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Xonty 
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Joined: June 23 2013 Location: Cornwall Status: Offline Points: 1759 |
 Topic: Genesis Studio Albums - Best To WorstPosted: March 22 2014 at 15:53 |
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Hey, just wanted to see everyone's favourite to least favourite Genesis (studio) albums. It's probably been done on PA some time but can't find it, so I'd like to what yours are!
 If you haven't heard all of them, just list the ones you have. Anyway, mine are:1. Trespass (10/10) 2. Foxtrot (10/10) 3. Selling England By The Pound (10/10) 4. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (10/10) 5. From Genesis To Revelation (10/10 - yes really!) 6. Nursery Cryme (9/10) 7. Duke (9/10) 8. A Trick Of The Tail (8/10) 9. Wind And Wuthering (8/10) 10. And Then There Were Three (8/10) 11. Invisible Touch (7/10) 12. We Can't Dance (6/10) 13. Genesis (6/10) 14. Abacab (6/10) 15. Calling All Stations (4/10) Once again, thanks for any feedback
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lazland
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Joined: October 28 2008 Location: Wales Status: Online Points: 13795 |
Posted: March 22 2014 at 16:40 |
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Well, this has been done something like a whole load of times (the search thing is crap!), but a Genesis list is always worth responding to
 1. Nursery Cryme. The archetypal English prog album 2. Duke. The archetypal prog pop rock album 3. Foxtrot. The realisation of a musical dream and genius on record. Stratton Smith adored it, for good reason. 4. Selling England. The achingly gorgeous paeon to a soon to be lost England. 5. Trick of the Tail. Finest recovery from disaster of all time, 6. Trespass. They were kids, for f**ks sake. just kids. Incredible, really. 7. Wind & Wuthering. That wall of sound. It moves me enormously to this day. 8. Abacab. There are some deliciously dark moments on this. 9. The Lamb. Flawed genius, but genius nonetheless. 10. ATTWT. That wall of sound. Expanded, with one person removed. Far better than most people state. 11. We Can't Dance. Fading Lights, No Son of Mine, need I say more? Some exceptional music on this. 12. Invisible Touch. Domino and Brazilian especially, with some very clever pop rock. 13. Calling All Stations. I really wish Banks and Rutherford had stuck with this. Far better than merely a one album lineup. 14. Genesis. Great first side. Probably the worst second side in prog history. 15. To Revelation. It shows its age and immaturity. Bags of potential, though
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Stardust
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Joined: February 26 2014 Status: Offline Points: 22 |
Posted: March 22 2014 at 17:31 |
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Genesis' albums? From best to worst? ...okay, I think I can do this!
1: Genesis (Surprised?) 2: Selling England By The Pound (Genesis (album) just beats this album by a super-tiny margin) 3: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis with a bang and gives us the best concept album ever) 4: Foxtrot (Best opening song and ending song by Genesis is on this album) 5: A Trick Of The Tail (Gabriel or no Gabriel, this album is still a masterpiece) 6: Nursery Cryme (The Musical Box, The Return Of The Giant Hogsweed AND The Fountain Of Salmacis all on one album?! I'm sold) 7: Abacab (Experimental synthpop mixed with pseudoprog elements? I can go with this. And the result is amazing) 8: And Then There Were Three (Very underrated. Deserves much better. So much better than that nauseating synthfest that was the previous album and we get to that album later) 9: Invisible Touch (Excellent songs mixed in with some crap) 10: Duke (And suddenly Genesis turns into pseudoprog. And it's okay. Very close to being great) 11: From Genesis To Revelation (Terrible production but the songs? Pop perfection) 12: We Can't Dance (First four songs are excellent. The others are utter garbage) 13: Trespass (For the most part, boring as all hell. The Knife saves the album, though) 14: Wind & Wuthering (50 minutes of nauseating Banksynths and terrible, terrible songs) 15: Calling All Stations (What the hell is THIS sh*t? Cosmic rock lullabys? Is this even supposed to be music?) |
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Ethos
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Posted: March 22 2014 at 17:49 |
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1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (wore that one out in the 70's) 2. Foxtrot (greatest song ever, Supper's Ready) 3. Nursery Cryme 4. Selling England By The Pound 5. Trespass 6. Wind & Wuthering 7. A Trick of the Tale 8. And Then There Were Three 9. The rest... Last two From Genesis to Revelation Calling All Stations |
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: March 22 2014 at 19:10 |
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1: Nursery Cryme
2: THe Lamb 3: Foxtrot 4: Trespass 5: Selling England 6: And then there were three... 7: A Trick 8: W & W 9: Abacab 10: Duke the rest |
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zravkapt
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Posted: March 22 2014 at 19:13 |
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Foxtrot
A Trick Of The Tail The Lamb SEBTP Nursery Cryme Wind & Wuthering Trespass Duke Abacab Invisible Touch ...And Then There Were Three s/t Calling All Stations We Can't Dance From Genesis To Revelation |
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Slartibartfast
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Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
Posted: March 23 2014 at 12:50 |
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I can't do this, they all occupy tiers.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Metalmarsh89
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Joined: January 15 2013 Location: Oregon, USA Status: Offline Points: 2673 |
Posted: March 23 2014 at 13:32 |
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Foxtrot
Selling England by the Pound Trespass A Trick of the Tail Wind and Wuthering Nursery Cryme The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Invisible Touch Genesis Abacab I'm not familiar enough with any of their other albums. |
