Best Genesis Studio Album
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Topic: Best Genesis Studio Album
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Best Genesis Studio Album
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 08:43
Settling once and for all!  Simply, what is the best Genesis studio album in your opinion? 
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 11:31
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ATOTT just by a whisker over SEBTP. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 11:35
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Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 11:56
| Foxtrot, above Nursery Cryme. |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 12:09
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1.Foxtrot 2.Trespass 3.Genesis 4.The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 5.Wind and Wuthering 6.Nursery Cryme 7.Selling England by the Pound 8.Duke 9.Abacab 10.A Trick of the Tail ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 12:24
| Lamb by miles. One of the easiest votes I've ever cast on this site. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 12:53
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Selling England By The Pound. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 12:57
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The Lamb followed by Selling England followed by W&W followed by Nursery Cryme. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 13:18
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Selling England ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: the lighthouse keepe
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 13:19
| By a whisker Selling England by the pound, then Trick then Duke.The worst Invisible Touch! (ghastly 80`s pop ) |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 13:20
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And Then There Were Three becouse its so consistent, powerfull and would give a person with synesthesia a powerfull headche, cause its so full of mood abd colours -------------  
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 13:54
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Oh great! A Genesis poll, how good to see one of those once in a while. I bet this thread will spawn another healthy and good discussion! And while we're at it, we might as well create a Genesis vs. Yes poll! That would be totally refreshing! It really warms my heart when I see people discussing those bands, because it's really rare here, you know. Anyway, my vote goes to Selling England by the Pound, but I'm not really a fan of the band. -------------  |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 14:21
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I'm everything but a Genesis fan. The only album I can survive until the end is The Lamb. Honestly not just survive, I like it a lot. I've never understood why SEBTP is so loved, I find it quite boring and I'm used to skip a couple of songs. ------------- 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: brainstormer
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 14:33
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I think from an engineering point of view, if we look at "studio album" in that context, it's pretty interesting. I went with Nursery Cryme because it really first put down the absolutely uniqueness of the band. They seemed to mature in that way. They seemed to get a lot sonically richer around the "Wind and Wuthering" and "And Then There Were Three" stage. Dance on a Volcano and Entangled from "A Trick of the Tail" are also engineering masterpieces. ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 14:40
If you don't like Genesis, and don't want to discuss them or vote in polls about them, I suggest that you simply don't. Oh, and posts like yours doesn't exactly help creating a healthy and good discussion. -------------  
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The-time-is-now wrote:Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 14:44
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No I'm okay with Genesis and discussing it, but I think people tend to overdo these kinds of polls. ------------- |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 14:48
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My fav used to be SEBTP, lately it's Lamb Lies Down. I enjoy pretty much anything by Genesis though (except Calling All Stations). Hon. mention to ATTWT, because a few of those songs are among my favorites they ever did. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 15:08
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Best : Foxtrot, Selling, Lamb or Tail probably
Fave : Foxtrot ------------- |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 15:24
| think Selling Eng and Lamb are pure genius---right now Lamb is my fav--used to be Selling Eng--- |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 15:52
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1. Foxtrot 2. Selling England by the Pound 3. Nursery Cryme 4. Wind and Wuthering 5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 6. A Trick of the Tail 7. Trespass 8. Duke 9. Invisible Touch 10. And Then There Were Three... 11. We Can't Dance 12. Genesis 13. Calling All Stations 14. From Genesis to Revelation 15. Abacab ------------- 
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Posted By: pfloyd
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 16:16
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nursery cryme trespass foxtrot the lamb selling england trick of the tail wind and wuthering ------------- check out my art: http://alexanderbennett33.wixsite.com/portfolio 
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 16:43
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The Lamb. Interesting that it has changed over the years...throughout the 70's and 80's my fave was Nursery Cryme. In the 90's I loved SEBTP, but for the past 10 years or so I can't get enough of The Lamb. ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 16:59
I have it on now. I think it is a great album. (Voted for Nursery Cryme, though  )------------- 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: smartpatrol
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 17:05
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I've never had the patience for And Then There Were Three. Eventually I plan to give it a fair chance, but so far it's always too boring for me
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 17:12
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'Selling England By The Pound', but voted for 'Foxtrot' since it's on the same level for me but unfortunately losing this poll. As for 'And Then There Were Three', it's not a bad album anyway. Already a bit too poppy, but still holds a lot of classic-era Genesis melodism. Definitely the best LP from that infamous and notorious trio. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 17:25
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I didn't mean to say "And Then There Were Three" would be in my top 7 Genesis albums, just that there is a richness to the texture of it that is pretty interesting to fathom. A lot of glissando. Maybe they were trying to "clone Hackett and put it on steroids." I wonder if Voyage actually broke ground as a studio album as far as sonically unique ground in terms of engineering. ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 18:53
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I also love ATTWT, a great album! I would've gone for SEBTP except for the dreadful Battle of Epping Forest(IMO). Never could stand that track. I've always felt it ruined the flow of the album. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 19:02
| It doesn't matter how many of these Genesis polls are made, I'll vote for The Lamb every time. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 19:02
