Favourite Genesis Albums

[Oldie on the Goldie]

I've listened to it that way. I can't stand Collins' goofy singing on Behind the Lines, but can handle the rest. Duke's End is the best part for me.

[Gilly Goodness]

A little challenge for you. Apparently the original idea for Duke was to have "Behind the Lines", "Duchess", "Guide Vocal", "Turn It On Again", "Duke's Travels", and "Duke's End" as one 30-minute track that told a story of a fictional character named Albert. The band decided against sequencing the tracks this way on the album, partly to avoid comparisons to their 23-minute track "Supper's Ready" from Foxtrot . (Wikipedia)

However they did perform those songs in the original intended sequence on tour.

I personally find the songs working (even) better that way. See what it does for you.

https://youtu.be/JaxQ4xUHZgI

That's right. The French artist who designed all the figures on the cover said they were "Alberts".

[Sam I Am]

I'll take a crack at this - I am a big fan of the earlier work:

1. Selling England By the pound
2. Trick of a Tail
3. Lamb Lies Down
4. Nursery Cryme
5. Foxtrot
6. Wind and Wuthering
7. Duke
8. ABACAB
9. Genesis
10. Calling All Stations
11. Trespass


And then I find the rest of their output frustrating - a meld of some really nice bits with some truly awful bits.

[Mr. Holland]

I can’t bear to listen to that album. Bores me to tears. Maybe someday I’ll flip a switch and change my mind, but at this point I’m not a fan.

A little challenge for you. Apparently the original idea for Duke was to have "Behind the Lines", "Duchess", "Guide Vocal", "Turn It On Again", "Duke's Travels", and "Duke's End" as one 30-minute track that told a story of a fictional character named Albert. The band decided against sequencing the tracks this way on the album, partly to avoid comparisons to their 23-minute track "Supper's Ready" from Foxtrot . (Wikipedia)

However they did perform those songs in the original intended sequence on tour.

I personally find the songs working (even) better that way. See what it does for you.

https://youtu.be/JaxQ4xUHZgI

[Oldie on the Goldie]

I quite like Duke's End - sort of the entire album in a nutshell.

[Art Vandaley]

I can’t bear to listen to that album. Bores me to tears. Maybe someday I’ll flip a switch and change my mind, but at this point I’m not a fan.

Duke’s one of their best.

[Esthe]

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. Foxtrot
3. Selling England by the Pound
4. Wind & Wuthering
5. Trick of the Tail
6. Nursery Cryme
7. Seconds Out
8. Invisible Touch

Don't much care for the rest. I like the actual song ABACAB, but not the album. Duke is awful. I know I'm in the minority on that opinion. Can't stand And Then There Were Three, and the stuff before Hackett and Phil was bland in comparison.

Duke’s one of their best.

[Art Vandaley]

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. Foxtrot
3. Selling England by the Pound
4. Wind & Wuthering
5. Trick of the Tail
6. Nursery Cryme
7. Seconds Out
8. Invisible Touch

Don't much care for the rest. I like the actual song ABACAB, but not the album. Duke is awful. I know I'm in the minority on that opinion. Can't stand And Then There Were Three, and the stuff before Hackett and Phil was bland in comparison.

[Esthe]

Well, as I write this, Genesis are no more, the last ever show was a few hours ago. For some reason, it was on my mind many times today, maybe because Genesis was the first band I ever cared for, when I was 13, all the way back in 1979.

I like Genesis as much as Yes, so I'll play along with the "favourite" albums list:

My top 3 are easy to list:
1) Trick Of The Tail
2) Foxtrot
3) Trespass (my pick for the most underrated prog LP ever)

After that, it's a bit trickier. Basically, I like them all the same, that is a *lot*:
4) Nursery Cryme
5) Genesis
6) Selling England By The Pound
7) Duke
8) Wind and Wuthering

Then, the albums that have some good stuff on them, but that I don't like all the way through. (I was never a big fan of The Lamb and, I know, for many Genesis/prog fans, this is complete heresy, but what can I say?):
9) The Lamb lies down in Broadway
10) We Cant Dance
11) Abacab
12) Invisible Touch

Then, it's the weak ones:
13) Calling All Stations
14) ...and Then There Were Three

And I've never been able to listen all the way through this one:

15) Genesis to Revelation (zzzzzzzzzzzzz...)

The first side of the Lamb is great, but it does sort of start to drop off into plot-connecting filler shortly after. FGTR has some pretty good songs on it, and while it obviously still isn’t on the level of their early ‘70s output, I’d still take it over We Can’t Dance any day.

[michelforest]

Well, as I write this, Genesis are no more, the last ever show was a few hours ago. For some reason, it was on my mind many times today, maybe because Genesis was the first band I ever cared for, when I was 13, all the way back in 1979.

I like Genesis as much as Yes, so I'll play along with the "favourite" albums list:

My top 3 are easy to list:
1) Trick Of The Tail
2) Foxtrot
3) Trespass (my pick for the most underrated prog LP ever)

After that, it's a bit trickier. Basically, I like them all the same, that is a *lot*:
4) Nursery Cryme
5) Genesis
6) Selling England By The Pound
7) Duke
8) Wind and Wuthering

Then, the albums that have some good stuff on them, but that I don't like all the way through. (I was never a big fan of The Lamb and, I know, for many Genesis/prog fans, this is complete heresy, but what can I say?):
9) The Lamb lies down in Broadway
10) We Cant Dance
11) Abacab
12) Invisible Touch

Then, it's the weak ones:
13) Calling All Stations
14) ...and Then There Were Three

And I've never been able to listen all the way through this one:

15) Genesis to Revelation (zzzzzzzzzzzzz...)

