Genesis' 180 studio songs ranked

[Mr. Holland]

Ultimate Classic Rock took it upon them to rank all Genesis studio tracks, 180 of them.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/genesis-songs-ranked/

What I like about the ranking is that the top 20 doesn't focus on one particular era. Every era gets its due, and being a Genesis "wholist" that suits me fine. I think I can agree on quit a few songs in that top 20 (although I have no idea what "No Reply at All" is doing in the no. 10 spot).

Anyhow, this is my personal top 20:

20. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
19. Supper's Ready
18. The Carpet Crawlers
17. Turn it on Again
16. Entangled
15. One for the Vine
14. The Cinema Show
13. The Musical Box
12. Domino
11. Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea
10. Duke's Travels/Duke's End
09. Land of Confusion
08. Mama
07. No Son of Mine
06. In the Cage
05. Los Endos
04. Blood on the Rooftops
03. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
02. Firth of Fifth
01. Dance on a Volcano

No. 20 position was a toss up between Tonight, Tonight, Tonight and Abacab. If it were live versions, Abacab would probably have won. And yes, I know, sacrilege that I don’t consider Supper's Ready the holy grail of Genesis 😉

So what are your top 20 Genesis songs?

[Mr. Holland]

Anyone else?

[soundchaser09]

wow thats an impossible task! Lets see......

1. Supper's Ready
2. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
3. Ripples
4. The Musical Box
5. Firth of Fifth
6. Cinema Show
7. Squonk
8. Dance on a Volcano
9. Chamber of 32 Doors
10. Duchess
11. The Lamia
12. Mad Man Moon
13. One for the Vine
14. Duke's Travels
15. Domino
16. Afterglow
17. The Lady Lies
18. In the Cage
19. Home by the Sea
20. Get Em Out by Friday

Honestly though thats just 20 of my faves in any order and I could easily switch some out with others!

[Olorin]

It'd take a lot of thought for me to come up with a Genesis Top 20, as it's been quite a long while since I've listened to them. So instead I'll throw you a curve ball and name one special Genesis song, not necessarily my all-time favorite, but one that holds a special place in the heart: Snowbound from And Then There Were Three. That was the first Genesis album I ever heard. Not only was it all fresh and new to me, but because I had never heard anything else by them, there was nothing for it to pale in comparison against. Anyway, I found Snowbound particularly captivating, lyrically light and fanciful yet somewhat dark at the same time, and with gorgeous keyboard textures backing the vocals. I still think of that song, and play that album, every winter when we get our first big snow.

[Ceasar’s Palace]

Too lazy to come up with a top list, but it would have to include Me And Sarah Jane. My favorite
Tony Banks Genesis song.

[Elizabeth "The Phish"]

My Top 20 would probably be something like:

1) "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
2) "Mama"
3) "Anyway"
4) "The Musical Box"
5) "Supper's Ready"
6) "Calling All Stations"
7) "Congo"
8) "The Dividing Line"
9) "Jesus, He Knows Me"
10) "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight"
11) "The Lamia"
12) "In the Cage"
13) "The Chamber of 32 Doors"
14) "Who Dunnit?"
15) "Behind the Lines"
16) "Can-Utility And the Coastliners"
17) "There Must Be Some Other Way"
18) "Anything She Does"
19) "Invisible Touch"
20) "I Can't Dance

Honourable mentions: "One for the Vine", "No Son of Mine", "Alien Afternoon", "One Man's Fool"

[Mr. Holland]

My Top 20 would probably be something like:

1) "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
2) "Mama"
3) "Anyway"
4) "The Musical Box"
5) "Supper's Ready"
6) "Calling All Stations"
7) "Congo"
8) "The Dividing Line"
9) "Jesus, He Knows Me"
10) "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight"
11) "The Lamia"
12) "In the Cage"
13) "The Chamber of 32 Doors"
14) "Who Dunnit?"
15) "Behind the Lines"
16) "Can-Utility And the Coastliners"
17) "There Must Be Some Other Way"
18) "Anything She Does"
19) "Invisible Touch"
20) "I Can't Dance

Honourable mentions: "One for the Vine", "No Son of Mine", "Alien Afternoon", "One Man's Fool"

That is quite a diverse list. And I don't think you'll find many who will put three Calling All Stations songs in their top 20.

