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    Posted: September 10 2010 at 01:38
Which cover(s)  do you like or dislike mostly?

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From Genesis To Revelation
1969
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Trespass
1970
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Nursery Cryme
1971
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Foxtrot
1972
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Selling England By The Pound
1973

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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1974
4.25 | 422 ratings
A Trick Of The Tail
1976
4.04 | 352 ratings
Wind And Wuthering
1976
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And Then There Were Three...
1978
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Duke
1980

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Abacab
1981
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Genesis
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Invisible Touch
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Mine:
Most beautiful: Wind And Wuthering, From Genesis To Revelation, The LAmb Lies Down On Broadway
Least beautiful: Invisible Touch, Abacab
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Like: The Lamb(one of my favorite album covers ever, honestly), Abacab, Trick of the Tail, W&W, Selling England, Trespass, Duke

Dislike: Calling All Stations, Genesis, Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme
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Nicest: Trespass
Ugliest: Abacab

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I never liked the Selling England cover.  Somehow it is depressing and without any real interest. Even a bit claustrophobic. 
 
Foxtrot and Nursery are ugly covers but they are certainly interesting. 
 
The Lamb is a superb cover,  A great work of art.
 
Trespass and Wind & Wuthering are nice and pretty.
 
The first album is OK but is this the cover it was first released in or a CD version?
 
Trick of the Tale is amusing,
 
The others belong to a group that shouldn't be in prog archives.
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Favourites: Trespass, Wind & Wuthering
Least favourites: Calling All Stations, Invisible Touch
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Wind and Wuthering and Trespass are my favourite, Abacab is my least.
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fave..Selling England...Duke.....Trick

least fave.......G to Rev.......Calling All Stations
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Nursery Crime
Foxtrot
Tresspass
A Trick of the Tail
Wind & Wuthering
 
Worst
 
The lamb lies down
Abacab
Invisible Touch
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Nicest:
A Trick Of The Tail

Ugliest:
Calling All Stations
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Least Awful: Selling England by the Pound and A Trick of the Tail
Worst: the remainder
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Nicest:
The Lamb Lies DownOn Broadway

Ugliest:
Invisible Touch
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Nicest: Selling England By The Pound
Ugliest: Invisible Touch
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Nicest: Trespass
 
Ugliest: Invisible Touch
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I like the drawings of Paul Whitehead. That means:
Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot.
I like most of the other covers as well.
Really 'ugly' is none of them. Maybe From Genesis to Revelation. Nothing to see on it... Wink


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A Trick of the Tail has always been my favorite Genesis album cover. The Lamb comes a close second, followed by WAW and ATTWT.

Abacab, Duke and Invisible Touch are all pretty lame. Very 80's, lazy art 'less is more' kind of thing, which as a style is fine, but some thought needs to go into it. Doesn't appeal to me.
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Nicest Wind & Wuthering

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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

A Trick of the Tail has always been my favorite Genesis album cover. The Lamb comes a close second, followed by WAW and ATTWT.

Abacab, Duke and Invisible Touch are all pretty lame. Very 80's, lazy art 'less is more' kind of thing, which as a style is fine, but some thought needs to go into it. Doesn't appeal to me.

Duke is a fantastic cover.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

A Trick of the Tail has always been my favorite Genesis album cover. The Lamb comes a close second, followed by WAW and ATTWT.

Abacab, Duke and Invisible Touch are all pretty lame. Very 80's, lazy art 'less is more' kind of thing, which as a style is fine, but some thought needs to go into it. Doesn't appeal to me.

Duke is a fantastic cover.
 
I feel the same way: fantastic.
Abacab too, BTW.
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Nah, sorry Snowie and Moogtron, I cant agree. The concept of the Duke cover is nice enough; the lonely man staring out of the open window at the stars etc, but I don't like the way it's presented. Such a damn fine album deserves a better cover I reckon..
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