Favorite Later Genesis Album
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Topic: Favorite Later Genesis Album
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Subject: Favorite Later Genesis Album
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 21:10
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So which is it? (please only use the last two choices if you REALLY have to) I want to get an accurate view of what prog fans see as the best of the later 7 albums from 1978-1997, basically the pop albums without Hackett. I vote Duke, love that album. ------------- 
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 21:33
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I voted We Can't Dance, that's the one I remember best, ussualy i only listen to their very best of compilation (great BTW) I got some best of album regularly playing on my alarmclock stereo (three disc cd-changer), I'm just to tired/lazy to change the CD's. But I like it a lot. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 22:08
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I do too, eliminate some of the collins clunkers and you have some good stuff there -------------
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tuxon wrote:Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 22:08
ATTWT for me, a friend bought it because it went on sale and we listened to it expecting it to be complete rubbish and just a good laugh. We found ourselves very suprised when we were enjoying it. 
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 22:11
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^ Deep in Motherlode is excellent -------------
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Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 22:19
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I love And Then There Were Three ... Say It's Alright Joe, Scenes From A Night's Dream, Snowbound ... even that much maligned pop hit Follow You Follow Me ... There are good songs littered about all over the place ... but then I'm one of those who was a pop Genesis fan before becoming a fan of the prog era ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer. "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 23:04
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For some reason I voted Duke. But ATTWT was excellent too. So I guess if I had to listen to SOME post-Hackett Genesis, it would be Duke/ATTWT. |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 02:53
| And then there were three, although tomorrow I might choose Duke. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 02:59
| Although I'm basically a fan of the old Genesis, I still like And Then There Were Three, Duke, Abacab and Three Sides Live a lot. From Genesis (the yellow album) on, my admiration becomes less and less, though every album still has it's moments. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 03:12
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Duke ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 03:14
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Although there are the yucky Misunderstanding and Turn It On Again , Duke was my choice but Shapes (Genesis) stands second, because of a fairly strong first side, and ATTWT. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 05:28
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Voted 'and then there were three' I think its as good as Duke, but it was the first Genesis album I heard from start to finish in one sitting, and it holds some sentimental value for me. Also, it has 'Burning Rope' Which is among my favourite Genesis songs from any era. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 23:29
Honestly, i hate them all. After collecting Gabriel era material, it became sad to listen to invisible touch(the only one i had on CD) and i sold it. Some others(WCD, CAS) are even worse ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 01:34
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Try Duke -------------
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Posted By: St Hubbins
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 10:55
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Duke - They toured well to promote the album, all good stuff. From that point though..... well its all been said before. ------------- Here lies David St Hubbins and why not.... |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 11:02
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DUKE! ATTWT is also good but lacks the fire of their earlier albums. Duke, however, sounds more powerfull and tight. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 13:51
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They all suck big time!
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 15:17
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And Then There Were Three is criminally underrated, and the only good post-Hackett album. ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 03:05
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You may think me strange but I actually like We Can't Dance. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: rockandrail
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 07:42
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Duke is finally a very good album. Dukes travel/Dukes end is great genesis ------------- Pierre R, the man who lost his signature |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 07:49
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I think it has to be 'And Then There Were Three'...3/5 ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 16:09
| I have yet to review any of Genesis's albums, but the only reason I haven't so far is, with them being my favourite band of all time, it is very hard to be objective. Nevertheless, I agree, like most fans, that the fairy tale ended with the disappearance of Hackett. However, I have always felt that, of all the post-Hackett albums, the only one in any way reminiscent of their earlier work, is DUKE. This is actually a great album, just a pity Hackett isn't there to add his genius to it. Not a bad track on this as far as I am concerned. Ok, there are a couple of poppyish songs, but most of it harks back in tone, and somewhat in feel, to their glory days. When I came out I was made up on playing it, and played it incessantly for quite a few weeks. It gave me hope the band were back on track. Sadly, with Abacab, my hopes came to nought. Still, Duke is the one album I would recommend to lovers of classic Genesis. |
Posted By: bertburt
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 16:23
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ATTWT. Some of Collins' best drumming, I ve always felt....Even Rutherford's solo on 'Burning Rope' has a great feel to it.
