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Poll Question: Which album do you prefer?
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    Posted: February 03 2023 at 18:22
Three Friends for me. That was my first GG album, and probably still my favorite. It was also my first CD, and I was blown away by seeing it available on CD, back when CD's were still new, and the selection was very limited. Until then, it was only popular / modern bands, but seeing that gave me new hope, and I got a CD player immediately.

W&W is good, but not among the stronger Genesis releases. But still with Hackett, and better than the 80s-90s releases.

Regardless, those are my two favorite prog. bands, so great music in both cases!



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Three Friends is great, but W&W is absolutely incredible. One of my all-time favorite Genesis albums, and one of the best autumn albums ever made. Eleventh Earl of Mar, One for the Vine, Blood on the Rooftops, and Afterglow are worth the price of admission alone Smile
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I'm a big fan of Wind and Wuthering, but Three Friends is my favorite Gentle Giant album and a top 10 Prog Album.

It was the first GG album I bought, I love every track and Mister Class and Quality? / Three Friends ( I see them as one track as MCAQ? segues into Three Friends) is my all time favorite GG song. In fact, every track on Three Friends is probably in my favorite Dozen songs GG have written.

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3 Friends gets my vote. My 18 year old self (circa 1980) would be flabbergasted, but W&W is distinctly patchy, and hasn't aged well. 3 Friends is an album that has really grown on me over the years, and for me has aged rather better.
If you skip All In a Mouse's Night, Wot Gorilla and Your Own Special Way from W&W you still have an album with a similar playing time to 3 Friends - if only Genesis had prioritised quality over quantity!
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Genesis WW but I like GG a lot also
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nice poll Smile
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good match up as both are messy albums but with many brilliant moments. I went for Genesis but that could change over time as my appreciation of GG increases.
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GG

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W&W by a mile. It has low points, but the highs are sky high, and among the bands best moments.

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Three Friends by a long shot.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

One for the Vine is enough for me to vote for Genesis.
 

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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

 If there's one thing W&W allows for in it its songs was space to develop, something that GG never learned.

no... it is something GG lost when Phil left the group and they became the incarnation of GG you are talking about there which was what I so affectionately call 'mediocre prog'. Prog and complexity for its own sake and forgetting to write decent songs and decent melodies.  There are two very distinct styles to this group,  you talk of the later but not the earlier 3 albums which had a great deal of atmosphere and time for the music to breath and yes develop.
I suspect that the user name itself explains why "Hackettfan" fails to hear early GG's far superior use of space. I like Genesis but there's just no way W&W is anywhere near the magic of... oh I'll just quote myself from the first page instead.    
 
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To me Prologue/Schooldays represents the best qualities of early Gentle Giant. So rich on atmosphere, room or space and a kind of loose playfulness... I don't know exactly - but it seemingly left the band along with Phil Shulman. To me Phil represents the gentle part of the giant and I miss his presence whenever I try to relisten to those later albums (which are still really good).
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:


Just to side-track slightly, there was a question on Pointless recently about the Earl of Mar and I knew the answer, thanks to W&W.

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Too close for me. I got into both groups and both of those albums around the same time, and the bands are equally important to me.

Hey, the two bands even sit next to each other (alphabetically) on the CD shelf. Long live both!
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Just to side-track slightly, there was a question on Pointless recently about the Earl of Mar and I knew the answer, thanks to W&W.
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Both. And both have released better albums.
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Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

 If there's one thing W&W allows for in it its songs was space to develop, something that GG never learned.

no... it is something GG lost when Phil left the group and they became the incarnation of GG you are talking about there which was what I so affectionately call 'mediocre prog'. Prog and complexity for its own sake and forgetting to write decent songs and decent melodies.  There are two very distinct styles to this group,  you talk of the later but not the earlier 3 albums which had a great deal of atmosphere and time for the music to breath and yes develop.
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Genesis......3 Friends is one of my least favorite GG lp's.

I don't care for GG all around all around all around all around. I used to listen to them a lot. I just can't anymore. And Three Friends is also my least favorite of their discography aside from Giant For a Day. What an interesting contrast, though. If there's one thing W&W allows for in it its songs was space to develop, something that GG never learned.
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Wind and Wuthering.
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