Favourite Genesis albums?

sopsych · 07-20-2012, 01:44 PM

Most artists start sounding uninspired by their fifties. Look at how nobody cites We Can't Dance as his/her favorite Genesis album.

Duraddict · 07-20-2012, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wisdom

Most artists start sounding uninspired by their fifties. Look at how nobody cites We Can't Dance as his/her favorite Genesis album.

Tell that to Bruce.

Howard the Duck · 07-21-2012, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by wisdom

Most artists start sounding uninspired by their fifties. Look at how nobody cites We Can't Dance as his/her favorite Genesis album.

i won't cite it as my fave

but i do quite like it

duga · 07-21-2012, 11:21 AM

I've just been reading American Psycho and of course some of my favorite bits are his chapters dedicated to music reviews. His review of 80s Genesis is spot on. I love how Patrick Bateman couldn't understand pre-Duke Genesis because it was too "artsy" and he couldn't understand it. A serial killer would feel that way haha.

Neapolitan · 07-21-2012, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

more like "he degnerated over time, and his music got worse and worse"

What you quoted was about the change from what he did with Genesis to his first solo album. Not about his whole career.

Big Ears · 12-01-2012, 02:39 AM

I voted for Nursery Cryme and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Nursery Cryme is my favourite because it contains The Musical Box, which is up there with Better By You, Better Than Me and 21st Century Schizoid Man.

gunnels · 12-01-2012, 12:39 PM

Nursery Cryme, Selling England by the Pound, and Foxtrot take it for me. SEBTP is the most consistent in my opinion, but I love "The Musical Box" and the hogweed song way too much to not vote Nursery Cryme as well. And of course, if Foxtrot only consisted of "Supper's Ready", and the rest of the album was Peter Gabriel miming, I'd still have it in my collection.

duga · 12-23-2012, 09:40 PM

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And of course, if Foxtrot only consisted of "Supper's Ready", and the rest of the album was Peter Gabriel miming, I'd still have it in my collection.

It really took a long time for that song to click with me. When it finally did, though, I listened to it on repeat about 5 times. Even though it was fairly early in their career, it is still the epitome of what classic Genesis was.

vaultrodo · 08-25-2013, 02:08 PM

Foxtrot!

KingPinniped · 02-22-2014, 07:40 AM

As much as I like almost everything Genesis did between 1970 and 1977, I must insist that Trespass and Nursery Cryme hit on some kind of magic in a way that I hear from no other in the history of m"modern" music. You can take any ten second segment of pieces like Stagnation, The Knife, or The Fountain of Salmacis and those fleeting moments do more for me than the entire career catalogues of groups like The Beatles before them or Rush after.

I do also think that Trick of the Tail deserves an honorable mention. Dance in a Volcano + Los Endos are some of the more unique and out-of-this-world sounding parts, and probably a peak in their music/sound. But the rest of the record just does not hold up.

(take into account, I talk strictly music/sound here. I come from a bias that has little concern for songwriting or lyric/concept)

View Poll Results: Your favourite Genesis albums in order of preference
From Genesis to Revelation	4	11.11%
Trespass	5	13.89%
Nursery cryme	10	27.78%
Foxtrot	14	38.89%
Selling England by the pound	15	41.67%
The lamb lies down on Broadway	13	36.11%
A trick of the tail	7	19.44%
Wind and wuthering	4	11.11%
... And then there were three	3	8.33%
Duke	3	8.33%
Abacab	2	5.56%
Genesis	3	8.33%
Invisible touch	6	16.67%
We can't dance	1	2.78%
Calling all stations	1	2.78%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll

07-21-2012, 11:21 AM	#44 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	I've just been reading American Psycho and of course some of my favorite bits are his chapters dedicated to music reviews. His review of 80s Genesis is spot on. I love how Patrick Bateman couldn't understand pre-Duke Genesis because it was too "artsy" and he couldn't understand it. A serial killer would feel that way haha. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

02-22-2014, 07:40 AM	#50 (permalink)
KingPinniped Groupie Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 5	As much as I like almost everything Genesis did between 1970 and 1977, I must insist that Trespass and Nursery Cryme hit on some kind of magic in a way that I hear from no other in the history of m"modern" music. You can take any ten second segment of pieces like Stagnation, The Knife, or The Fountain of Salmacis and those fleeting moments do more for me than the entire career catalogues of groups like The Beatles before them or Rush after. I do also think that Trick of the Tail deserves an honorable mention. Dance in a Volcano + Los Endos are some of the more unique and out-of-this-world sounding parts, and probably a peak in their music/sound. But the rest of the record just does not hold up. (take into account, I talk strictly music/sound here. I come from a bias that has little concern for songwriting or lyric/concept) Last edited by KingPinniped; 02-22-2014 at 07:54 AM.

07-20-2012, 01:44 PM	#41 (permalink)
sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	Most artists start sounding uninspired by their fifties. Look at how nobody cites We Can't Dance as his/her favorite Genesis album.

12-01-2012, 02:39 AM	#46 (permalink)
Big Ears Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 434	I voted for Nursery Cryme and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Nursery Cryme is my favourite because it contains The Musical Box, which is up there with Better By You, Better Than Me and 21st Century Schizoid Man.

08-25-2013, 02:08 PM	#49 (permalink)
vaultrodo Groupie Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Italy Posts: 7	Foxtrot!