Thread 127075819

What is /mu/'s favorite Genesis album? My favorite is Foxtrot.

Selling England followed closely by Duke

SEBTP > Foxtrot > TLLDOB > Nursery Cryme > Trespass > W&W > TOTT >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Rest

>>127075819 (OP)
SEBTP > Trespass, Foxtrot > TOTT > W&W > Nursery Cryme >>>>>>>>>>>> rest

>>127076575
Sorry, swap Foxtrot with TOTT.

>>127075819 (OP)
This thing moggs everything else so much it's not even fair

>>127075831
2 goats looking at a hack

>>127076909
They're looking at Tony?

>>127075819 (OP)
The raccoon dead on the highway one.

>>127075819 (OP)
Seconds Out.

Though I use a parametric eq on the left channel to bring Hackett's guitar up to a better level.

>>127075819 (OP)
1. Foxtrot
2. Nursery Cryme
3. The Lamb
4. Selling England
5. A Trick of the Tale
6. Trespass
7. Wind & Wuthering
8. Duke
9. And Then There Were Three
10. Invisible Touch

Don't care about the others. Debut is their worst, yeah I'd listen to Calling All Stations again instead of that crap.

>>127077359
>Calling All Stations
its a pleb filter.

>>127077359
>Debut is their worst
>not rating "Where the Sour Turns to Sweet"

Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent.

>>127078172
This.

>>127075819 (OP)
1. Foxtrot
2. Selling England by the Pound
3. Trespass
4. Nursery Cryme
5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
6. Wind & Wuthering
7. Duke
8. A Trick of the Tail
9. And Then There Were Three
10. Invisible Touch
11. Abacab
12. Genesis
13. From Genesis to Revelation
14. We Can't Dance
15. Calling All Stations (not even that bad, but definitely the lowest Genesis album)
>>127077359
Their debut has its moments, but it's rather weak compared to the majority of their discography.

>>127078172
I know this is just the American Psycho meme, but Phil never really influenced Genesis as significantly as Tony Banks. Tony was thrilled to hear his songs being played on the radio and was the primary driving force behind Genesis moving toward a more pop-oriented direction.

Foxtrot used to be my favorite but now it's #2, The Lamb clicked.

>>127078543
Not a bad pick for #1. Musically speaking, it's probably peak Genesis. For me, it falls apart with it's disjointed concept, but it remains gripping enough to listen all the way through

I aknowledge SEBTP as the best, but I honestly prefer listening to Foxtrot and Lamb
Supper's Ready is, of course, their undisputed masterpiece, and one of the greatest prog songs of all time
as a matter of fact, I think I'll listen to it right now

>>127075819 (OP)
1. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. Duke
3. We Can't Dance
4. Selling England by the Pound
5. Foxtrot
The rest are all tossups depending on how I feel day to day. I am so utterly and spiritually devastated that we never got any professional footage of the Lamb tour

>>127075819 (OP)
Wind & wuthering is underrated on here it seems

>>127078543
>the Lamb
Disc 2 is complete drivel.

>>127078898
Side 1 is kinda weak.

>>127079166
True, it would have been better as a single record
but then again, quite a few prog records could have used a little trim

>>127079166
hi tony

Focks and Lamb are the best. Side D is actually amazing and maybe best quarter of the album. the first four songs on Side C kinda drag though but it picks itself up

>>127081677
Side 3 gets too much shit.
>Lilywhite Lilith
>Anyway
>Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist
>The Lamia
Four great songs with two ambient "filler" tracks.
The disc 2 haters are just regurgitating what Tony had to say about the album.
I will agree that it is the weakest side of the album, however, but by no means bad.

>>127081717
they're great but just less great than the others. Waiting Room is the first non-great genesis song besides maybe one or two from fg2r. Silent Sorrow however is amazing and enoesque

>>127077359
>>127078172
>>127078268
>>127078886
>Duke
I had (and still have) an ARP Quadra, which is the primary synth sound on "Duke." I get no end of pleasure recognizing the exact patch, phaser settings, etc being used.

>>127081809
>Waiting Room is the first non-great genesis song
Not only filtered but also incorrect, since pic rel was complete dogshit.

>>127075819 (OP)
The Lamb.

Also, I'm surprised by how dull England is considering how fun and energetic Foxtrot and the Lamb are. It's like they decided to lean into all their worst stereotypes for that one album to create an album that seems to be pleading for the destruction of progressive rock, and I say that as someone who prefers progressive rock to the lesser genres that followed it. Progressive rock naturally made more rudimentary musicians seethe, so weak spots like England gave them validation to hate it and call for its demise.

>>127075819 (OP)
i'm a true pleb
in fact as i always say the most patrician of plebs
atott and duke for me
gabriel british theatricality and accent are obnoxious to me still i do respect him
he was still young anyway

>>127075819 (OP)
1. Nursery Cryme
2. Foxtrot
3. Selling England
4. Trespass
5. The Lamb

Rest suck.

>>127081994
When I was already a prog enjoyer Selling England was the first Genesis I listened to. I knew it was good but I didn't enjoy it much. Then listened to Nursery Cryme and felt in love with it during first listen. Nowadays I love Selling England too, but it's easily the weakest from the Gabriel years ignoring the debut. Anyway, for me it's Foxtrot.

>>127081388
>>127079515
>>127081677
>>127081677
Disc 2 has too much filler.

>>127078839
I heard Supper's Ready performed live by Steve Hackett's band, and it totally mogged the recorded version.
It made me realise how sterile the production was, and how po-faced and stilted the performances were.
Hackett made it sound warm, released the groove (which is barely noticable on record) and let the humour come to the surface.

>>127075819 (OP)
I've never listened to Genesis. I vaguely know them. They're prog rock, right? Or am I thinking of someone else? Are they any good?

>>127075819 (OP)
For me, it's A Trick of the Tail

>>127075819 (OP)

Duke.

No explanation needed.

>>127075819 (OP)
By era:

>Gabriel Prog
Nursery Cryme
>Collins Prog
Trick of the Tail
>Collins Pop
S/T

Gabriel only boomers can eat ass.
>>127085654
>Are they any good?
Yes.

>>127075819 (OP)
Trick of the Tail is their best.

Selling England By the Pound gives me Spinal Tap vibes. It sounds like it's making fun of prog. Like it's holding up a handheld mirror to progressive rock as a genre. The problem is, as far as I can tell, it's meant to be taken seriously. It's an absolute pain to listen to, and I say this as someone who likes progressive rock and Genesis.

I'm honestly bemused that it's considered one of their best albums. I think it's because it was released in the midst of their most creatively successful era, and this worked as a kind of auditory illusion. Following two great albums with one more after it framed tricked people into liking it. It's rare that an album that underwhelming in comparison to what else an artist has done ranks that highly in most peoples minds for that artist, but I guess timing was everything for that album. If it hadn't been framed in the context of their other albums from that time, people would have heard it for what it is.

>>127089107
i agree, it's a great album but goes too far in many aspects. much more of a prog self-parody than TAAB is except (because?) it's not even trying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZrMQwM8owI

>CAN YOU SEE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>CAN YOU HEEEAAAAAAAAAAR

>>127081969
In the Beginning is kino

personally a great fan of The Lamb lies down on Broadway

>>127075819 (OP)
unironically it's probably invisible touch. their pop masterpiece. The Brazilian is one of their best songs.. it sounds like it could be written today!

>>127075819 (OP)
The one with Cinema Show on it.