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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 02 2017 at 17:21
I still love A Trick Of Tail.

The album is perfect to me. Flawless masterpiece.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 02 2017 at 17:33
Selling England By the Pound one of top symphonic prog albums !!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 02 2017 at 17:33
Nursery Cryme for The Musical Box
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2017 at 16:00
Foxtrot.  Rutherford is on fire, the compositions are sublime, and gems like "Can and the Utility Coastliners" amaze.  
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THIS ONE!!!!!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2017 at 17:45
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

I still love A Trick Of Tail.

The album is perfect to me. Flawless masterpiece.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2017 at 18:05
Foxtrot and Trespass are the ones I listen to the most often.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2017 at 18:57
foxtrot no doubt at all
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2017 at 19:19
Seriously. Selling England By The Pound. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2017 at 12:21
-foxtrot
-selling england by the pound
-the lamb lies down on broadway

i think foxtrot still has that little bit of naivete that balances the music and makes it sound perfect.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2017 at 15:52
Definitely a toss between "Lamb..." and "Selling England By the Pound", LLDOB was the first Genesis album I heard and it's probably up in my top ten faves by anyone ever, period (depending on the mood of the day haha). But I have to admit, although I've worn at least two copies out each on vinyl, cassette, 8 track and CD over the years of Lamb, SEBTP is probably "technically" the better album of the two. 

Listening to either of them all the way through however, still blows my mind 44 years later.Shocked
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2017 at 16:34
Duke. While the era of Gabriel is the pinnacle of prog perfection, Duke holds a very special place in my heart. 

I definitely think it's Phil's best album from a vocal perspective and the best vocal Genesis album overall. The Duke Suite is a pure masterpiece that rivals even the great Supper's Ready. Even the (IMO) weakest song on the track, Please Don't Ask, I simply can't convince myself to skip it. Cul de Sac and Man of Our Times are very underrated tracks as well. 

It's got a lot of that well layered prog goodness that Genesis had been known for, with a twist of pop sensibilities. The perfect middle ground between 70's prog-laden Genesis and the excellent pop age that would soon follow. 

It beat out the Lamb by a hair. I think the compactness and driving vocals on Duke separate it from everything else. Lamb wins on concept, but it's main flaw derives from the 2nd side of the album where a few songs I find sometimes skipworthy. It's a bit unfair, but I have to nitpick to separate two albums that are this close. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2017 at 02:29
Either Lamb or Duke for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2017 at 17:14
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

I still love A Trick Of Tail.

The album is perfect to me. Flawless masterpiece.


Same here. I like all their albums up thru Duke but A Trick of the Tail was the album that made me a diehard Genesis fan.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2017 at 03:07
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2017 at 09:40
I’m not sure about ‘best’ but The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is my favorite without a doubt.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2017 at 09:45
Originally posted by Albert the Duke Albert the Duke wrote:

Duke. While the era of Gabriel is the pinnacle of prog perfection, Duke holds a very special place in my heart. 

I definitely think it's Phil's best album from a vocal perspective and the best vocal Genesis album overall. The Duke Suite is a pure masterpiece that rivals even the great Supper's Ready. Even the (IMO) weakest song on the track, Please Don't Ask, I simply can't convince myself to skip it. Cul de Sac and Man of Our Times are very underrated tracks as well. 

It's got a lot of that well layered prog goodness that Genesis had been known for, with a twist of pop sensibilities. The perfect middle ground between 70's prog-laden Genesis and the excellent pop age that would soon follow. 

It beat out the Lamb by a hair. I think the compactness and driving vocals on Duke separate it from everything else. Lamb wins on concept, but it's main flaw derives from the 2nd side of the album where a few songs I find sometimes skipworthy. It's a bit unfair, but I have to nitpick to separate two albums that are this close. 

I never have understood the appeal of Duke. Post-Hackett Genesis has very little appeal to me anyway.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2017 at 09:47
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

I still love A Trick Of Tail.

The album is perfect to me. Flawless masterpiece.

I beg to differ. A Trick of the Tail had a few weaker moments. Most notably Robbery, Assault, and Battery and the title track never quite worked for me. Ripples and Entangled are my favorites from Trick.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2018 at 18:30
Time to resurrect this thread for any newcomers - I praised 'Trick of The Tale' as the best non-Gabriel album, and I'd add 'Duke' to the best non-Hackett album. However, I do change my mind regularly over the best 'classic' album. At present I go for 'Foxtrot' followed by 'Selling...", then 'Lamb...", 'Nursery Cryme' and 'Trespass' - but the margins are rather small? Any new opinions out there?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2018 at 18:35
Selling England by The Pound, for me, far and away.

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