Dat "Up" vinyl

I just starting getting into this band and oh boy, is it an amazing journey.

"When Peter Gabriel left the band in 1975 I was concerned..." How old are you?

I actually LOVE 'Get 'em out by Friday', it's so underrated. Also really dig Nursery Cryme.

"Genesis never had a problem being accessible" That is why they are the greatest. They blend complexity with simplicity - they write ROCK SONGS. BUT COOLER!

There's hardly a bad moment on Trick of the Tail.

Selling England by the Pound is my favorite Genesis album, also.

"and then there were three" is their most underrated album in my opinion.

I don't agree with Abacab - I actually like No Reply at all, Keep it dark and man in the corner.

Abacab worse than Calling all stations and Genesis to revelation? Surely not!?

My top 10: 1 - Selling England By The Pound 2 - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3 - Foxtrot 4 - Nursery Cryme 5 - A Trick of the Tail 6 - Wind & Wuthering 7 - Trespasss 8 - Duke 9 - And Then There Were Three 10 - Genesis

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway album is by a mile my favorite.

I’ll take “Abacab” as a song over the entirety of “We Can’t Dance” or “Calling All Stations”, personally.

Trespass deserves to be a lot higher if you ask me

Favorite Group is Genesis, favorite Song is Cinema Show, listened to that since 1973, I get emotional.

Cul-de-sac and Man of Our Times are awesome! Heathaze is unique and dreamy and I prefer those Duke tracks to Misunderstanding any day.

Selling England By The Pound is one my all time favourite albums..a Progressive Rock Masterpiece!

Actually Tony wrote the main chord progression on Hold On My Heart. And a great track it is. Totally wrong thinking Phil is the only one who moved to the more pop side.

Abacab ? No reply at all? Man on the corner? Keep it dark. Worst album? That’s just silly.

You can’t rate all their albums unless you enjoy both Phil and Peter eras

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is my favorite album of all time, so...

Great list. I listened Firth of Fifth every day for a year, never got tired of it.

2 days ago, I heard Steve Hackett preform Fountain of Salmacis live. Man. That was freaking epic. I've always loved that song, but hearing it live. Damn.

Curious but Selling England by the pound was my first Genesis album. I didn´t like it at first time. I got back when Phil assumed the vocals and I liked it. Then I got back to Selling England and I loved it so much I bought all Genesis records with Peter on vocals. Since then, I'm a big Peter Gabriel fan and, for me, Selling... is the best Genesis album so far.

"Tonight Tonight Tonight" = snoozefest? No way man.

Cul-De-Sac is a snooze fest, are you crazy? Have you listened to the song? It's a masterpiece. Phil's singing and drumming is insane on there.

I have a great love for 'And Then There Were Three'. For me something that characterises the album is that it's much better when you listen to it than you remember it being. I thought that was just me, but when the Tabletop Genesis podcast covered it, the same thing happened. In the introduction, they all professed to being lukewarm on the album but then in the track-by-track they each go crazy over virtually every song.

A very balanced view from someone who obviously experienced the band as a young man in a highly changed musical environment. It must be a testament to the timeless nature of their music. The reality is you still returned to the roots of their development and the true genius of those early albums. I fell in love with 'SELLING..." probably 20 years before you did - amazing!

Duke is my favorite Genesis album, and one of my all time favorite albums.

BORING : 15. Calling All Stations 14. From Genesis To Revelation __________ FAIR : 13. We Can't Dance __________ NICE : 12. Invisible Touch 11. And Them They Were Three __________ EXCELLENT : 10. Abacab 9. Trespass 8. Genesis 7. Duke __________ EPIC : 6. Nursery Cryme 5. Selling England By The Pound 4. Foxtrot __________ LEGENDARIES : 3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 2. Wind And Wuthering 1. A Trick Of The Tail

Let's face it the 70s Genesis and the 80s Genesis are just two totally different bands playing a totally different type of music. It happens, it's a shame and I feel exactly the same way about Queen after about 1977/78. Best just to enjoy the Genesis you like best (70s for me) and treat the other stuff as something else.

Drink every time he says "snoozefest"

...so...all ballads are "snoozefests"? Sorry, the chord changes in most of them ("your own special way", e.g.) are fantastic, as are the lyrics. You have to pay attention, though.

