Genesis: your nicest / ugliest cover art?
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Topic: Genesis: your nicest / ugliest cover art?
Posted By: Gandalff
Subject: Genesis: your nicest / ugliest cover art?
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 01:38
Which cover(s) do you like or dislike mostly?
Most beautiful: Wind And Wuthering, From Genesis To Revelation, The LAmb Lies Down On Broadway
Least beautiful: Invisible Touch, Abacab ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
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Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 02:20
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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 ------------- Heaven's made a cesspool of us all. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 05:23
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Nicest: Trespass Ugliest: Abacab (same about the music inside) ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 05:44
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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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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 05:55
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Favourites: Trespass, Wind & Wuthering Least favourites: Calling All Stations, Invisible Touch |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 05:55
Wind and Wuthering/Selling england
CAS - not too good ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 06:39
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Wind and Wuthering and Trespass are my favourite, Abacab is my least. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 07:06
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fave..Selling England...Duke.....Trick least fave.......G to Rev.......Calling All Stations ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 07:22
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Best
Nursery Crime
Foxtrot
Tresspass
A Trick of the Tail
Wind & Wuthering
Worst
The lamb lies down
Abacab
Invisible Touch
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 07:27
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Nicest: A Trick Of The Tail Ugliest: Calling All Stations ------------- 
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 07:31
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Least Awful: Selling England by the Pound and A Trick of the Tail Worst: the remainder ------------- 
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Posted By: Rolf Bos
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 07:42
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Nicest:
The Lamb Lies DownOn Broadway Ugliest: Invisible Touch |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 08:10
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Nicest: Selling England By The Pound
Ugliest: Invisible Touch
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 09:06
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Nicest: Trespass
Ugliest: Invisible Touch
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 09:14
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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...  |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 09:55
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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. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 10:08
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Nicest Wind & Wuthering Ugliest Genesis ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 10:18
Duke is a fantastic cover. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Blacksword wrote:Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 10:28
I feel the same way: fantastic.
Abacab too, BTW.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 11:08
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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.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 11:15
Its perfect I tells ya! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 13:01
Yes, it is!
 It's artistic, innovative.
I like the simple colour palette, minimal and playful.
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 22:18
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Favorites: SEBTP, W&W, Nursery Cryme
Least favorites: Calling all Stations, Genesis ------------- 
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 22:20
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Favourites: Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, Wind and Wuthering
Least: Duke
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 22:26
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Faves: Trespass, Wind and Wuthering Suckola: The first, Abacab, Invisible ------------- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sQD8uhpWXCw" rel="nofollow - It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...Road Rage Edition |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 12 2010 at 08:44
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Like a Lot: Nursery Cryme: LLDOB: ATTWT: Duke (Yes Duke is a quality cover) Don't Like a Lot: Anything after Duke and Foxtrot I think is a mess but hey its a mess. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: September 12 2010 at 16:33
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Faves: SEBTP, Foxtrot, ATTOT Ugliest: Abacab ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Progatron
Date Posted: September 12 2010 at 16:50
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Favourite: Nursery Cryme Least Favourite: Genesis ------------- Genesis/Yes/Rush/Marillion/VDGG&PH/The Flower Kings/Zappa/Änglagĺrd/Wobbler/PFM/Banco/Le Orme/Jethro Tull/Spock's Beard/Transatlantic/Ayreon/Beardfish/IQ/Dream Theater/Opeth/P.Tree/Arena/Camel/Kaipa! |
Posted By: monomachine
Date Posted: September 13 2010 at 21:41
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Like: LLDO Broadway, so seventies.
Dislike: Calling al Stations, just like the music of that album. the worst Genesis has done
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Posted By: jeffh
Date Posted: September 13 2010 at 22:25
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I think I like A Trick of the Tail the best. Invisible Touch is just hideous, I think that's easily the worst. I'm going to buck the trend on a couple. Wind & Wuthering's cover is one I've never liked even though it's one of my two or three favorite albums of theirs. It's so melancholy-feeling that for years it negatively affected my opinion of the music inside, and I was only relatively recently able to give the album a fair shake and discover that I really like it. On the other hand, I like the clean, iconic look of Calling All Stations very much. Not a huge fan of the Whitehead covers, and I think each was weaker than its predecessor. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 14 2010 at 05:19
I was thinking about this and now that you mentioned Invisible Touch, I can put that at the top of the list. I'll give the Lamb LP package top ranking. Very weird. As I recall, Abacab was released with three different color schemes, so if you don't like that one it is possible you got hold of the wrong copy. 
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: ferush
Date Posted: September 14 2010 at 18:33
| There's no one good cover art of Genesis but it's no important. |
Posted By: Geizao
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 01:50
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Ugliest: From Genesis to Revelation Nicest: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (I like most)  |