Come to think of it, it is probably second in their entire catalog for me, behind only TLLDOB. Call me crazy |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 17:24
| It has to be 'ATTWT' for me- I really love it; every song is extremely strong in quality, and some are plain beautiful- 'Many Too Many', 'Undertow', 'Follow You Follow Me' and 'Snowbound', and some great prog songs like 'Burning Rope', 'The Lady Lies' and 'Deep In The Motherlode'. A classic in my opinion. |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 19:51
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Calling All Stations is not Genesis. I can't even believe they used the Genesis
name for that heap of complete garbage. Long live Gabriel and Hackett (though I can understand that Duke was a decent album.) ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 20:02
| Duke has some decent songs, but still, nothing matches the brilliance of Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound or The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. |
Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 13:19
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Man Ą. Itīs hard to decide. Duke is probably the most consistent of them. Still, there are great songs in every album. "Mama", "Home by the sea", "Tonight", "The brazilian", "Abacab", "Fading lights", "Driving the last spike", "Dreaming while you sleep", "Domino", "Dodo", "Alien afternoon", "There must be some other way", "Deep in the motherlode" (And many more from "And then there were three").....There really are many songs I fully enjoy. Even "Man on the corner" and "Land of confusion". They all still have that "implicit energy" and passion from the old days. They may not have the same creativity nor the same textures or originality. But the passion and that capability of transmiting emotions in that way only Genesis do, is still there. If I was sent to a 3 years trip to Mars and could take only one of these albums, Iīd choose......YeahĄ, "Duke". Itīs very fresh and has energy throughout. Even, the balads and pop songs are not as conventional and repetitive as "Invisible touch" or others. "And then there were three" is the same case as "Duke"....most people dislike it. But I think they dislike it more because of itīs image than for the music itself. The cover is horrible, the name is probably worse and the fact that Hackett is not there makes people think is a bad album. However, there is no single song in this album that you can call ugly or bad. You may say itīs poppier and simplier (the same you could say about "I know what I like) but these songs are very entertaining and ....I donīt know, ...nice, inspired and there are also many good instrumental moments too. However, the atmosphere in this album is not as fresh as "Dukeīs" and that makes of listening to "Duke" a more enjoyable moment.
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Posted By: kunangkunangku
Date Posted: October 07 2005 at 09:10
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for me, it's definitely "and then there were three". there are impressive and inspiring ballads, like "many too many", "snowbound". and there are wonderful prog songs, especially "burning rope". there are also many great moments, including solos. plus collins' sophisticated drumming. ------------- i don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow. - b.b. king |
Posted By: krauthead
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 05:09
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They all suck -- as does your poll. You forced me to pick this choice you hobbit! Since I don't love them all or any of them as one either... ------------- *Dancing madly backwards on a sea of air* - Captain Beyond |
Posted By: Garbs
Date Posted: October 30 2005 at 15:09
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Went for Duke - the halfway pop/prog epic of the band's career. ------------- So here I am once more |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 30 2005 at 15:39
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Invisible Touch ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Fishy
Date Posted: October 30 2005 at 15:41
| Voted ATTWT without doubts, this one still has the old vibe of the band I think. The songs are shorter than before but it's still progressive rock, I don't have the feeling their music was simplefied when compared to previous records. Listening to Abacab, I do have this feeling. Hackett isn't there anymore but the gap is filled with dozen keyboards and Mike's twelve string. Every track has its own charm and maybe the hitsingle is the only one that bores me to death. "Duke" is also pretty decent but not more than that, on this album I do miss Steve Hackett's playing. From Abacab on each album consisted for the 1/2 part (even up to 3/4 for Genesis) of pop music but there still were some great tracks. "Three sides live" was another pure progressive effort that was awesome ! Maybe it should have been mentioned on the poll. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 30 2005 at 15:42
eh...You're kidding,right?
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Posted By: Garbs
Date Posted: October 30 2005 at 15:45
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Three Sides Live is awesome !! I remember getting it back in 1983 before I discovered the Gabriel-era. If this album was listed then it would get my vote. ------------- So here I am once more |