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smartpatrol
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Joined: April 15 2012 Location: My Bedroom Status: Offline Points: 14169 |
Posted: March 23 2014 at 15:50 |
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Five stars:
Foxtrot > Nursery Cryme > Trespass > The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway > Duke > A Trick of the Tail > Genesis > Wind and Wuthering > ...And Then There Were Three... Four and a half stars: Selling England by the Pound > Abacab Four stars: Invisible Touch Three stars: From Genesis to Revelations Two and a half stars: We Can't Dance Haven't heard all the way thru but heard enough to know it's among their worst: Calling All Stations |
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richh
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 19:18 |
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For Me:
Trick The Lamb Selling England Nursery Foxtrot Wind Duke Trespass Calling Genesis Invisible We Can't Dance Abacab And Then There Were Three I can say for my list I think Trick through Foxtrot, those lp's are flawless. Wind is pretty close to flawless, maybe a little lyrical weakness on Mouses night but the music is great. Duke is really superb. As for the rest I like them all but they have their weaker moments but great upsides as well, The Knife, Domino, Home by the Sea, Driving the Last Spike, Dividing Line, Fading Lights... IMHO they really only have two awful songs, I Can't Dance and Who Dunnit. I put Abacab and Then Then There Were Three at the bottom because they missed that one thing that made Genesis great, a proggy song of length. I omitted Revelations because I have not heard it in years, having said that I know I liked it and it was certainly different from the sound they eventually came up with! |
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Mirror Image
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Joined: December 13 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2111 |
Posted: April 04 2014 at 22:30 |
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I didn't care for Genesis once Tony, Phil, and Mike gave into commercialism, so I don't count their endeavors as part of the progressive rock continuum. This said, I love Nursery Cryme through Wind & Wuthering and it would be foolish of me to even try and put them in any kind of favorite order.
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Tom Ozric
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Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15926 |
Posted: April 04 2014 at 22:58 |
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Trick
Nursery Trespass Foxtrot Selling England Lamb Wind And Then... Duke Genesis FGTR We Can't Dance Abacab Invisible Touch Calling........ |
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
Posted: April 05 2014 at 06:49 |
It was my favorite Genesis album when it came out. I still think it's a decent album, but it's not in my top 10 anymore. Here is my list: 1. Selling England By The Pound 2. And Then There Were Three 3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4. Duke 5. Nursery Cryme 6. Trespass 7. Foxtrot 8. A Trick Of The Tail 9. Wind And Wuthering 10. Abacab 11. Genesis 12. Invisible Touch 13. We Can't Dance 14. From Genesis To Revelation 15. Calling All Stations |
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dr wu23
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Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20661 |
Posted: April 05 2014 at 11:10 |
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Selling England
Foxtrot
Nursery Cryme
Trespass
Trick of the Tail
Wind and Wuthering
Lamb
after that it really doesn't matter to me...........
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Blacksword
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Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: April 14 2014 at 04:43 |
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A trick of the tail
Foxtrot The Lamb Wind & Wuthering ATTWT SEBTP Trespass Duke Nursery Cryme Genesis Abacab Invisible Touch We Can't dance Calling stations |
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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iluvmarillion
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Joined: February 09 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 3247 |
Posted: April 14 2014 at 06:18 |
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Selling England
Foxtrot Trespass
Nursery Cryme Trick of the Tail Wind and Wuthering Lamb Duke after that it really doesn't matter to me........... |
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ExittheLemming
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Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11420 |
Posted: April 14 2014 at 06:46 |
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I mean yer limited to what you own?
Foxtrot Live (1973) Selling England By the Pound A Trick of the Tail The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Nursery Cryme Trespass And Then There Were Three |
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Catcher10
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VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 17966 |
Posted: April 14 2014 at 09:41 |
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Too easy...they all fall in the Best category
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: April 14 2014 at 22:45 |
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1. Foxtrot 2. A Trick of the Tail 3. Nursery Cryme 4. Selling England by the Pound 5. Wind and Wuthering 6. Seconds Out 7. Live (1973) 8. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 9. Trespass 10. And Then There Were Three 11. Duke The rest don't matter.
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Mirror Image
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Joined: December 13 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2111 |
Posted: April 14 2014 at 22:49 |
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Here are the albums I do like by Genesis:
EVERYTHING from Nursery Cryme through Wind & Wuthering. Now the tricky part of all of this is trying to get these albums into some kind of order... This may take me awhile.
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