Ok. Which is superior ?

M27Barney wrote: I am stating that Floyd produced some superb symphonic prpg. No question...even tho I wouñd still place Foxtrot above those tho. But DS... is just not prog. Using abacab as an example of an album popular with non prog fans...DS... is liked by non proggers to an extent that Floyd fan boys cannot get their heads round...Prog Genesis fans HATE abacab or at least realise it is pop...DSOTM IS NOT FECKING PROG, NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE...AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH....

Listening to DSOTM made me impotent, prone to psychotic episodes and caused my teeth to fall out. No wait..that was Meth

M27Barney wrote: rogerthat wrote: Cristi wrote: And here I thought Slayer and Dream Theater fanboys were ridiculous, add Genesis to the list.  Like I said before, they are two quite different bands to compare. What's next? Someone will compare Moody Blues and Opeth?  Guess you haven't previously seen this side of the Bobble Heads as micky refers to them.  Hey, I love Genesis too but I don't understand this need to sneer at Pink Floyd.  A bit of an over-reaction. This bobblehead loves some floyd. Echoes has a dreamy laidback vibe and the start is ace, especially the submarine ping...Shine on had one of the best starts of any symphonic prog track. Also I love all of Animals...also a better album than DSOYM by 10 magnitudes...and proper prog...This argument would be duplicated if abacab was in the top rated albums...

rogerthat wrote: Cristi wrote: And here I thought Slayer and Dream Theater fanboys were ridiculous, add Genesis to the list.  Like I said before, they are two quite different bands to compare. What's next? Someone will compare Moody Blues and Opeth?  Guess you haven't previously seen this side of the Bobble Heads as micky refers to them.  Hey, I love Genesis too but I don't understand this need to sneer at Pink Floyd.

A bit of an over-reaction. This bobblehead loves some floyd. Echoes has a dreamy laidback vibe and the start is ace, especially the submarine ping...Shine on had one of the best starts of any symphonic prog track. Also I love all of Animals...also a better album than DSOYM by 10 magnitudes...and proper prog...This argument would be duplicated if abacab was in the top rated albums...

Cristi wrote: And here I thought Slayer and Dream Theater fanboys were ridiculous, add Genesis to the list.  Like I said before, they are two quite different bands to compare. What's next? Someone will compare Moody Blues and Opeth?

And here I thought Slayer and Dream Theater fanboys were ridiculous, add Genesis to the list. 

cstack3 wrote: Foxtrot is prog, DSOM is AOR.   There, I said it.

Aye...MICKY...YO FLOYD FANCHILD....DON'T COME CRYING TO US WHEN YOU START BEING STALKED BY FOXHEAD WOMEN IN RED DRESSES....

micky wrote: on third beer... so on go the caps... GET OFF THE DRUGS GENESIS FANS..  NOT EVEN IN THE SAME LEAGUE!!!!!!! sheesh... I feel better now.. what happened to this forum anyway. We used to have people who knew music.. now we just have fanboys here.  VDGG may give prog a bad name..  but it is Genesis fan that give prog fan a bad name

Foxtrot. Now 29-29.

Whether Dark Side of the Moon, or Bach, has anything to do with Prog would not make any difference to me as the question was stated. I consider Dark Side of the Moon to be more of a classic of rock than Prog. I would expect it to rank very high on many rock lists period, whether classic rock, art rock, mainstream rock or progressive rock. It is considered by many to be a seminal album, it's iconic, and many make very positive associations with it. I don;t know how I;d rank it in my collection, it's not one I've listened to much in years, but it is an album that has been very important in my life (especially as a teenager). Foxtrot is just another Gabriel-era Genesis album to me.   It's not that special to me, others will feel differently.   Now "Supper's Ready" is a huge classic, I'd posit. I wouldn't say that either is generally-speaking inherently superior to the other, and different people will take different approaches.

Sorry for adding in part of one of my earlier posts to this post, slightly edited. It wasn't considered interesting enough to get a response then, and I doubt it would now, but it saves me trying to re-type some of that stuff, and my wife is at me to get down to work.

I do consider Dark Side of the Moon to be the much more remarkable and significant album in the history of rock, music generally, and art. That doesn't make it intrinsically to be of better quality, but Dark Side of the Moon is far more iconic and has had a much greater impact.

I've never much liked Foxtrot. I don't find it to be anything special even just in the Genesis oeuvre. To me it doesn't stand out, other then Supper's Ready, and if we were without it, well, it's not that remarkable or unusual an achievement for Genesis. One could easily substitute Nursery Cryme or Selling England by the Pound, I think. And as art rock, I dig The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

Dark Side of the Moon may not be my favourite Pink Floyd (it has been), but it does still stand out in the discography as it is so iconic, and it gets referenced in popular culture a great deal. It is one of the great works of the second half of the 20th century I'd posit, whereas Foxtrot is just another Gabriel era Genesis album to me, and it happens to be my least liked of those other than the debut. Pink Floyd has many great albums I think, but only one Dark Side of the Moon. I don't feel quite the same about Genesis with Foxtrot.