Dodo/Lurker from Abacab is pretty good

In my mind, The Lamb was the most "Gabrielesque" album that Genesis ever produced -- and that's enough reason to put it solidly on top of any ranking of this band. Banks is the other bona fide genius that came from this group, but I do believe that The Lamb made him very uncomfortable about Gabriel's place in the band ... and, ultimately, that's why Peter decided to do his own thing. To this day, you can research comments from Banks that attack certain Gabriel era work as being "too wordy," which supports my point about the friction between Peter and Tony. In the end, however, it's really too bad that the lineup of Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett and Rutherford didn't grace the world with more timeless treasure.

For me Foxtrot is the best, followed closely by Selling England and The Lamb

A bad Genesis album, is still a good album.

Abacab's title track is awesome.

Wind and Wuthering is a masterpiece and One for the vine together with Eleventh Earl of Mar is about as far you can get from straight forward rock. For me number one!!

You're mad Cul-de-sac is a stunning track so epic, dunno how anyone could find it boring

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2. Selling England by the Pound 3. Foxtrot 4. Nursery Cryme 5. A Trick of the Tail 6. Wind & Wuthering 7. Everything else

my list only has 7 albums on it. Trespass through Wind and Wuthering. They all rule.

It's not that he said Abacab his least favorite that made me shake my head. It's that he thinks it has no redeeming qualities at all. That's ridiculous.

The first time i saw Genesis in concert was 1987. I do wish that I had seen them in the seventies, which is what I think is their best era. I cut my teeth on Genesis by listening to Seconds Out, so the live sound will always hold a place in my heart.

Thank you! I couldn't separate anything from Nursery Cryme to Wind & Wuthering as they're all masterpieces for me, each with their own distinctive character. I realise you're only doing studio albums, but I'd have to put Seconds Out in there as a phenomenal live album, especially as we get to hear Collins take on all the Gabriel era epics so brilliantly, and of course we have Chester Thompson and Bill Bruford in the lineup as well.

Abacab is one of my top five favourites along with Duke, The Lamb, Selling England by the Pound, Trick of the Tail.

I'm shocked that Genesis is your favorite band yet you don't like anything on Abacab. I dig several of those jams. Crazy

Love most of their albums. To me, their best track though is The Lamia. I can never get enough of listening to it…

My list, from worst to best: 15. From Genesis to Revolution: A completely different sound and style from the band that I never really got into. Sounds more Bee Gees than prog rock. 14. Calling All Stations: Ray Wilson is a good singer, but with Collins gone and only two classic members left, it doesn't sound like Genesis. Not surprised this was the last one. 13. Invisible Touch: Domino is cool, The Brazilian is underrated and I've always liked Land of Confusion, but the rest of the album sounds very dated and the songs are too popish. 12. We Can't Dance: It was nice they went back to longer songs, but some of the pop stuff just does nothing for me. It's less dated than Invisible Touch, due to not relying so much on electronic instruments. 11. Abacab: I like Dodo/Lurker, Keep it Dark and the title track. No Reply at All sounds too much like solo Phil Collins, as does Man on the Corner. The rest is forgettable. 10. Genesis: I like Home by the Sea, Mama and That's All. I'm not keen on the rest of the album. 9. And Then There Were Three: Hackett's departure is noticeable, but there are some decent cuts. Nothing spectacular, but nothing bad either. 8. Duke: My favorite of the three man era. I do wish they kept the Duke suite together, as those tracks are much stronger, but I do have a soft spot for Misunderstanding, likely because it sounds like Sail On Sailor and Hot Fun in the Summertime. 7. Trespass: Some really good stuff on this album, but you can see the impact Collins and Hackett had on the sound, though Anthony Phillips is a great guitarist. A very pastoral sound, and I love the hard rock of The Knife. 6. A Trick of the Tail: Peter Gabriel is gone, but the band sounds awesome. I love Dance on a Volcano, Squonk, Los Endos and Entangled in particular. 5. Wind and Wuthering: Steve Hackett's swan song with the group has some really awesome material such as Eleventh Earl of Mar, Blood on the Rooftops, Afterglow and One for the Vine. 4. Nursery Cryme: The addition of Phil Collins and Steve Hackett was the best move the group ever made. The Musical Box, Fountain of Salmacis and Return of the Giant Hogweed are all outstanding tracks. 3. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: There is a lot of brilliance in this double album, but also some filler. Peter Gabriel's stamp is all over his final album with the band, for better or worse. 2. Foxtrot: Watcher in the Skies, Supper's Ready, Horizons and Can Utility are all excellent, and the other two songs are very good. 1. Selling England by the Pound: Without a doubt, their masterpiece. Some of the best guitar and drum work ever.

