Favourite Genesis albums?

KingPinniped · 02-22-2014, 06:40 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

02-22-2014, 06:40 AM	#24 (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 06:54 AM.