[cybrkhatru]

Wow.. what a weird list. I do give 'em major props for putting You Might Recall in the upper 1/3 of it. What a magnificent song.

My Top 20? Favorite band of all time? Just shoot me now.

sigh.. here goes....

1) The Cinema Show/Aisle Of Plenty
2) Entangled
3) The Chamber of 32 Doors
4) You Might Recall
5) Supper's Ready
6-7-8) The Lamb Lies Down/Fly On A Windshield/Broadway Melody of 1974
9) It's Gonna Get Better
10) One for the Vine
11) The Musical Box
12) Ripples
13) Firth of Fifth
14) Watcher of the Skies
15) Carpet Crawlers (especially the 1999 version)
16) Domino
17) Fading Lights
18) Duke's Travels/End (It's one piece, not two!)
19-20) In The Cage->Medley-> Aferglow (Three Sides Live version)


Bubbling under... EVERYTHING ELSE! Just kidding. Duchess, Blood on the Rooftops, Burning Rope, Lamia, Can Utility, Dusk, Stagnation, Undertow, Cul de Sac, Me and Sarah Jane, Driving the Last Spike, Tonight X3, Abacab, Dodo,... countless others.

[Oldie on the Goldie]

My memory isn't good enough to rank 20, but my first four would definitely be:

The Cinema Show
Firth of Fifth
Duke Suite (consists of 5 separate songs)
Dance on a Volcano

[Old Frothingslosh]

Dance on a Volcano
Eleventh Ear of Mar
Cinema Show
Supper's Ready
Duchess
Firth of Fifth
Watcher of the Skies
The Lady Lies
Dodo / Lurker
Home by the Sea / Second Home...
Deep in the Motherlode
All in a Mouse's Night
Inside and Out (Spot the Pigeon EP)
The Musical Box
Robbery, Assault and Battery
Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers.../…In That Quiet Earth
Abacab
I Know what I Like
Domino I & II: In The Glow Of The Night / The Last Domino
Entangled

[Oldie on the Goldie]

OK having been listening to early Genesis again, my top ten are:

Firth of Fifth
Cinema Show
Supper's Ready
Blood on the Rooftops
Cage Medley
Squonk
Duke'sTravels/End
The Lady Lies
Duchess
Dance on a Volcano

[patrickq]

Not in order, except for #1:

Supper’s Ready
Carpet Crawlers
Musical Box
For Absent Friends
I Know What I Like
Firth of Fifth
Cinema Show
Entangled
Dodo/Lurker
Misunderstanding
One Man’s Fool
Paperlate
Congo
Afterglow
Abacab
Squonk
Watcher of the Skies
Lamb Lies Down
it
“In the Cage” medley (Three Sides Live)

[patrickq]

15) Carpet Crawlers (especially the 1999 version)
19-20) In The Cage->Medley-> Aferglow (Three Sides Live version)

These are both great (and probably underrated) versions!

[downbyariver]

1. In Too Deep
2. Invisible Touch
3. Throwing It All Away
4. Follow You, Follow Me
4. Never a Time
5. Driving the Last Spike
6. Misunderstanding
7. Taking It All Too Hard
8. No Son of My Mine
9. Hold on My Heart
10. Man on a Corner
11. Behind the Lines
12. Turn It On Again
13. Another Record
14. Mad Man Moon
15. Dance on a Volcano
16. The Musical Box
17. If That's What You Need
18. Calling All Stations
19. Get 'Em Out By Friday
20. Undertow

I realize this is a kind of bizarre list. Some would probably be different if I devoted more time to it, but I have to admit this is at least broadly representative of the Genesis material that I like best.

[Sharp On Attack]

Look for my top 20 Genesis songs on Foxtrot, Trick of the Tail and the Lamb. They're all in there...