I grew up with Genesis in the 70's. I bought their albums religiously and knew every song, every lyric like the back of my hand. I played them every day after school and my younger brother was also as mega-fanboy as myself and had his playing in his room, too. We drove our poor parents mental with two blasts of Genesis reverberating down the stairs. Our Mum would stand in the hall and ring a bell, shouting "Supper's Ready!" for us to come down for dinner. Quite how they put up with it I'll never know. This reviewer, whilst enthusiastic, really doesn't fully appreciate the transition from album to album. At the time when these albums were released the amount of time my friends and I spent trying to work out the meanings entwined into the lyrics was quite excessive, at least borderline obsessive. It was certainly helped because we did Latin, and so were familiar with Greek mythology and Ovid's Metamorphoses and all that. Not so easy with The Battle Of Epping Forest, as the contents of that were somewhat too mature for us mere schoolboys. It was only later that I was able to fully understand what went on there and it remains to this day an absolute favourite. Suffice to say the "Reverend" was not a man of the cloth... and if anyone ever worked out what was meant by a "Staffordshire Plate", well, well done you. I'll say no more for not spoiling anyone's fun of discovering for themselves. When Gabriel left it was beyond shocking. However, upon hearing A Trick Of The Tail for the first time, it's opener Dance On A Volcano - good grief, it was unbelievably great. And Genesis live during that period with Bill Bruford. Fantastic. I attended a number of Genesis concerts over the years. On the Abacab tour I was at their Berlin show and was leaning onto the edge of the centre of the stage. Phil Collins was standing singing right in front of me. Nobody can tell me these Abacab songs were not fantastic when performed live. The sound coming off that stage and the energy and brilliance of the band all playing was something else entirely. I simply don't have a "list" of Genesis albums. You just don't do lists for such a brilliant band. Each of their albums inhabits its own space and competes with nothing but the listeners attention. Interestingly, Tony Banks thinks Silver Rainbow (written by Genesis - all three of them) is easily one of the least inspiring songs that Genesis recorded. Each to his own as they say. But I still like to hear others opinions and this was one of them.

15) Calling All Stations 14) We Can't Dance 13) From Genesis to Revelation 12) Abacab 11) Genesis 10) Trespass 9) Invisible Touch 8) Nursey Cryme 7) And Then There Were Three 6) Foxtrot 5) Duke 4) Selling England (it's brilliant, I just don't like it as much) 3) Wind and Wuthering 2) A Trick of the Tail 1) The Lamb

"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" I saw the tour.

I finally found a reviewer that talks about prog bands and talk about one of my favourite bands in this video I agreed with most of things you said well done dude you earned a sub! 😃

Phil Collins's and Peter Gabriel's favourite Genesis album is , I am proud to say , The Lamb Lies Down In Broadway . Easily their best album .

15. We can't Dance 14. Calling all Stations 13. Invisible Touch 12. Genesis 11. Abacab 10. And then there were 3 9. Duke 8. Wind and Wuthering 7. Trick of the Tail 6. Lamb lies down on Broadway 5. From Genesis to Revelation 4. Nursery Cryme 3. Trespass 2. Selling England by the Pound 1. Foxtrot The top 10 are my favorite Genesis Albums.

Trespass drummer: John Mayhew, Only one with this guy

Yes, we know you hate Abacab but its a really good album and still sounds fresh and new after all these decades.

Abacab worst album. You are friggin crazy. The title song completely rocks and the song No Reply is awesome as well.

totally agree with a Trick of Tail. It´s my favorite Genesis Album. it´s so powerfull, so complex and yet so acessible (wait, the title track isn´t it, but you got it).

The bass line FoS on Nursery Cryme is amazing.

As I've discovered Genesis in the past year, my number one has continually changed. It all began with A Trick. I agree ENTIRELY that there exists NO duds on that one. Every song is brilliant. Entangled and Ripples are just some of the most beautiful compositions I've ever heard in my life...life changing. Next, I decided to give Wind a listen. I didn't really get it at first. It was just enough of a contrast from Trick that it threw me off. What a surprise I was in for... I believe it was the bridge on Eleventh Earl of Mar that let me know just how amazing the rest of the record was going to be. Blood On the Rooftops is a massive standout for me. Same thing happened with ATTWT. Just didn't get it at first. But, I fell in love with it very quickly. Undertow is a song that really helped heal me. Then came Duke. Fell in love with it, especially Heathaze. Dear God how can more mortals compose songs that beautiful? Now one year on, in the past month I started to get into Gabriel Genesis despite some unfounded aversion to doing so previously. I was irritated with myself for not discovering it sooner. For not listening to those who professed the awesomeness of the Gabriel era. I started with SEBTP. What brilliance. Then came an album that has quite categorically changed my life. The way I see life, in fact. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway has got to be the greatest concept album of our time. The Lamia. The Carpet Crawlers. Hell, of course, the whole record. It is my favorite record ever. Bar none.

