Genesis

[Kudzu]

The series of polls continues with Genesis.

 

I don't like much early Genesis. I like Duke a lot.

[BassUnderPressure]

Hard choice!

 

I voted for Selling England... for now.

 

 

[floydfanatic111]

OK, by eras are my picks:

 

GABRIEL/PHILLIPS/RUTHERFORD/BANKS ERA

1)Trespass

2)From Genesis to Revelation

 

GABRIEL/COLLINS/RUTHERFORD/BANKS/HACKETT ERA

1)The Lamb

2)Foxtrot

3)Nursery Cryme

4)Selling England

 

COLLINS/RUTHERFORD/BANKS/HACKETT ERA

1)A Trick of the Tail

2)Wind and Wuthering

 

COLLINS/RUTHERFORD/BANKS ERA

1)Duke

2)Abacab

3)We Can't Dance

4)Self-titled(MAMA or SHAPES)

5)Invisible Touch

 

LIVE ALBUMS:

1)Seconds Out

2)Three Sides Live(UK Version/Remaster)

3)The Way We Walk Volumes 1 and 2

4)Genesis Live

 

BOX SETS:

1)Genesis Archive 1967-75

2)Genesis Archive 1976-92

[Hatchetaxe&saw]

A Trick of The Tail.

Followed closely by Nursery Cryme and Trespass.

Honourable mentions to Lamb and Duke

[H. P. L.]

Foxtrot because of Supper's Ready.

[GeddyRulz]

Went with A Trick of the Tail. No Gabriel on that one, but they still had Hackett and still sounded Progressive.

[rushgoober]

QUOTE (H. P. L. @ Jun 12 2006, 01:37 AM)

Foxtrot because of Supper's Ready.

I'm really only interested in early Genesis, and while songs like Foxtrot did have the amazing Supper's Ready, it, like many early Genesis albums, were not entirely consistent. The only ones that were truly consistent all the way through for me were Tresspass and Selling England By The Pound.

 

As good as Tresspass is, Selling England By The Pound is a far more mature work. EASILY their best album - a masterpiece.

[Mandalorian Hunter]

Foxtrot

[Ernest Scribbler]

QUOTE (H. P. L. @ Jun 12 2006, 10:37 AM)

Foxtrot because of Supper's Ready.

Ditto.

[PuppetKing2112]

This should have been split up into two votes...Gabriel era and Collins era.

 

Favorite from Gabriel era: The Lamb.

 

Favorite from Collins era: ABACAB.

 

I went with The Lamb overall.

[Sabs89]

Supper's Ready is amazing so im going with Foxtrot.

[tangy]

 

The Lamb is my choice. Other faves are SEBTP and Trick of the Tail.

 

One of my biggest musical regrets is I have never seen Genesis.

[Rush Didact]

Self-titled. I like Genesis in the post-Gabriel era.

[The Notorious B.S.G.]

"Wind and Wuthering" needs a vote. Great songs all the way through, and Phil really coming into his own as a performer.

 

From "Eleventh Earl of Mar" all the way through "Afterglow", a great album.

[circumstantial tree]

QUOTE (BSG @ Jun 13 2006, 12:43 AM)

"Wind and Wuthering" needs a vote. Great songs all the way through, and Phil really coming into his own as a performer. From "Eleventh Earl of Mar" all the way through "Afterglow", a great album.

I agree with this assessment.

 

"Wind and Wuthering" is probably my favorite.

 

"...and then there were three" is another great one. The first track (can't remember the name offhand) and "Ballad of Big" are my faves from this one.

[floydfanatic111]

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jun 14 2006, 03:10 PM)

QUOTE (BSG @ Jun 13 2006, 12:43 AM) "Wind and Wuthering" needs a vote. Great songs all the way through, and Phil really coming into his own as a performer. From "Eleventh Earl of Mar" all the way through "Afterglow", a great album. I agree with this assessment.   "Wind and Wuthering" is probably my favorite.   "...and then there were three" is another great one. The first track (can't remember the name offhand) and "Ballad of Big" are my faves from this one. Down and Out was the first track on ATTWT!

[floydfanatic111]

Solo projects:

 

I haven't heard Tony Banks or Anthony Phillips or Mike Rutherford's solo stuff(not counting Mike and the Mechanics)

 

Peter Gabriel: Car or Peter Gabriel 1

Phil Collins: Face Value(who knew Phil could write songs until this album which unleashed a songwriter that was in hiding)

Steve Hackett: Voyage of the Acolyte(a lost Genesis album in all but name as it is Hackett, Rutherford and Collins playing on all the tracks pretty much)

[BassUnderPressure]

Foxtrot is number two.

 

I like every album up to 1991.

 

Invisible Touch has that amazing title track.

 

 

[priest_of_syrinx]

My dad introduced me to Foxtrot and Seconds Out and I've listened to Nursery Cryme and liked it. He doesn't own anything from Duke on because he thinks that Duke is when they sold out.

[circumstantial tree]

The only "classic" one I'm missing is "Trespass". It's hard to come by.

[PuppetKing2112]

I know the popular opinion here is that Genesis died when Gabriel left, but I don't think that was necessarily true. IMO, Steve Hackett made more of a difference in their music than Gabriel did, because the first two Collins era albums (Trick and Wind) sound pretty much like their earlier albums except with a different singer. It was when Steve Hackett left that they started to move towards a pop-oriented sound. And their first 3 albums of the "trio" era (ANd Then There Were Three, Duke, and ABACAB) were really good. Genesis and Invisible Touch were way way more hit and miss (seriously, In Too Deep from IT ), but they still had some good stuff on them. We Can't Dance I liked better than either of them.

[floydfanatic111]

QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Jun 15 2006, 11:56 AM)

I know the popular opinion here is that Genesis died when Gabriel left, but I don't think that was necessarily true. IMO, Steve Hackett made more of a difference in their music than Gabriel did, because the first two Collins era albums (Trick and Wind) sound pretty much like their earlier albums except with a different singer. It was when Steve Hackett left that they started to move towards a pop-oriented sound. And their first 3 albums of the "trio" era (ANd Then There Were Three, Duke, and ABACAB) were really good. Genesis and Invisible Touch were way way more hit and miss (seriously, In Too Deep from IT ), but they still had some good stuff on them. We Can't Dance I liked better than either of them.

My favorite trio album was Duke.

[priest_of_syrinx]

Time to revive this OLD thread. Here are my constant top 2:

 

1. Duke

2. Selling England

 

The middle part depends on the day. Then it goes:

 

Invisible Touch

We Can't Dance

 

I can't stand either album

[Larks]

Selling england by the pound,

 

A true classic album with the classic lineup,one of the best progressive albums i know along with foxtrot and the lamb lies...

 

i cant stand all of their other albums without peter gabriel..

[circumstantial tree]

"Trick of the Tail" and "Wind and Wuthering"