Tobias273
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 10:14
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Ratings are generally rounded up. 1. Selling England By The Pound (10/10) 2. Nursery Cryme (10/10) 6. Trespass (10/10)3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (10/10) 4. A Trick Of The Tail (10/10) 5. Foxtrot (10/10) 7. Wind And Wuthering (10/10) 8. Invisible Touch (9/10) - the pinacle of their post Hacket work for me. I really enjoyed Domino lately. 9. From Genesis To Revelation (8/10) - It's a really fun album actually. Some of it is so pretentious that it sounds sarcastic but I don't think it is. 10. We Can't Dance (8/10) - overlong but some really good songs on here. 11. Duke (8/10) - The Duke Suite is really good. The rest is a little unfitting but I can enjoy it. 12. And Then There Were Three (7/10) - sounds really muddled at times. Not very striking in general but not really bad either. 13. Genesis (7/10) - The first side is amazing, the second side isn't good. 14. Abacab (6/10) - Maybe I should give this a second chance. At first I only could listen to the title track, it's gotten better since then. 15. Calling All Stations (3/10) - I like Shipwrecked and the title track but the rest really is crap.
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Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 09:51
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I prefer the Gabriel Genesis but am no fan of the Lamb - sprawling, no true center....and what the frag does Gabriel know about "tough kids" and life "in the street". Wish they'd stuck to English pastoral instead of urban decay. Not bad music, especially sides 1 and 2, but the rehashing of themes throughout the second half really drags the atmosphere down. Where's the denoumont? Where's the wrapping up? Rael suddenly reaches realization with "It"? No, no, no....Gabriel had a great idea that he rushed thru while the band holed up and became the post-Gabriel band we know and love.
Foxtrot>Selling>Nursery>Lamb
Post-Gabriel:
Wind>ATTWT>Trick
Post-Hackett:
Duke>Genesis>abacab>Touch
Not fit for human consumption:
Calling and FGtR ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 10:23
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^ Where does Trespass stand on your list? |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 13:11
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To me, Trespass is the "missing" Genesis album. There's a great leap forward from GtR but they're still searching for a sound. It's an album I don't return to very often, but when I do I find it relaxing but subdued....maybe due to the shyte recording. In general, all the early Gensis albums suffer from poor production. I find it well below the Lamb but still listenable.....though I dig Ant Phillips, I see why they needed to bring in Steve. More powerful playing, more nuanced, more technical. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 13:28
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I listen to Trespass more often than The Lamb (I just did yesterday): it's painful to listen to the whole double album. Yes, the production is weak and there's still not much maturity in their composition, but there are some great moments on that one. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 16:23
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1. Foxtrot - Quality at its most English. 2. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - A varied onslaught of radical ideas saved until the end as Gabriel's opus. 3. A Trick of the Tail - A phoenix reborn. Sing on, oh drumming wonder, sing on! 4. Selling England By the Pound - Pretty but staid. Still, wonderful Gabriel vocals. 6. Nursery Cryme - Fine ensemble playing with the two new guys. 7. Genesis Live - A fine representation of the band live. 8. Wind and Wuthering - Great melodies in the shadow of dissension and despair. 9. And Then There Were Three - Sullen prog in attempting to cover for the departed. 10. Duke - Fondly known across the frozen tundra as "Puke." Not exactly answering the notion of the thread, but it kept me from work for awhile. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 16:58
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1 A Trickof the Tail 349 2 Foxtrot 320 3 SellingEngland 296 4 The Lamb 266 5 Nursery Cryme 248 6 Trespass 216 7 Wind and Wuthering 189 8 Duke 130 9 And Then therre Were Three 81 10 ABACAB 39 11 Genesis 34 12 Gensis to Revelation 26 13 Invisible Touch 15 14 We Can't Dance 5 15 Calling 2 Probably completely wrong but based on everyones first 10 votes and 10 ponts for 1st 9 for second etc (I ignored live albums sorry I couldn't be bothered! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 16:59
God I'm sad... ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Goodsir
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 17:48
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Nursery Cryme Foxtrot The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Selling England by the Pound ----------------- A Trick of the Tail Wind & Wuthering ----------------- Duke ...And Then There Were Three... ----------------- Trespass Abacab Invisible Touch ----------------- Genesis We Can't Dance ------------- "Every wave is tidal, if you stick around" - Elliott Smith |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 11 2014 at 01:56
Not totally surprising I suppose . The top two are my top two as well. The low ranking albums are mostly the pop based albums including the debut. Duke is the last link with their early classic albums before the 'pop era'.