My list with an score: 15 - Calling All Stations - 3 14 - From Genesis to Revelation - 5 13 - Genesis - 6 12 - We Can't Dance - 6,5 11 - Trespass - 7 10 - Abacab - 7 09 - Invisible Touch - 7,5 08 - And Then There Were Three - 7,5 07 - Nursery Cryme - 8 06 - Wind & Wuthering - 8,5 05 - A Trick of the Tail - 8,5 04 - Duke - 9 03 - Selling England by the Pound - 9 02 - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - 9,5 01 - Foxtrot - 9,5

1_ Selling England By the Pound 2- Foxtrot 3- The Lamb Lies Donw on Broadway 4- Nursery Crime 5- Trick of the Tail 6- Wind and Wuthering 7- Trespass 8- Duke 9- Genesis 10- Abacab 11- We Can't Dance 12- Invisible Touch 13- And Then There Were Three 14- Calling all Stations 15- From Genesis to Revelation From number 9 to 14, i'm not really sure about the positions. Some could change.

I appreciate your enthusiasm about the later stuff, but after Peter left, they lost almost all of their beautiful weirdness. And that was what set them apart from the other from the era. The last two with Peter are easily their best for me.

WOW 32 seconds in and I'm already pissed. I LOVE the entire ABACAB album.

The Lamb must be on top - their best work. :) And Abacab is not completely without merit. Title track and Dodo/Lurker are good tracks.

Dude! Get ‘Em Out By Friday is amazing! One of Peter’s best lyrical moments of storytelling and social commentary

TOP 5: Genesis 1. Trick of the Tail 2. Foxtrot 3. Selling England by the Pound 4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 5. Duke

Calling All Stations Abacab We Can't Dance Genesis Invisible Touch Duke From Genesis to Revelation ...And Then There Were Three... Wind and Wuthering Trick of the Tail Trespass Nursery Cryme Selling England by the Pound Foxtrot The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

I can totally understand why people don't like Abacab but i really like it because i can relate to what they were trying to do. It's a really abstract version of Genesis as a whole, sitting in between pop and prog but without any concept of structure whatsoever. In its own way, it's very proggy because it's so abstract. That hurt its reputation because there are very few moments one can latch on to when diggesting this record. But i admire that apporach and i think they succeeded for the most part. It's not among their strongest work but i feel it's way better than anything that came after. And to be honest, Who Dunnit is one of the reasons i like Abacab: it's very much its own silly abstract thing.

1 And Then There Were Three 2 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3 A Trick Of The Tail 4 Selling England By The Pound 5 Duke 6 Wind And Wuthering 7 Everything Else

Wind and Weathering deserves to at least be on the list. At most, among my favorite 5. I think their last gasp at British flavored material (Blood on the Rooftops), with prog jams (11th Earl of Mar/All In a Mouses Night?) their last epic samplings (One for the Vine/Unquiet Slumber For the Sleepers-In That Quiet Earth). I think it's their most grossly underrated album.

I love Abacab. The title track is catchy. Me and Sarah Jane keeps changing/to the climactic end. Dodo/Lurker were concert staples. Man on the Corner is a catchy ballad with a message. No Reply At All has some of Mike's best bass. I wasn't crazy about the last two tracks, but I wouldn't call this their worst!

Fountain of what now ?

For Trespass, the drummer was John Mayhew. They went through two others prior to him. When he left, Phil replaced him.

Nice one mate for putting A Trick at number 2 in your selection. It's my personal favourite. Every single track is top notch and the drumming and keyboard playing are exceptional as well as Phil Collins doing the best Peter Gabriel tribute vocal you are ever likely to hear. It's also the one album that the Gabrielite faction would love to hate but can't because it is soooo good!!!

