What was the first Genesis album you heard?

Heard Genesis on the radio and MTV growing up in the 80's, and it seemed to embody everything I hated about pop music of that era (Gabriel's stuff I found more interesting, but still didn't make a big impression).  Around '89 or '90, a friend told me that Gabriel used to sing for Genesis and Collins was the drummer and they made "good" music (as opposed to the 80's stuff we hated).  I was skeptical, but came upon Genesis Live in a local CD shop and was intrigued enough by what he had told me, as well as the cover pictures, to give it a try (I also preferred my first listens of bands to be live performances, back then).  From the first minutes of Watcher I was blown away.  Always loved how the bass and guitar are so up front in that recording.

Gerinski wrote: Junges wrote: himtroy wrote: Selling England by the Pound is the only album by them I've ever heard and that was about half a year ago at the insistence of people from this board.  It did nothing for me, so that closes the book on that band for me. I listened to all their so acclaimed "classics" and they also did nothing for me. No offence, everybody is free to like whatever they like, but I wonder what kind of prog fans are you who do not like Genesis at all? which kind of prog do you like?

First Genesis album I ever heard?

Battlement by Neuschwanstein

Snow Dog wrote: So there you have it. genesis were always a pop band.

himtroy wrote: Snow Dog wrote: So there you have it. genesis were always a pop band. Hey, I said that I understand that it's subjective..

Well, to be fair to this viewpoint, I can quite easily see how Genesis got to their 80's sound, by listening to the early 70's stuff.  There is most certainly a Beatles influence there (and Gabriel had an interest in R&B, at least in the early days), so the "poppy" sound is most definitely there in there early albums.  Quite possibly has a lot to do with their appeal, I would say, at least for me having been a huge Beatles fan in my youth (pre-teen years). 

Of course, to say there were "just" a pop band, is ridiculous.  They were far far more than that (I wouldn't have liked them at all if that were the case, and I've never been able to tolerate the 80's and 90's material at all).  Also, the pop elements they used were what I think most here would call "intelligent" pop, and not mass appeal type.

So basically, I disagree with the notion that they were always a pop band, but can understand the idea that someone is turned off by "pop elements" in their early work.

I got a sampling of Genesis from a friend in high school. Then bought Selling England by the Pound and now also own Foxtrot. I think I prefer Foxtrot, but Genesis is only alright in my books. And I don't mind the poppy 80's Genesis I've heard on the radio!

Duke

Selling England by the Pound, early December 1999. Hated it first listen, loved it by the third, was an all-time favorite album by listen five.

I am not sure which one I heard first; the first I can remember hearing is "The Lamb" just after it came out. I was five years old then. But since I always hung around my big brother who is ten years older than I am there may have been another first.
I really liked the the first live album of Genesis, especially the quiet passage of "The Knife". Those guitar sounds in that passage gave me a chill.

My first Genesis album was lent to me by my guitar teacher who wanted to "school" me in good music.  It was Genesis Live.  Despite the lack of involved album graphics, I was transfixed by the weird story about the man who takes off his skin and also the songs were really good.  I especially liked Musical Box and The Knife, but I also thought Get Em Out by Friday had some good bits.