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Posted By: Wakeman's Birotron
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 11:27
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1 - Selling England by the pound 2 - Foxtrot 3 - Nursery Cryme 4 - Trespass 5 - The Lamb lies down on Broadway 6- A Trick of the Tail 7 - Duke 8 - Wind and wuthering 9 - And then there were three 10 - From Genesis to revelation 11 - Genesis 12 - ABACAB The ones I ommited don't even deserve mention |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 11:43
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1. Selling England by the Pound 2. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 3. Wind & Wuthering 4. A Trick of the Tail 5. Trespass 6. ...And Then There Were Three... 7. Nursery Cryme 8. Duke 9. Invisible Touch 10. Genesis 11. We Can't Dance 12. Foxtrot 13. From Genesis to Revelation 14. Abkebab 15. Calling All Stations
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Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 12:03
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I cant do this properly .. I think Selling England is my favourite - but somedays it can be Lamb. All the rest up to Trick of the tail are pretty much even to me depending on mood again. the last three would be trick of the tail and then there were three wind and wuthering in that order. the rest - I personally cant find anything to like at all so they all tie for last. ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: February 19 2015 at 10:36
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SEBTP Foxtrot Nursery Cryme Duke TLLDOB ATOTT Invisible Touch Trespass Wind & Wuthering Abacab ATTWT Genesis From Genesis To Revelation We Can't Dance Calling All Stations ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 19 2015 at 10:47
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wow, this is hard... Selling Foxtrot Nursery Trespass Wind & Wuthering The Lamb Trick And Then There Were Three From Genesis to Revelation Duke Calling All Stations We Can't Dance Genesis Abacab Invisible Touch |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: February 19 2015 at 14:19
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There can only be one list.... Selling England by the Pound. (The best Symphonic prog album EVER!) Foxtrot. Nursery Cryme. Trespass / Wind & Wuthering / The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (All very close...) The rest is a crock......Not fit to lick the arse crack of the six listed above... After Wind & Wuthering the rest are not even prog!!! ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: February 19 2015 at 15:39
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It’s always nice to make that kind of lists, so let’s see… 1.- Selling England By The Pound / 5*
2.- Foxtrot / 5*
3.- Wind And Wuthering / 5*
4.- Nursery Cryme / 4.5*
5.- Duke / 4.5*
6.- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway / 4.5*
7.- Trespass / 4*
9.- A Trick Of The Tail /4*
9.- Genesis / 3.5*
10.- From Genesis To Revelation / 3*
11.- Abacab /3*
12.- And Then There Were Three /2*
13.- Invisible Touch /2*
14.- We Can't Dance / 1*
15.- Calling All Stations / 1*
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: February 20 2015 at 10:37
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1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2. Selling England by the Pound 3. A Trick of the Tail 4. Foxtrot 5. Duke 6. Nursery Cryme 7. Abacab 8. Trespass 9. Wind and Wuthering 10. And Then There Were Three 11. Invisible Touch 12. Genesis 13. From Genesis to Revelation 14. We Can't Dance 15. Calling all Stations ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Old King Cole
Date Posted: March 31 2015 at 21:39
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1 Selling England By The Pound (10/10) I absolutely adore this album, what gives it it's edge is the Cinema Show solo. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 9.3 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 8.6 Firth Of Fifth 9.8 More Fool Me 8.2 The Battle Of Epping Forest 9.1 After The Ordeal 8.4 The Cinema Show 9.6 Aisle Of Plenty 8.8 2 Foxtrot (10/10) Supper's Ready is my all time favorite song, heck, it might even be the best. Watcher Of The Skies 9.2 Time Table 8.5 Get 'em Out By Friday 8.7 Horizons 8.1 Can-Utility And The Coastliners 8.3 Supper's Ready 10 3 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (9/10) I love this album, but it gets a little spotty with songs like The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging, The Waiting Room and Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats but the better songs are absolutely amazing. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 8.9 Fly on a Windshield 9Broadway Melody of 1974 8.7 Cuckoo Cocoon 8.6 In the Cage 9.4 The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging 7.1 Back in N.Y.C. 8.5 Hairless Heart 8.1 Counting Out Time 7.9 Carpet Crawlers 9.2 The Chamber of 32 Doors 8.9 Lilywhite Lilith 8.8 The Waiting Room 6.7 Anyway 9 Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist 8.7 The Lamia 9.1 Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats 7.2 The Colony of Slippermen: Arrival / A Visit to the Doktor / Raven 8 Ravine 7.9 The Light Dies Down on Broadway 8.6 Riding the Scree 8.4 In the Rapids 8.6 It. 8.5 4 A Trick Of The Tail (9/10) Great album, the songs are great, all of them are, but the thing that edged out The Lamb is that the great songs on that album are better than the ones on this one. Dance On A Volcano 8.9 Entangled 8.6 Squonk 8.4 Mad Man Moon 8.8 Robbery, Assault And Battery 8.7 Ripples 8.5 A Trick Of The Tail 8.6 Los Endos 8.5 5 Wind And Wuthering (9/10) Some of Tony Banks' best work is on this album, the songs are very good (especially the first two). Eleventh Earl Of Mar 8.9 One For The Vine 9 Your Own Special Way 8.3 Wot Gorilla? 8.6 All In A Mouse's Night 8.7 Blood On The Rooftops 8.8 'Unquiet Slumbers For Sleepers 8.2 ...in That Quiet Earth 8.3 Afterglow 8.9 6 Nursery Cryme (9/10) This album is a significant album in Genesis' history, it was their best album to date, until next year's Foxtrot, and even though The Musical Box is an epic, Supper's Ready is much better. The Musical Box 9.1 For Absent Friends 8.4 The Return Of The Giant Hogweed 8.5 Seven Stones 8.8 Harold The Barrel 8.7 Harlequin 8.5 The Fountain Of Salmacis 8.6 7 Trespass(8/10) Some great songs on there, shows a lot of promise, but not quite as good as Nursery Cryme. Looking For Someone 8.4 White Mountain 8.5 Visions Of Angels 8.7 Stagnation 8.3 Dusk 8.4 The Knife 8.9 I don't know much about the other albums, some parts of this list may not be 100% accurate, there might be some songs I like better than others that I listed the other way around, anyway, this is just my opinion about Genesis, my favorite band.
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Posted By: madspace
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 02:11
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1. Foxtrot (10/10) 2. Selling England By the Pound (10/10) 3. Nursery Cryme (10/10) 4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (9/10) 5. Trespass (9/10) 6. A Trick of the Tail (7/10) 7. Wind & Wuthering (7/10) 8. Abacab (6/10) 9. Duke (6/10) 10. And Then There Were Three (6/10) 11. Genesis (5/10) 12. Invisible Touch (4/10) 13. From Genesis to Revelation (3/10) 14. We Can't Dance (3/10) 15. Calling All Stations (2/10) |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 02:20
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1. Foxtrot 2. Nursery Cryme 3. Trespass 4. The Lamb 5. SEBTP 6. W & W 7. ATOTT 8. From Genesis to the Revelation 9. Duke Honestly don't care about the rest. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 03:09
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More or less in the following orderATOTT SEBTP Seconds (space) Nursery Foxtrot Tresspass Live (space) The Lamb W&W FGTR (yes... like it) big space ATTWT Duke Much bigger space Shapes (sida 1... the rest is puke) The rest is puke... |
Posted By: Skalla-Grim
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 03:45
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1. Foxtrot 2. Nursery Cryme 3. Selling England 4. Trespass The top four are very close to each other. I don't really want to call one of them better or worse than the others. 5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 6. A Trick of the Tail 7. Wind and Wuthering 8. And Then There Were Three 9. Duke 10. Abacab 11. From Genesis to Revelation 12. Genesis (1983) 13. We Can't Dance 14. Invisible Touch 15. Calling All Stations |
Posted By: TheWillowFarmer
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 21:06
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1- Foxtrot - 5.0 2- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - 5.0 3- A Trick of the Tail - 5.0 4- Selling England by the Pound - 4.5 5- Nursery Cryme - 4.5 6- Duke - 4.5 7- Wind & Wuthering - 4.0 8- Genesis - 4.0 9- Invisible Touch - 4.0 10- Trespass - 3.5 11- And then There Were Three - 3.5 12- Abacab - 3.0 13- We Can't Dance - 2.0 14- From Genesis to Revelation - 2.0 15- Calling All Stations - 1.5 Love most of them, even the bottom three have some strong material here and there.
