Favourite Debut Solo Album (Genesis)
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Topic: Favourite Debut Solo Album (Genesis)
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Favourite Debut Solo Album (Genesis)
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 14:56
Hi, I noticed that all of the former Genesis band members pretty much all went off to make great/successful albums (especially the first 4 listed). Just wanted to know which is your favourite of all of them  Personally, mine is The Geese And The Ghost - I loved Anthony Phillip's contribution to the first 2 Genesis albums.Thanks for any feedback!
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 14:57
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Hackett for sure with Phillips close behind. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: JesusisLord
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 15:14
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Geese is a fine album, but nothing on this list comes close to the majesty that is VOTA.. ------------- And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:11 |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 15:14
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I like them all, but Ant's first effort is extremely special.
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 15:32
They are all good--voted for Steve---so much talent in one group.
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 16:01
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Steve, Mike, Anthony, Peter, Tony, Phil, in that order. ------------- 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: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 16:06
| Ant and Hackett are very close. While Hackett's is much prog and complex in term of musical ideas, Ant's output is more emotional and intense IMO. I will choose The Geese and the Ghost because of the emotions I feel when I listen to it ! |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 16:28
| A curious feeling, pure symphonic |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 16:40
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Tie Voyage/Geese ------------- |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 16:41
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VotA, with Smallcreep's Day as recond. ------------- 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 18:06
I honestly equally like Gabriel and Hackett's first ....can't choose ...........so I flipped a coin and Gabriel won.
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 18:30
Tough to choose, love them all except Face Value...gonna go with Hackett as the others all have a couple songs I'm not crazy about but Acolyte is great all the way through 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 18:32
Hackett, hands down. How is it 'Face Value' has no votes  - honestly, it's not a bad album (at least I prefer it to Banks' and Gabriel's first solo albums).
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Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 19:11
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Geese and Ghost is one of my all-time favorites, esp side 1 (on vinyl, of course), so I voted for it. But I love Voyage of the Acolyte a lot too. Fortunately other voters are giving it the votes it deserves.
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 20:20
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Tough one! The Geese and The Ghost > Peter Gabriel > Voyage of The Acolyte > Smallcreep's Day > Face Value > A Curious Feeling ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 20:26
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 21:00
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Steve Hackett Voyage of the Acolyte
------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 21:52
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Voyage, although all are good to great IMO. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 00:09
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No contest! Voyage of the Acolyte.
Guess what? My runner-up's Face Value. Yep! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 00:33
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They are all excellent....ALL of them
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Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 08:17
| Banks, Hackett, Collins, Rutherford, Gabriel, Phillips in that order. Not a clunker here although I never understood the very high esteem for Geese and the Ghost. I'll have to play it again. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 08:32
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Even Face Value is not bad (at least two songs aren't). In the lot the one I loke most, not necessarily the best, is Smallcreep's Day ------------- 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: Wanorak
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 11:02
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Come on guys enough of the Collins hate, Face Value is a very good album, just not as progressive as the rest. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 11:39
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Car is probably the coolest, I could never really get into Acolyte besides the ending song which is perfect
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 12:11
BTW...the Wiki article about him claims that he's often cited as the 'most hated man in rock'.
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Wanorak wrote:Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 12:29
| Can't get over the lack of love for ACF. Is it that you don't care for this album or Hackett's, Gabriel's and Phillip's are so good? |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 13:26
I feel this way also. Both are quite different from each other, but extremely beautiful, and true masterpieces IMHO. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:11
"In The Air Tonight" "Behind The Lines" "I Missed Again" Those three songs alone make it a great album. Yes, it's "mainstream" music, and there's nothing wrong with that. Think of all those sub-par prog bands that recorded albums stuffed with all the right sounds ('Tron, Gibson guitar, Rick bass) and boring songs. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:30
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Face Value.
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Posted By: Daysbetween
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 17:27
| Voted for Gabriel but it could have been Hackett on another night. I also like and own the Ant Phillips album but don't own the others having heard them and passed on purchasing them. |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 19:53
Same with me. I remember liking Smallcreep's day, but I haven't listened to it for a long while and can't hardly remember it. Scratch, Melt, and Security are my favorite Gabriel albums. |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 19:59
Great album, with great songs, as other Phil's albums.
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Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 20:04
That's because most people don't know who Peter Cetera is ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/thamazingbender" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 20:54
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"Most hated man in rock"? I thought Axl Rose wore that crown...with none to challenge him! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 20:56
 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 23:45
^ Hey  - ease up, they're both great musicians/singers, just Pete took a wrong turn somewhere along the way......
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Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 01:52
| Voyage Of The Acolyte - Steve Hackett |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 10:53
| Face Value is my favourite from here, and the only of his solo albums I liked. If you had asked favourite progressive album I would have said VOTA, then TGATG, and ACF. Haven't heard Smallcreep's Day. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 16:40
yup! and glorious artwork! A proper mention about Rutherford's jewel! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: December 03 2013 at 00:30
| Tough choice for me since I really like both Geese and ghost and VotA. However, I went with the debut PG album. I like the diversity on it. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 03 2013 at 10:39
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: December 03 2013 at 10:56
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Wow! The top 4 are all very close for me. Probably Face Value > Voyage of the Acolyte > Car > Geese and the Ghost. But Face Value and Voyage will always flip back and forth for first place. What a great set of debuts! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 01:35
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`Voyage' gets my vote, just as good as anything Genesis did in that 70's period. But damn did Hackett fall far with that follow-up `Please Don't Touch' album.....God, what a piece of dross that was, one of the poorest albums I own.
But `Ghost and the Geese' is sublime, pretty sure Gabriel's 1st one is good, just haven't heard it in about 15 years. `Face Value' is not too bad either for what it is. But I've never heard either `A Curious Feeling' or `Smallcreep's Day' - are they worth bothering with? 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 13:23
| ^ I used to have them both - Smallcreeps had a side-long suite which was pretty decent, I just couldn't stand the vocalist, the sound is akin to 'Abacab' from memory. Curious Feeling was O.K. but I didn't find it that amazing. Can't remember the singer - Kim Beacon comes to mind. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:34
| I love Gabriel's debut album , more so than PG3. Steve's debut never really floated my boat and I don't have the others |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 05 2013 at 02:43
| Supporting Tony Banks here, though Hackett and Rutherford also delivered some great stuff |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 05 2013 at 02:54
^ That sounds like a Hackett solo! (The word, not the meaning!) I'll add that I like all four of his first solos up through Defector before things detour into "YMMV" territory.------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: December 05 2013 at 11:36
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I could either go with Voyage or Car voted for Mr. Gabriel ------------- Prog On! |