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Psychedelic Paul
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IN THE BEGINNING there were five members of Charterhouse School who ONE DAY decided to form a band. That band was GENESIS. They were LOOKING FOR SOMEONE to promote and produce their first album when a WINDOW of opportunity came along in the shape of Jonathan King, a DUKE of record producers working BEHIND THE LINES at the time. The album "FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION" entered a LAND OF CONFUSION and MISUNDERSTANDING though when many record stores placed the album in their religious music sections due to the religious-sounding title. The album and first single "SILENT SUN" both flopped, and barely caused any RIPPLES in the music press either, despite Jonathan King CALLING ALL STATIONS to try and promote the album and single on the radio. GENESIS' second single "A WINTER'S TALE" was also met with about as much indifference as A FLY ON A WINDSHIELD by radio stations and barely NO REPLY AT ALL from the music press. Their record company Decca became ENTANGLED in a dispute when it was discovered there was another band in America called GENESIS, but by A TRICK OF THE TAIL, the band managed to keep their name ANYWAY by changing their name to "Revelation" in the United States. The music business has always been as fickle as a HARLEQUIN, where THE DIVIDING LINE between success and failure depends on a combination of good luck and hard work. Every new band is sailing through UNCERTAIN WEATHER where they can easily be dragged down by the UNDERTOW and SHIPWRECKED by having THE KNIFE stuck into them by their record company or by the music press. THAT'S ALL it takes to finish a band's career. There's NEVER A TIME when it's been easy to make it in the tough music business, but LIKE IT OR NOT, that's just the WAY OF THE WORLD. No astrological WATCHER OF THE SKIES can predict who's going to make it in today's cynical music industry, where the chances of success are about as hard as climbing a WHITE MOUNTAIN of snow before the FADING LIGHTS of DUSK close in. AFTER THE ORDEAL of seeing the commercial failure of their first album, GENESIS were IN LIMBO and left out IN THE WILDERNESS during a short period of STAGNATION when the band members returned to their studies at Charterhouse. They weren't DOWN AND OUT or TAKING IT ALL TOO HARD though, because making great music was far more than JUST A JOB TO DO for the five talented band members. Contrary to being IN HIDING, GENESIS were just COUNTING OUT TIME in THE WAITING ROOM of THE CINEMA SHOW of life before returning to the recording studio. The band members were confident of THE MUSICAL BOX of talent they had between them and their HORIZONS were positively bright with the general feeling that IT'S GONNA GET BETTER soon. GENESIS were working to a TIME TABLE and they didn't plan on LIVING FOREVER on borrowed time, or waiting around each day until SUPPER'S READY. They were IN TOO DEEP to consider THROWING IT ALL AWAY at this late stage. The band were more than ready to TURN IT ON AGAIN with an INVISIBLE TOUCH of magic with the release of their next album, "TRESPASS". It would be several albums later though before GENESIS were basking in the AFTERGLOW of a successful album release, followed by the DOMINO effect of success breeding further success in the proverbial AISLE OF PLENTY. All song titles in HIGHLIGHTS by Genesis Here's your chance to help determine the Top 7 Genesis albums of all time. Simply list your Top 7 Genesis albums in order of preference and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings as shown below:- 1st album - 12 points 2nd album - 8 points 3rd album - 6 points 4th album - 4 points 5th album - 3 points 6th album - 2 points 7th album - 1 point Here's my Top 7 to get the poll underway:- 1. Selling England by the Pound (12 points) 2. Foxtrot (8 points) 3. Nursery Cryme (6 points) 4. Trespass (4 points) 5. A Trick of the Tail (3 points) 6. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (2 points) 7. Wind & Wuthering (1 point) GENESIS STUDIO ALBUMS From Genesis to Revelation (1969) Trespass (1970) Nursery Cryme (1971) Foxtrot (1972) Selling England by the Pound (1973) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) A Trick of the Tail (1976) Wind & Wuthering (1976) And Then There Were Three (1978) Duke (1980) Abacab (1981) Genesis (1983) Invisible Touch (1986) We Can't Dance (1991) Calling All Stations (1997)
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1. Foxtrot
2. Selling England by the Pound 3. Nursery Cryme 4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 5. Wind and Wuthering 6. A Trick of the Tail 7. Trespass Edited by someone_else - August 01 2020 at 02:51 |
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^ We both have the same albums in our Top 7.
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1. Foxtrot
2. Selling England by the Pound 3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 4. A Trick of the Tail 5. Nursery Cryme 6. Trespass 7. Duke
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^ Foxtrot has set off at a brisk foxtrot pace to gain a commanding lead in the poll already.
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The Fox on the rocks (and the musical box)?!
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1. Selling England by the Pound 2. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 3. Foxtrot 4. Nursery Cryme 5. Trespass 6. A Trick of the Tail 7. Wind and Wuthering
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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1. Selling England By The Pound 2. Trick of the Tail 3. The Lamb 4. W&W 5. Duke 6. Trespass 7. Foxtrot
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This is how the poll looks so far after the first five rounds of voting:-
1. Selling England by the Pound (52 points) 2. Foxtrot (39 votes) 3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (26 points) 4. A Trick of the Tail (19 points) 4. Nursery Cryme (19 points) 6. Trespass (12 points) 7. Wind & Wuthering (9 points)
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1. Foxtrot
2. A Trick of The Tail 3. And Then There Were Three 4. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 5. Nursery Cryme 6. Duke 7. Wind and Wuthering
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1. Foxtrot
2. Selling England by the Pound 3. Nursery Cryme 4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 5. Trespass 6. A Trick of the Tail 7. Wind & Wuthering
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1. Duke
2. SEBTP 3. ... ??? Not much of a top 7, but what I think today will have changed by tomorrow. So I don't bother with the other albums (not today, anyway).
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Top 7 update, with RichardH, Father Chistmas & Thief's votes added:-
1. Selling England by the Pound (68 points) 2. Foxtrot (63 votes) 3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (34 points) 4. A Trick of the Tail (29 points) 5. Nursery Cryme (28 points) 6. Duke (18 points) 7. Trespass (15 points) 8. Wind & Wuthering (11 points) It looks like Christmas has arrived just in time for the Duke album, which has gone straight into the chart at number six! Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 02 2020 at 05:08 |
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Duke above Trespass?? Wasn't expecting that!!!
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The Duke album was already on six points, so a twelve point boost from you helped to ease it on its way into the Top 7.
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Nursery crime
SEBTP TLLDOB Foxtrot WAW TOTT Trespass |
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1. Selling England
2. Trespass 3. Foxtrot 4. Trick of the Tail 5. Lamb 6. Wind and Wuthering 7. Nursery Cryme |
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Top 7 update, with Earl of Mar and Keneth Levine's votes added:-
1. Selling England by the Pound (88 points) 2. Foxtrot (73 points) 3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (43 points) 4. Nursery Cryme (41 points) 5. A Trick of the Tail (35 points) 6. Trespass (24 points) 7. Duke (18 points) 8. Wind & Wuthering (16 points)
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7 & 8, Duke and W&W... Tony Banks's favourite albums.
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