[Sharp On Attack]

1. Trick of the tail
2. The lamb
3. Foxtrot

[Gtkgasman]

I am strongly in the Phil Era camp, - though I love songs from the Pete era, I prefer Phil singing them. Cinema Show, Suppers ready Firth Of Fith etc, from seconds out are all significantly better than the original versions.
In decending order;

15) Genesis to Revelation
14) Calling All Stations
13) Tresspass
12) Nursery Chryme
11) Selling England By The Pound
10) Foxtrot
9) We Cant Dance
8) ...and Then There Were Three
7) The Lamb lies down in Broadway
6) Trick Of The Tail
5) Abacab
4) Duke
3) Genesis
2) Invisible Touch
1) Wind and Wuthering

To put it in perspective for me though my fav rock/pop albums of all time are:

1) Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen
2) Wind and Wuthering - Genesis
3) Miami Vice The Compete Collection - Jan Hammer
4) Going For The One - Yes
5) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
6) About Time - Chinese Whispers
7) Invisible Touch - Genesis
8) Tormato - Yes
9) 90125 - Yes
10) Ghost In The Machine - The Police

Oh that Albums on your all time fav list will surely make my better half smile today! 😊

[soundchaser09]

I am strongly in the Phil Era camp, - though I love songs from the Pete era, I prefer Phil singing them. Cinema Show, Suppers ready Firth Of Fith etc, from seconds out are all significantly better than the original versions.
In decending order;

15) Genesis to Revelation
14) Calling All Stations
13) Tresspass
12) Nursery Chryme
11) Selling England By The Pound
10) Foxtrot
9) We Cant Dance
8) ...and Then There Were Three
7) The Lamb lies down in Broadway
6) Trick Of The Tail
5) Abacab
4) Duke
3) Genesis
2) Invisible Touch
1) Wind and Wuthering

To put it in perspective for me though my fav rock/pop albums of all time are:

1) Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen
2) Wind and Wuthering - Genesis
3) Miami Vice The Compete Collection - Jan Hammer
4) Going For The One - Yes
5) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
6) About Time - Chinese Whispers
7) Invisible Touch - Genesis
8) Tormato - Yes
9) 90125 - Yes
10) Ghost In The Machine - The Police

a very refreshing list I have to say, nice to see the Phil era get some love- despite my personal preference for Peter largely. Though I think it was best for both sides when he left- Genesis went onto to commercial success and Peter had a remarkable solo career of his own.

[gbh90125]

I am strongly in the Phil Era camp, - though I love songs from the Pete era, I prefer Phil singing them. Cinema Show, Suppers ready Firth Of Fith etc, from seconds out are all significantly better than the original versions.
In decending order;

15) Genesis to Revelation
14) Calling All Stations
13) Tresspass
12) Nursery Chryme
11) Selling England By The Pound
10) Foxtrot
9) We Cant Dance
8) ...and Then There Were Three
7) The Lamb lies down in Broadway
6) Trick Of The Tail
5) Abacab
4) Duke
3) Genesis
2) Invisible Touch
1) Wind and Wuthering

To put it in perspective for me though my fav rock/pop albums of all time are:

1) Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen
2) Wind and Wuthering - Genesis
3) Miami Vice The Compete Collection - Jan Hammer
4) Going For The One - Yes
5) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
6) About Time - Chinese Whispers
7) Invisible Touch - Genesis
8) Tormato - Yes
9) 90125 - Yes
10) Ghost In The Machine - The Police

[Soundwaveseeker]

Interesting in that Trick Of The Tail is a step back to Selling England by the pound, but in the best way. 12 string guitars are more featured again, it has some of the feel of pre-Lamb albums. The Lamb on the other hand is closer to Wind & Wuthering or even Duke in its instrumentation. The keyboards seem more cutting edge, and gone are some of the more pastoral, woodsy bits you find on other albums - with the exception of maybe Cuckoo Cocoon, which has that flute you never hear again after Gabriel left.

Wind & Wuthering traditionally is my favorite Genesis album or second favorite. Love that autumnal, romantic atmosphere - you can almost feel a light wind or see the brown and orange leaves snappin' off the trees when you listen to it. But yeah, a more intense and heavier album. I suppose with Wind & W, it was like Rush with 'Hemispheres' - they went as far as they could go in that direction with the heavy conceptual themes and intense instrumentation, while others were already starting to scale back. They were like 'Ok, enough of that'. What came after was differently focused: ATTWT or Permanent Waves.

But I would say Steve Hackett on W&W is him coming out of his shell. What you hear on there is the Hackett of Spectral Morning, Defector etc. Before that, he was just the guitarist in that band. As good as his contributions to those were, with W&W you can hear him as one of the personalities along with the other three equally. It finally was a 4-way split, though a little too late and he was gone from the band just as he was 'becoming' the Hackett we know now.