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 18:30
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1) The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 2) Foxtrot 3) Nursery Cryme 4) Selling England By The Pound 5) A Trick Of The Tail 6) Wind And Wuthering 7) Duke 8) ...And Then There Were Three 9) Trespass 10) Genesis 11) Abacab 12) We Can't Dance 13) Invisible Touch 14) From Genesis To Revelation 15) Calling All Stations
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: August 21 2015 at 18:53
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Foxtrot Nursery Cryme The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Selling England By The Pound Trespass Wind And Wuthering rest of their albums I do not listen ... |
Posted By: moosehead
Date Posted: August 21 2015 at 19:53
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selling england by the pound nursery cryme foxtrot the lamb lies down/trespass a trick of the tail wind & wuthering abacab and then there were three
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Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: August 31 2015 at 07:41
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1. Selling England By the Pound 2. Foxtrot 3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 4. Nursery Cryme 5. A Trick of the Tail 6. Wind and Wuthering 7. Trespass 8. Duke 9. And There Were Three... |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: August 31 2015 at 09:13
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1. Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford 2. Banks/Gabriel/Mayhew/Phillips/Rutherford 3. Banks/Collins/Hackett/Rutherford 4. Banks/Collins/Rutherford 5. Banks/Rutherford/Wilson |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 15:14
This is always so much fun, but I will only list my favorite masterpieces. 1. Selling England By The Pound - I used to fantasize being in The Battle Of Epping Forest! 2. Foxtrot - Watcher Of The Skies & Supper's Ready! Need I say more. 3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Profound and mesmerizing musical odyssey-Drama, conflict, & resolve. 4. Nursery Cryme - Victoriana 5. A Trick of the Tail - Survived & recovered. 6. Wind and Wuthering - Wot Gorilla?! 7. From Genesis To Revelation - The birth of Genesis! For god's sake they were public school kids when they wrote and recorded this! 8. We Can't Dance- The end ---Fading Lights says it all. ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 15:54
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Foxtrot. Nursery Crime. Selling England... Trick of the Tail. Wind And Weathering. The Lamb... ATTWT ABACAB Duke. Invisible Touch. Genesis. (s/t) We Can't Prog.  Genesis to Revelation. All Collin's solo albums. All Mike+Mechanics albums.  ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 16:06
Wind and Weathering? Then it's Thompson's WaterSeal to the rescue! ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 16:18
| ^Sorry, but I meant to put WAW at the top of the list. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 16:22
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Foxtrot works for me. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 16:27
| Does anyone really consider Calling All Stations to be a Genesis album? If so, it gets the Gary Charone VH award. |
Posted By: t d wombat
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 18:18
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For me impossible to rate 1 - 15 but generally speaking ..... Essential - some of my all time favourite albums. Foxtrot (Simply gorgeous) Selling England By The Pound (First Genesis album I heard. Went back and bought Foxtrot and Trespass the following week. Very few albums are as important to me.) The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (As everyone says a flawed masterpiece. Would probably have made a stunner of a single CD. Still effing wonderful.) A Trick Of The Tail (Who'd have thunk it possible ?) Wind And Wuthering (Peter who ?) Duke (There is hope after the disappointing ATTWT, alas it was nowt but hope. ) Non essential but but but ..... Nursery Cryme (very nearly made the cut, someone had to lose out, for the time some great stuff) And Then There Were Three (like it but for mine, absolutely ruined by Follow You Follow Me which on the original LP sounds like an unloved orphan looking for a home .... and not really succeeding.) Of historical interest only ..... From Genesis To Revelation Trespass Irrelevent (They all have the odd highlight but long term a yawn fest) Abacab (nice enough, liked it when first released but it hasn't stood the test of time, prog very vaguely related at best.) Genesis (nothing that hadn't been said before, overall drear. ) Invisible Touch (By this stage Domino comes as something of a surprise, that's about it.) We Can't Dance (Oh please.) Jury still out but bordering on irrelevence. Calling All Stations (Like a lot of Genesis late era, I'm not at all sure it belongs in Prog at all but it's a more interesting album that I first gave it it credit for.) ------------- Andrew B “Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Julius Henry Marx |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 12:17
And Trespass... ?!