Abacab as worst record? I find it hard to take anything else you've got to say seriously. While it's far from a perfect record, it's got some fabulous tracks (Abacab, No Reply, Me and Sarah Jane, Dodo) and is a great bridge into their 80s sound. Go watch their Wembley stadium performance of Abacab again. That's completely epic and worthy of their prog legacy as well as their pop legacy. No 70s prog band bridged the 70s and 80s and prog and pop better than Genesis, and Abacab is the gateway album.

The missing drummer on Trespass is John Mayhew :)

15. & Then There Were 3 14. From Genesis to Revelation 13. Calling All Stations 12. We Can't Dance 11. Invisible Touch 10. Trespass 9. Duke 8. Genesis 7. Abacab 6. Wind & Wuthering 5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 4. Trick of the Tail 3. Foxtrot 2. Nursery Cryme 1. Selling England by the Pound

1. Selling England by the Pound 2. Foxtrot 3. Trespass 4. Lamb Lies down on Broadway 5. Nursery Cryme 6. A Trick of the Tail 7. And then they were Three 8. Duke 9. From Genesis to Revelation 10. The rest... PS: Love your t-shirt!

Hello, my Best of Ranking for Genesis, starting with the BEST album: 1. Selling England by the Pound 2. The Lamb lies down on Broadway 3. A Trick of the Tail 4. Foxtrot 5. Nursery Cryme 6. Genesis 7. Trespass 8. Wind and Wuthering 9. Invisible Touch 10. And then there were three 11. Calling all Stations 12. We cant dance 13. Abacab 14. Puke (Duke) The least favourites have too many ballads and short songs.

Duke is their best album, anyone who disagrees is not a true fan of the band.

i dont see how you can rate these albums unless you grew up with them and the first album is really a collection of demos imo they all have some merit

Genesis of the 70 s is Genesis that I love...80s had some moments but: 1. The Lamb-everything else pales in comparison...their Sgt Peppers...screw the Band...the Best of Gabriel "...and I'm hovering like a fly...waiting for the windshield on the freeway" .Band Hated it...rest of us smoked pot, sat on the floor read the album while floating away into Raels dream...one album on a deserted island...the Lamb. Great concept album w Great ensemble music writing and sounds.as years go by ...it stands the test of time..."The Light Lies Down" on this great record...Gabriel shouldn't apologize or be sheepish when talking about this record in front or around his ex band mates...Be like John Lennon and say"Best damn record Genesis ever made!" 2.Trick of the Tail-Great great effort w out Gabriel...and they needed it timing-wise...awesome combo of pop writing great singing and musicality...Recorded very well ...transparent and excellent...kudos for Collins for not trying to replicate Peter Gabriel 3. Selling England By the Pound-70 s Genesis fans fav...excellent record Genesis establishes its niche at that time as #1 Band in Europe. Firth of Fifth epic Banks Piano Gabriel s voice are both epic throughout record (Cinema Show Epping Forest)and a hint of the 80 s w COllins lead on More Fool Me Banks keys are brilliant as well as Hackett ...who never gets credit for his original gtr approach that Floyd "borrowed" I turned my older brother onto Genesis w this record and he became even bigger and longer lasting fan than I was. 4. Foxtrot -great follow up to Nursery Crime (kool cover "sequel")...Brilliant tunes and great drumming by Collins This record really got me into Genesis... Watcher, Suppers Ready,Get em Out by Fri were of course standouts but loved Can Utility...Gabriel proving why he was one of the best singer frontmen of his era...maybe songs could have been slightly shorter or give me 2 more trax cause I wanted to keep listening 5. Wind and Wuthering- would have been higher (musically as good as Trick of the Tail) if recorded better; hazy less dimensional serious hints of them going the Collins -Lionel Richie rout but still some great Genesis moments 11th Earl, One For the Vine Wot Gorilla Blood on the Rooftops(Gabriel-like lyric political Brit digs .."the Arabs n the Jews boy... too much for me" ) And the powerful when live "Afterglow" & You're Own Special Way ...(fem crowd growing) I wish i could have said something to mixing engineer when they mixed album..but I was 14 and didn't know anything then. 6. Nursery Cryme-I had heard Foxtrot before Nursery Cryme so I had to work backwards as Genesis w this album had arrived at their calling and developed their sound and were drawing serious attention from critics and fans alike..British theatre meets prog rock w classics Harold the Barrel of course the Musical Box...but loved baroque like Harlequin...beautiful and a lil haunting. THe rest don't register except individual tracks, i like a couple on Abacab, a couple on Duke a couple on "And THen there Were 3 " I liked Abacab and Turn It On singles because even though they got radio airplay...it still had a Genesis prog element to it and they were cool I liked infusion of EWF horns w Collins desire to become the "Genedores"...but for the most part Genesis as the group i knew ...was gone There was increasingly little difference between a Genesis record and a Phil Collins. So it came down to whether I liked their singles or not but I was done buying Genesis records... The docs ,where they all come back to talk Genesis w Hackett and Gabriel included,although fascinating and with illuminating info are awkward. THey(the Band) still harbor resentment. to Gabriel even though they were monetarily and recognition wise more successful w/out him. Even his buddy Collins echews Gabriel for his "efforts" on the brilliant Lamb they WERE all part of... Banks comes off like an enigmatic ass...he LOVES hits,but he wrote much of the PROG rock anthems that Genesis became known for..and on his own wrote NOTHING that was a hit on his solo records.

