Big Ears

When all the reviews are in, I'm going for Genesis's Selling England by the Pound. It's probably the most commercially successful album so far in this thread and not the band's best, but it does bear scrutiny.

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Big Ears

YT has the full album. There are several uploads, but this is the most recent I could find and the sound is okay:



Vinyl Side One
1. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight 8:04
2. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 4:07
3. Firth of Fifth 9:35
4. More Fool Me 3:10

Vinyl Side Two
5. The Battle of Epping Forest 11:49
6. After the Ordeal 4:13
7. The Cinema Show 11:06
8. Aisle of Plenty 1:32

Lineup
- Tony Banks: piano, organ, electric piano, mellotron, synthesizer, backing vocals, twelve-string guitar on 'The Cinema Show'
- Phil Collins: drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on 'More Fool Me'
- Peter Gabriel: lead vocals, flute, oboe, percussion
- Steve Hackett: lead guitar, nylon guitar
- Mike Rutherford: bass guitar, bass pedals, rhythm guitar, electric sitar, twelve-string guitar on 'The Cinema Show' and 'More Fool Me', backing vocals

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Big Ears

Twilight Alehouse, the B side of the hit single, I Know What I Like in Your Wardrobe, was not on the album. It later appeared on Genesis Archive 1967-1975 (CD3 of 4), which is a part of a strong compilation of odds 'n' sods:

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Trollheart

Well YouTube be damned! If any of us don't have this album we don't deserve to be here and call ourselves progheads!

Not my favourite Genesis album as I've said before, though I do love it. I feel Trick of the Tail, Nursery Cryme, Trespass and Wind and Wuthering are all far superior albums, but I've never reviewed it so this will be interesting.

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Unknown Soldier

A bit like somebody not having Close to the Edge wouldn't you say?

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Scarlett O'Hara

I actually want to get into Genesis. Is there an album I should listen to first?

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Unknown Soldier

I'm not Trolly but I'll pretend to be him for this question, try Foxtrot. Toodles

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Thank you, I was actually meaning anyone could suggest an album! I will get a hold of that now.

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Big Ears

I am over generalising, but this is a summary of the Genesis discography:

From Genesis to Revelation - shows a Bee Gees influence
Trespass - folky
Nursery Cryme - eccentric
Foxtrot - heavy
Selling England by the Pound - eccentric and heavy
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - intense and dramatic
A Trick of the Tail - No Gabriel, so I don't like this at all
Wind and Wuthering, etc - Don't like 'em
Calling All Stations - heavy again

The first Genesis album I heard was Nursery Cryme, which I love (especially The Musical Box). Next was The Lamb Lies Down and it is equally great (the title track stands out).

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Trollheart

I personally love Foxtrot but for someone just getting into Genesis it might be a bit of a hard sell, as one side of it (yeah, I'm old, so what? Fifty tomorrow --- oops today! Happy Birthday to me!) is over twenty minutes long, one song called "Supper's ready". Mind you, if you can dig that then great cos it's one of their classics. And there's nothing better to start you off than "Watcher of the skies".

But it depends on what sort of Genesis you're looking for, as the large-lobed one pointed out. Peter Gabriel, early arty Genesis it's "Trespass", "Nursery cryme", "Foxtrot". Phil Collins, early efforts after Gabrel left, "Trick of the tail" and "Wind and wuthering", two of my favourites. Collins later era as they devolved into something of a straight rock then pop band, "And then there were three", "Duke" and (ugh!) "Abacab", then the self-titled (yeah) and of course there's Gabriel's conceptual masterpiece "The lamb lies down on Broadway" (though don't expect to be able to understand it!)

You could do what I did: get "Seconds out", double live album that covers a good part of their more popular and early work, Collins on vocals but a good but of Gabriel material there. Mind you, the album everyone seems to love (not me) is "Selling England by the pound."

So I guess it just depends what kind of thing you're looking for from Genesis.

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