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 13:42
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1. Calling All Stations (never heard it though) 2. Abacab (first heard, most loved) 3. Wind and Wuthering 4. Selling England by the Pound 5. Trespass 6. We Can't Dance 7. Invisible Touch 8. Mama 9. Duke 10. ...And Then There Were Three... 11. From Genesis to Revelation 12. A Trick of the Tail 13. Nursery Crime 14. Foxtrot 15. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: t d wombat
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 18:36
Hard to say really. By that stage Genesis only had two of its original members though that is at least more than some groups can claim. I only gave CAS a couple of listens when it first came out then filed it under irrelevent. Wilson didn't do much for me I confess, indeed I've long been a big admirer of Paul Carrack and wondered why they didn't go for him as Collins replacement. That said I did give CAS another listen recently and was reasonably impressed. Maybe they should have given it one more shot even though it would never have been as big as any Collins era album.So what I say. Not as if the buggers need the loot even though one suspects that is the only reason they are/were still in the game. ------------- Andrew B “Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Julius Henry Marx |
Posted By: t d wombat
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 18:58
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Just giving CAS another hearing. OK, so its a quite good pop/rock album with some nice keyboards and vocals but that's about it. Might as well be a Mike and the Mechanics album. Which is not necessarily a bad thing but it's not Genesis. One must also wonder why after losing Collins, Banks and Rutherford didn't make Stuermer and Thompson permanent members. At least it might have given the band a bit more continuity. It all smacks of control freakiness and/or money obsession. ------------- Andrew B “Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Julius Henry Marx |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: September 09 2015 at 19:05
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1. A Trick Of The Tail (10/10) 2. Genesis (9/10) 3. Selling England By The Pound (9/10) 4. Wind and Wuthering (9/10) 5. Calling All Stations (7/10) 6. And Then There Were Three (7/10) 7. Trespass (6/10) 8. Foxtrot (6/10) 9. Nursery Crime (5/10) 10. Duke (5/10) 11. We Can't Dance (5/10) 12. From Genesis to Revelation (4/10) 13. Acabab (4/10) 14. Invisible Touch (4/10) 15. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (3/10) ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: September 10 2015 at 22:19
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I really can't pick between Foxtrot and SEBTP. The first has Supper's Ready, but the second one feels more solid overall. Very hard. 1-Foxtrot 10/10. Has one of my favorite pieces of music of all time that I absolutely love. 2-Selling England by the Pound 10/10. Perfect album. 3-Nursery Crime 9/10. Some gems but there's "something" missing for it to be perfect. 4-A Trick of the Taill 9/10. Their last true amazing album. 5-The Lamb Lies down on Broadway 9/10. Some fillers but some magic in it too. 6-Trespass 8/10. Where it all really started  7-And Then There Were Three 8/10. Really like this one. Very underrated 8-Genesis 7/10. Their best in the pop era. 9-Invisible Touch 7/10. Pretty close to Genesis 10 Wind & Wuthering 7/10. Their least interesting of the prog era. 11-From Genesis to Revelation 6/10. Some catchy songs. 12-Duke 6/10. Ok album but nothing that stands out. 13-Abacab 6/10. Same. 14-We Can't Dance 6/10. And same 15-Calling All Stations 5/10. Aside from Congo and Shipwrecked it's poor
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 11 2015 at 07:32
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Respect your opinion, Lion', but don't hold with all of it. To put Wind and Wuthering, a bravura epic (sans Your Own Special Way) and Hackett's swan song, so far down the list (edged out by Invisible Touch?) before relegating Duke and Abacab to the status of "Ok" with both sitting just above (gasp) We Can't Dance kind of negates your deft critique of the first six items on the list. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 11 2015 at 08:55
or . Too much pressure.
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Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 12 2015 at 09:04
Hi Steve. I know you and I'm sure about "this very very small mistake (I can't find better word). I think you put Trespass as
 . Prdone me . Your list is very similar to mine and I don't repeat (With this Quote I repeat that 2 times
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Posted By: Wilson1991
Date Posted: September 13 2015 at 12:41
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1. Selling England By The Pound 2. Foxtrot 3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4. Trespass (just because of "The Knife) 5. Nursery Cryme 6. A Trick Of The Tail 7. Wind And Wuthering 8. We Can´t Dance Didn´t listen to the other ones, i think i missed nothing
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Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: September 13 2015 at 13:27
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Posted By: Wilson1991
Date Posted: September 13 2015 at 13:50
I will give it a try ;)
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