I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, 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. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as, uh, anything I've heard in rock. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.

Genesis' best album remains "Seconds Out"

Nice Sam the Record Man shirt! Takes me back to the late 70's, cruising the Yonge St. strip in Toronto.

May not agree with Abacab but I’m just glad you’re talking about Genesis. And yes, Selling England by the Pound is Dope as f. Trick of the Tail left me speechless. My personal fav is ...And then there were three. Tony Banks doesn’t get enough props imo. Love these dudes to death. And thank you for being a fan like me! ✌🏾

On FGTR they were asked by Johnathon King to write an album of Bee Gees type songs. That is why they sound like that. Plus, they were seventeen year old schoolboys, so give em a break.

dude, you're crazy. Abacab is awesome. Sarah Jane is incredible. Another Record has a deep groove and a killer melody. Dodo/Lurker is excellent and strange. I don't know where your head is at. If you like Jesus He Knows Me, then Abacab's pop elements are both hookier than that as well as unique and special.

I remember buying Abacab when it came out. Absolutely adore Keep it Dark, if I hear it, I just have to dance. Another favourite, Can Utility from Foxtrot, up on my feet again. The Brazilian, yep, another stonking blast. For Absent Friends, now I'm wistful, Ripples, particularly the live version from 2007, makes me cry, same as Hackett's solo on Firth of Fifth. Bruford's drumming on Cinema Show, a sonic punch in the guts. So many great moments over the last forty five years. Thank you Genesis

1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 2. Selling England By The Pound 3. Foxtrot 4. Wind & Wuthering 5. A Trick Of The Tail 6. Trespass 7. Nursery Cryme 8. And Then There Were Three 9. Duke 10. Abacab 11. Genesis 12. Invisible Touch 13. We Can’t Dance 14. From Genesis To Revelation 15. Calling All Stations

Top 5 5. Nursery Cryme 4. Selling England By the Pound 3. A Trick of the Tail 2. Foxtrot 1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Abacab, while not their best, it's certainly not their worst. Watch the version of "Keep it Dark / It's Gonna Get Better" from the Mama Tour in 84. That particular performance made me realize how great Keep It Dark is. How could you not love Dodo / Lurker. The moment when he says "meanwhile lurking by a stone in the mud", reminds me of the Gabriel days.

1- Selling 2- Lamb 3- Fox 4- Trick 5- Wind 6- Nursery 7- Duke 8- Three

70's Genesis : Greatest band of all times, with no real competition. 80' Genesis : Mediocre , purposeless , bland pop band with no reason whatsoever to exist or degrade the name " Genesis " .

For a guy who says his” all-time favourite band” is Genesis, he had a lot of criticism for much of their albums. Genesis is also one of my favourite bands up until Duke and enjoyed their early music completely. Calling classic songs as “fun tracks”?????

I wonder if you agree with this assessment of Genesis' debut.... It's uniquely "British" in it's quaintness and simplicity... The only other album I can compare and say has a similar feel to it is David Bowie's debut.

I found Nursery Cryme a bit of a hit and miss affair, but I really do like "For Absent Friends" and "Harlequin". Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Wind and Wuthering, And Then There Were Three, and Genesis (1983) are my faves.

1. The Lamb 2. Selling England 3. Foxtrot 4. W&W 5. Trick 6. Trespass 7. Nursery Cryme 8. ATTW3 9. Duke 10. Abacab 11. Invisible Touch 12. Genesis 13. We Can’t Dance 14. FGTR 15. CAS