Here's a Gabriel-Era Genesis Question for You...

And are you, people of the prog, aware of the fact that there's a Ukrainian network of shops of electronics and home appliances named Foxtrot? It was named quite after the album we all know and love. Even the majority of the workers of that company have no idea about the origins of their name, as far as I know. But I once read a newspaper interview of the widow of one of its co-founders. She said, he liked Genesis and Peter Gabriel, hence the name of the company... 

Timetable.
Understated, but beautiful.
Also Can-utility and After the ordeal.get an honourable mention.

Best (My most enjoyed) - The Lamia
Best (most progressive/avannt-garde piece) - The Waiting Room
Best (piece of writing) - After the Ordeal
Best (performance and contribution from all 5 members) - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
Best (most representative of what Gabriel/Hackett era was all about) - The Musical Box
Best (most representative of what Gabriel/Phillips era was all about) - Stagnation
Best (most grandiose orchestral vibe) - Fountain of Salmacis

thief wrote: In our series of polls, Firth of Fifth got the 2nd place. My pick is The Cinema Show though. Basically the same level of awesome + extremely satisfying guitar licks + great atmosphere + perfect finisher + that extended Banks solo towards the end is so potent that it creates worlds each time I listen to it. Def Banks best moment. (Firth is great too but I listened to it a hundred times too many I guess!)

Sacro_Porgo wrote: Frenetic Zetetic wrote: Sacro_Porgo wrote: Hrychu wrote: I REALLY like Time Table. Me too. Likewise! The entire album is a favorite, if I must be honest though . Prog perfection! I still think More Fool Me tarnishes SEBTP from having an absolutely perfect score. It still boggles my mind that they threw that on there. In any other situation, literally, that would be fine, but on this album..?! I don't know, I find it rather charming. Phil really is a very pretty singer and the acoustics have never sounded more lovely. I look at it as an intermission of sorts, between the dazzling end of the first act (FoF) and the frantic start of the second (BoEF). Especially if you're on CD or digital, it's good to have a little breather in there between such mind bending epics.

Sacro_Porgo wrote: Hrychu wrote: I REALLY like Time Table. Me too.

When I was starting to know Genesis and prog, I would have easily gone with Firth of Fifth (perhaps even over Supper's Ready), now even though it might actually be the correct answer, I would have a hard time choosing between it and Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (and Supper's Ready).

1. The Musical Box

I REALLY like Time Table.

After much thought, I'd say "Can Utility and the Coastliners." 

Edited by cstack3 - December 06 2020 at 23:29