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    Posted: August 04 2023 at 12:18
These "Rank The Tracks" lists that keep popping up from days of yore are a lot fun, but let's now be gluttons for punishment and really challenge ourselves with the 23 tracks from Genesis's double album masterpiece!

(Helpful hint for those who are struggling: start by ranking the songs from each individual album side, and go from there!)

1. In the Cage
2. The Carpet Crawlers (or, "Carpet Crawl" if you prefer)
3. The Colony of Slippermen
4. Riding the Scree
5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
6. Broadway Melody of 1974
7. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
8. Back in NYC
9. The Light Dies Down on Broadway
10. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats
11. The Chamber of 32 Doors
12. Fly on a Windshield
13. Lilywhite Lilith
14. Anyway
15. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
16. IT
17. Cuckoo Cocoon
18. Hairless Heart
19. Counting Out Time
20. In the Rapids
21. The Lamia
22. Ravine
23. The Waiting Room

Have fun!


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Anders Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2023 at 14:09
1 The Carpet Crawlers
2 The Waiting Room
3 The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
4 In the Cage
5 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
6 Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats
7 Back in NYC
8 The Lamia
9 Anyway
10 Riding the Scree
11 Fly on a Windshield
12 Broadway Melody of 1974
13 Lilywhite Lilith
14 Cuckoo Cocoon
15 Counting Out Time
16 The Light Dies Down on Broadway
17 In the Rapids
18 Hairless Heart
19 The Chamber of 32 Doors
20 Ravine
21 IT
22 The Colony of Slippermen
23 Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sean Trane Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2023 at 17:00
No order inside the stars (the numbers are from the poster above me)


StarStarStarStarStar
1 The Carpet Crawlers
2 The Waiting Room
3 The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
11 Fly on a Windshield
12 Broadway Melody of 1974
19 The Chamber of 32 Doors
15 Counting Out Time

StarStarStarStar
8 The Lamia
22 The Colony of Slippermen
4 In the Cage

No StarStarStar

StarStar
5 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
9 Anyway
13 Lilywhite Lilith
14 Cuckoo Cocoon
7 Back in NYC
16 The Light Dies Down on Broadway
23 Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
18 Hairless Heart

Star
10 Riding the Scree
17 In the Rapids
20 Ravine
21 IT




the worst (by far)
6 Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats



As you can tell, I'm definitely into the first disc and could do without most of the second disc.

The Lamb might've gained being a single album (as ost concept double albums)



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keep our sand-castle virtues
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as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Carpet Crawlers
Fly on the Windshield
Broadway Melody of 1974
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway/The Light Dies Down on Broadway
Back in NYC
Hairless Heart

I don't really care for the rest of the album. 
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I'll do a top ten, 'The Single Album''

Back In NYC (5.42)
Carpet Crawlers (5.15)
In The Cage (8.15)
The Chamber Of 32 Doors (5.40)
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (4.50)
The Colony Of Slippermen (8.13)
The Lamia (6.57)
Riding The Scree (3.57)
It (4.15)
Fly On A Windshield (4.23)




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1. Carpet Crawlers
2. Back In N.Y.C.
3. In the Cage
4. The Lamia
5. The Chamber of 32 Doors
6. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
7. The Waiting Room
8. It
9. The Colony of Slippermen
10. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
11. Fly On a Windshield
12. Hairless Heart
13. In the Rapids
14. The Light Dies Down On Broadway
15. Anyway
16. Counting Out Time
17. Riding the Scree
18. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
19. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
20. Broadway Melody of 1974
21. Lilywhite Lilith
22. Cuckoo Cocoon
23. Ravine
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01. Riding the Scree
02. The Colony of Slippermen
03. In the Cage
04. Fly On a Windshield
05. Back In N.Y.C.
06. The Chamber of 32 Doors
07. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
08. Carpet Crawlers
09. Lilywhite Lilith
10. The Lamia
11. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
12. Broadway Melody of 1974
13. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
14. Anyway
15. The Waiting Room
16. Counting Out Time
17. In the Rapids
18. The Light Dies Down On Broadway
19. Ravine
20. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
21. Cuckoo Cocoon
22. Hairless Heart
23. It

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1. The Colony Of Slippermen
2. Back In N.Y.C.
3. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
4. The Lamia
5. Riding The Scree
6. In The Cage
7. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
8. The Carpet Crawlers
9. The Chamber Of 32 Doors
10. it.
11. The Light Dies Down On Broadway
12. Hairless Heart
13. Cuckoo Cocoon
14. Fly On A Windshield
15. Counting Out Time
16. Broadway Melody Of 1974
17. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
18. The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging
19. Anyway
20. Lilywhite Lilith
21. The Waiting Room
22. In The Rapids
23. Ravine
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I remember an excerpt from a Tony Banks interview about TLLDOB published in 1974 before the Lamb official release.
"our next album will be double and formed of a 23-section suite as Supper's ready has 7"

Personally, I have always considered TLLDOB as a whole in four tableaux (the 4 sides whose lengths were limited only by the technology available back then) with of course a lot of key highlights.

So no need for me to rank The lamb epic.

Edited by mellotronwave - August 05 2023 at 06:01
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The Lamb is my favorite album of all-time. This is going to be so hard to do . . . 

01. The Lamia
02. (tie: would never consider playing one without the others) Ravine / The Light Dies Down On Broadway / Riding the Scree / In the Rapids
03. (tie: would never consider playing one without the others) Lilywhite Lilith / The Waiting Room / Anyway / Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
04. (tie: would never consider playing one without the others) Fly On a Windshield / Broadway Melody of 1974 / Cuckoo Cocoon
05. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
06. (tie: would never consider playing the one without the others) Hairless Heart / Counting Out Time / Carpet Crawl / The Chamber of 32 Doors
07. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
08. Back In N.Y.C. 
09. The Colony of Slippermen
10. It
11. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
12. In the Cage

There. That feels right.



Edited by BrufordFreak - August 05 2023 at 06:31
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1-2. Fly on a Windshield / Broadway Melody of 1974
3. Riding the Scree
4. The Colony of Slippermen
5. The Lamia
6. The Waiting Room
7. In the Cage
8. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
9. Anyway
10. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
11. Hairless Heart
12. Lilywhite Lilith
13. The Chamber of 32 Doors
14. The Light Dies Down on Broadway
15. The Carpet Crawlers
16. Here Comes the Supernatural Anesthetist
17. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats
18. In the Rapids
19. It
20. Ravine
21. Cuckoo Cocoon
22. Back in N.Y.C.
23. Counting Out Time

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frets N Worries Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2023 at 12:03
Not a lot of love for IT it seems (no pun intended, also this post marks 1000 points, which is cool)

I quite love that track, top 5 off the album for me
The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

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