Favorite Genesis album?

^ It is an incredible work by the band. I still believe that no band has surpassed Genesis in terms of prog output. Even listening to Trespass still gives me goosebumps after 40 years.

lazland wrote: HarbouringTheSoul wrote: Nursery Cryme or Lamb. Why people like Wind & Wuthering is beyond me. I think it's because it's a fantastic album

The Lamb

Selling England by the Pound :D

Dellinger wrote: Selling England by the Pound. Too bad Battle of Epping Forest is part of that album.

That's the best song on the album!

but Battle of Epping Forest lyrics are hilarious and Gabriel singing that bit about Harold Demure is so funny.

TODDLER wrote: Selling England By The Pound is probably my overall favorite. I am a complete nut and have collected loads of Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett cd's too. I don't listen to Genesis on a regular basis. I find myself going through mood swings and then I will return to their music once again and enjoying it for hours. Very common for proggers like me who in a short time will be in the rest home. I was told over the phone by an old Genesis fanatic friend that the "Genesis Live" had been recently re-released with additional material from the show. I searched Amazon and couldn't find it. Is it a box set? Watcher of the Skies, Get Em' Out By Friday, Return of the Giant Hogweed, Musical Box and The KNife was the original track listing. What has been added to the show?

I don't know about a version of "Genesis Live" with extra songs... but I have the Live Box-set, and that one has Genesis Live, and another live album, Live at the Rainbow (otherwise unavailable, as far as I know) which includes many songs that were not included on Genesis Live, among them "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight", "Cinema Show" and "Supper's Ready". As a matter of fact, I kind of liked the Rainbow album better than Genesis Live, and "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" is so much better than the studio version. I find Collins much more fun to listen live than on studio, too.

Classic Era: Foxtrot

Collins-Banks-Rutherford-Hackett Era: Wind And Wuthering

Three: Man Era: Genesis

I'm a Collins as singer disliker. I do however like (love) Blood on the Rooftops, One for the Vine, Your Own Special Way, and In that Quiet Earth. I do not like Afterglow, Eleventh Earl of Mar, and Wot Gorilla?. The band definitely should have chosen Please Don't Touch over Wot Gorilla?. Most have agreed there is both good and bad on W&W, but choosing it as THE favorite just does not compute for me. What would elevate Wind & Wuthering above Trick of the Tale? This is not to berate anyone. I may be lacking enlightenment. There is a nice and unique overall mood on W&W that I appreciate and that the title of album aptly describes and which transcends even the weak material (this is true for all Genesis albums). Admittedly, the task of choosing a favorite old Genesis album requires some difficult judgement calls. I politely dissed Foxtrot earlier on this thread as the weakest of the Gabriel era. I still think so, but then again that's what I've been listening to and enjoying over the last few days.

HarbouringTheSoul wrote: dennismoore wrote: Wind & Wuthering is brilliant good.  Only some very very biased Peter lovers and Phil haters would not see the obvious allure that is ATOTT & W&W. Well, I'm not a Phil hater and I like Trick a lot. So no, the allure isn't obvious at all.

Hello m8,

Forgive me if I was a bit sharp.


I find your second comment even more amazing as I always thought that AToTT & W&W were perfect
brother & sister albums. So I would think if you enjoy one you would dig the other.  Last week I was blasting the SACD
of Blood on the Rooftops on my 5.1 system and I thought that Steve Hackett was playing in my music room!