Best song off of Abacab
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Topic: Best song off of Abacab
Posted By: criticdrummer94
Subject: Best song off of Abacab
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 19:20
 maybe their most hated record but I wanted to see where people stand on this album. I'm curious to see if Who Dunnit? gets any votes -------------  
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 20:10
| I don't hate the record---voted Dodo--but Me and Sarah Jane was a close second. |
Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 20:54
| Went for Dodo, but No Reply is a close second (perhaps the best "pop" song they did, IMO) |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 20:57
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Dodo by far, a very fun track. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 21:49
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Dodo/Lurker. One of my least favourites from the 80's, but worse than Invisible Touch? No.
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 23:42
Dodo/Lurker!!! I actually quite like this album  ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 00:47
I like this album too. Just reading the reviews of it, I thought most people on here DREAD this one -------------
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Wanorak wrote:Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 03:03
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 03:18
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Me & Sarah Jane gets my vote.
I really like 'Keep it Dark' too.. I think it's a better album than Genesis and Invisible Touch. I've only come round to that way of thinking in recent years. I used to hate it. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 03:38
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Abacab. I won't vote for Who dunnit although I do like it. Not my favourite though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 03:45
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 07:44
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Dodo/Lurker by a long, long distance. The title track is good, but sounds unfinished (I prefer the Three Sides Live version). Keep It Dark and Another Record are decent, but the remainder isbelow average. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 09:46
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I used to like Abacab a lot, even though it's not one of my favorite albums anymore. I chose "Me And Sarah Jane". There's an ace live version of Abacab though on Three Sides Live, but as it comes to the studio versions: the girl with the invented name. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 10:38
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I think it's a fantastic album. Me & Sarah Jane gets the vote. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 13:07
| Now, this is one album I didn't like almost at all. There was one or two songs that were decent, though I don't really remember which ones so much. I think Dodo... was one of them. |
Posted By: Guitar Noir
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 13:13
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For a long time Ababcab was my favorite Genesis release, it was my first exposure to the band. Over time it has dropped a bit, it is now probably my fourth or fifth favorite by the band. As far as the best track, I voted for Abacab, however it could easily be Keep It Dark, Me and Sarah Jane or Man On The Corner. ------------- "Sometimes the afterglow isn't enough and we have to move on." Steve Hackett |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 18:37
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The only good song on the album - Abacab. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 19:37
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Haven't listened to this one in a long time, but I used to often enough to remember it pretty well. 1. Dodo/Lurker 2. Abacab - close second 3. No Reply At All 4. Me and Sarah Jane 5. Another Record ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: January 29 2012 at 09:10
| Not a terrible album with several decent pieces. Voted for Keep it Dark. Dodo/Lurker, Me and Sarah Jane and Abacab are also decent songs. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: January 29 2012 at 12:06
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I went and 'listened' to this for the first time in I have no idea how long based on a live version of Abacab I heard. I don't like it. I like the idea of them writing songs on the hoof as it were. It tries hard to be different. But I just don't really like any of the songs on this. Abacab is ok and so is Dodo but I hate the cod regggae that crops up. No Reply starts off like a great pop tune and then loses it.
I won't be listening to it again for another 10 years or so. Oh well. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: February 01 2012 at 05:15
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Abacab.
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