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peskypesky 
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Posted: June 15 2008 at 23:49 |
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I'm wondering if other people are like me, in that the first Genesis album I bought (or heard) is still my sentimental favorite.
For me, it was "Seconds Out", which I bought when I was 11 years old, back in 1977. My second album was "Foxtrot" and that's also a fave.
So what was your first Genesis album and what's your favorite?
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Posted: June 15 2008 at 23:57 |
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This might be less likely for the generations that followed, who first heard Abacab. x)
Nursery Cryme is still my favourite and it's the one I first gave serious attention to. I heard others first but they didn't register at all - with Nursery Cryme I was listening voluntarily.
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 00:01 |
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That's a good point you made about the younger folks.
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 00:10 |
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I actually first heard Foxtrot despite being a young bugger. It didn't really catch until I heard Nursery Cryme though. Still I'd have to say my favorite is (so predictably) Selling England By The Pound, although I do spin W&W and Trick Of The Tail quite often. Never managed to get into Trespass.
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 00:20 |
Hmm...
I struggle to remember which album of theirs I heard first. 
It was either Foxtrot or The Lamb...I want to say it was Foxtrot...but I don't know. If it was in fact Foxtrot, then yes. That is my favorite Genesis album nowadays. If not, then no.
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 00:25 |
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Genesis Live First and still my Fav 1974 i think it was i bought it from Woolworth's along with Relics Pink Floyd both for 99p , the following week i went and bought Trespass ( good old Paper round money ) thats always been my Fav studio album
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 00:38 |
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I"m only 18.
First Genesis album I ever heard fully through that 'clicked' with me was Nursery Cryme, and it is still my favorite.
Not the biggest Foxtrot fan, honestly. And I think SEBTP is a bit overlong.
Which is an odd thing to say considering that I also think that TLLDOB is near perfect and is my second favorite Genesis album....
I know, I make no sense...
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I'm a reasonable man, get off my case
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 02:09 |
Why yes the first is my favorite. I havent heard much of Selling England, or Nursery Cryme, but Foxtrot has me hooked.
Get 'Em Out By Friday and Supper's Ready are simply amazing.
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 02:13 |
 Prof. wrote:
Why yes the first is my favorite. I havent heard much of Selling England, or Nursery Cryme, but Foxtrot has me hooked.
Get 'Em Out By Friday and Supper's Ready are simply amazing. |
Don't forget Can-Utility!
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 02:21 |
King By-Tor wrote:
Prof. wrote:
Why yes the first is my favorite. I havent heard much of Selling England, or Nursery Cryme, but Foxtrot has me hooked.
Get 'Em Out By Friday and Supper's Ready are simply amazing. |
Don't forget Can-Utility!
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Well Watcher Of The Skies is Also great. I just didnt want to list every song.
Edited by Prof. - June 16 2008 at 02:22
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 02:21 |
What about Horizons and Timetable? 
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 02:23 |
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What about them? Are they great, yes.
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 02:25 |
 There, I made you reference the whole album. 
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 02:25 |
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Aye, but I didnt in one post, that means I win....something.
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 02:35 |
No as a fact just the contrary, I heard Selling England and A Trick ofvthe Tail almost simultaneously and:
1.- SEBTP is by far my least favorite Gabe era Prog album.
2.- ATOTT is my least favorite Genesis Prog album even much further than SEBTP.
Note: I don't consider any post W&W album Prog and to be honest, neither consider any of them remotely good.
My list goes in order:
- Foxtrot & Nursery Cryme (A perfect tie)
- Trespass
- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- Selling England by the Pound
- Wind & Wuthering
- A Trick of the Tail
- From Genesis to the Revelation
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - June 16 2008 at 02:43
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 03:24 |
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For me actually, it used to be...but I've FINALLY decided that Foxtrot is ever so slightly inferior to Selling England (my first and second purchases respectively).
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 03:31 |
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England was my first on the rec of a veteran proggie and I wasn't thrilled with it.. now I love it
from there I think it was Cryme, Trot, Lamb, Live, Trespass, Tail, Wind, Abacab, ATTWT, Three Sides, Duke
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 03:37 |
Well, I only have:
'Trot
England
Live
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'Pass,
so I'm hardly in any state to admit authenticity. I reckon I like Live under England and Foxyladay, then Trespass. Too much Moody Blues and immature Gabriel solo sounding stuff on that one; not enough of the "classic Genesissy" sound.
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 03:41 |
 I'm not the only one who wasn't thrilled with Trespass? I can only think of White Mountain that I really like off that album. Although, listening to Firth Of Fifth right now is making for a very high bar to pass to be memorable.
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 03:44 |
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oh I think Trespass is an amazing album, one of the best in prog
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