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Trespass (original LP mix)
EDIT: following by SEBTP, ATOTT, W&W, ATTWT, Duke and Abacab
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 20:01
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I love ATTWT. I could vote for Trick or Wind, too, but Tony's keyboard work on ATTWT is like ear candy. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 31 2013 at 20:04
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Foxtrot, followed by Trick of the Tail and Nursery Cryme. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 00:52
| ATOTT. Love the sound of that album. The Lamb is indecipherable to me. Selling England, as all of the Gabriel albums are very good. ATTW3 has a special place as its were I first heard Genesis. The only album that I don't play is the first one. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 06:33
| A Trick Of The Tail, my absolute fav Genesis album ever |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 07:40
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I'd vote for SEBTP but as I love Foxtrot almost the same, my vote goes to Foxtrot this time. And with Lamb and Nursery Cryme almost the par with them.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 08:28
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1 SEBTP 2 Trespass 3 Nursery Cryme 4 Foxtrot 5 LLDOB 6 ATOTT 7 Wind & Wuthering After/before those, no interest. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 08:49
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Fox Selling Nursery Trick Wind Duke Lamb Trespass ------------- 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 08:53
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Invicible nursery fox trick, selling three lamb duke tresspass -------------
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 14:08
| Selling England still gets my vote, but And Then There Were Three and Duke are also good candidates for me. |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 14:24
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I always found Lamb a bit boring and SEBTB even more so. But I'll continue down the predictable path and choose Foxtrot, which I do like, along with Nursery Cryme and Trespass. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/LinusW88" rel="nofollow - Blargh |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 14:54
| Foxtrot |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 17:35
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On any given day I equally like Foxtrot, Cryme, and Selling England......today I'll pick the Pound. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 21:33
| "Wind and Wuthering" would be my personal favorite. I haven't listened to anything after "...And Then There Were Three..." though. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 22:00
| ATTWT is ok but it's missing Hackett and Gabriel---I mean how could it possibly be their best? Plus it;s a clear pivot toward pop. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 22:45
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SEBTP -------------   
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: September 01 2013 at 22:55
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My favorite Genesis is "No Thank You." Really, there's no contest. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 02 2013 at 07:20
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 02 2013 at 07:31
It's not my no. 1 but almost. Yes, it's much less prog, and short songs, but it's intense, great instrumental parts, even by Rutherford, soulful and poetic lyrics, excellent compositions (even when they are songs, not extended prog stuff) and a great variety of subject matter.
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: September 02 2013 at 08:52
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
But Fox, NC, and Selling Eng, are all masterpieces too. ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 02 2013 at 09:59
| The proto neo prog masterpeice that is A Trick Of The Tail |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 02 2013 at 12:50
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^ No wonder i find that record so boring. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 06:30
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I personally find 'Wind & Wuthering' much more entertaining than 'A Trick Of The Tail'. That's pretty strange that ATOAT have gathered three times more votes than W&W. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 07:42
| Interesting to see that 1 person has voted for the debut. |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 07:49
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 07:52
| I think WandW and Trick are both great albums---and listen to both on a regular basis--- |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 10:06
I like Trick definitely more than W&W. I don't find any weak tracks on Trick, but on W&W there are some weaker tracks, I think (though stilll good), like Your Own Special Way, Wot Gorilla and All In A Mouse's Night. This is purely subjective of course, but it's just to say that I do understand the people who vote for ATOTT. W&W is my least favorite Genesis albums from the 1970's (though I still think it's quite good - Genesis didn't make any bad albums in the 1970's)
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Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 10:10
| Nursery Cryme, followed closely by Lamb. Trespass is right up there too. |
Posted By: frankbostick
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 10:26
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Emotionally Nursery Cryme Formally Selling England By The Pound |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 12:07
| Nursery Cryme |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 14:45
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Selling England by the Pound with Gabriel Wind and Wuthering without Gabriel. ABACAB without Hackett ------------- 
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Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 17:20
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Selling England By The Pound. ------------- Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb - Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: September 03 2013 at 23:41
Back in the cassette tape days I'd take the best songs from each one (+ Spot the Pidgeon) to make 1 great post PG w/ Hackett tape. Dance on a Volcano Entangled Mad Man Moon Ripples Match of the Day Inside and Out Eleventh Earl of Mar One for the Vine Blood on the Rooftops Unquiet Slumbers... ...in that Quiet Earth Afterglow ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: kingesis2
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 12:57
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The Trespass cd mix is awful ------------- "Cranberry sauce" The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 13:17
Been on a big Genesis kick lately, and my opinions have changed somewhat: 1.Foxtrot 2.Trespass 3.Nursery Cryme 4.Wind and Wuthering 5.The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 6.Genesis 7.Selling England by the Pound 8.And Then There Were Three 9.A Trick of the Tail 10.Duke ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 13:18
what CD mix are you talking about? The 2008 mix is amazing, but the earlier remixes are very lackluster ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Codera the Great
Date Posted: October 21 2013 at 00:58
| For me, it's Foxtrot, followed closely by Trespass and A Trick of The Tail respectively. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: October 21 2013 at 03:01
Selling England . Isn't this overkilled  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |