Hey man - have you ever heard the Virgin Charisma UK? Its pretty unbelievable and makes the '94 DE and 2008 irrelevant. I know what you are saying about the drum sound on NC but the drums actually resonate and don't sound like old metal potato chip containers on that UK pressing. I can't recommend it highly enough.Originally Posted by Chuck AzEee!
Best:
1. W&W
2. NC
3. SEBtP
4. Foxtrot
5. TotT
Least: (I haven't heard CAS so please pardon me for not listing it first)
01. IT - crap.
02. We Can't Dance - very weak
03. FGtR - good album but comparatively weak.
04. Trespass - some great parts but some boring stretches as well.
05. s/t - good album but lacks the brilliance of 70s Genesis.
Some of you I must accuse of Prog Heresy! Putting a certain Genesis album in their bottom 5......
Top 5
Lamb
Nursery Cryme
Selling England by the Pound
Foxtrot
Trespass
Bottom Five
We can't Dance
Calling All Stations
Invisible Touch
Genesis
...And Then There Were Three.
Would I be right in guessing you are referring to Trespass?
That's a good album. My post was really just in jest, but I was a little shocked seeing Nursery Cryme.
I've noticed there seems to be two kinds of listeners here, when you start rating albums. There are those like me, who say "Wow, I love those songs, production could have been better, but great album." Then there are those who say "Terrible album - the drums are mixed too low, no real separation between the guitars and keyboards.... pity because they are good songs."
1. A Trick of the Tail
2. Wind and Wuthering
3. Seconds Out
4. Duke
5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
-1. Genesis (Shapes)
-2. Abacab
-3. Trespass
-4. Calling All Stations
-5. Live Over Europe
The best songs on Selling England and Foxtrot are all better on Seconds Out. I like Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance a lot, just not as much as the top 5. I don't know how anyone who likes Genesis' proggy stuff can not like "Fading Light" or "Domino".
Does it matter that this waste of time is what makes a life for you?
Top 5:
Selling England By The Pound
Foxtrot
Trick Of The Tail
Wind And Wuthering
Nursery Cryme
Top 5:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Wind and Wuthering
Trespass
Duke
Selling England by the Pound
Bottom 5:
Calling All Stations
Genesis
We Can't Dance
And Then There Were Three
(Worst album
Invisible Touch (Absolutely awful album.G at there eighties worst!)
Top:
Foxtrot
Lamb
Selling
Cryme
Trick
Bottom 5:
For me, but not for you
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Top 5:
Selling England By The Pound
Wind And Wuthering
Nursery Cryme
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
...And Then There Were Three
Bottom 5:
Calling All Stations
Genesis
From Genesis To Revelation
Invisible Touch
Abacab
Top:
Nursery Cryme
Calling All Stations
Wind & Wuthering
3 Sides Live
Selling England
Bottom:
And Then There Were 3
FGTR
We Can't Dance
Abacab
Invisible Touch
My top 5:
Selling England by the Pound
Trick of the Tales
Nursery Crime
Wind and Wuthering
Duke
Worst: (although I considered that Genesis never made a bad album). Their pop albums are way much better than the mainstream music on the radio.
We can't dance (the less listened)
Mama (close second less listened)
Abacab (has great moments): Me and Sarah Jane, Dodo/Lurker, Keep it Dark
Calling All Stations
Invisible Touch (this too has great moments:
That leaves ATTT, Lamb and Foxtrot in the middle. If Lamb consists of one disc, it would be on my top five, but there are too many songs I dislike.
Top 5:
LLDOB
SEBTP
FOXTROT
Nursery Cryme
ToTT
Bottom 5
CAS
DUKE
ATTWT
ABACAB
FGTR
Not sure if I responded to this one yet
Top five
Foxtrot
SEBTP
A trick of the tail
Wind and wuthering
Nursery Cryme
Bottom five
Abacab (but the best of this bunch)
Genesis
Invisible Touch
We can't dance
Calling all stations (I still actually like it though)
Best Worst? Ummm.. I'd say the overall creativity waned after Duke.. with that said.. I forget who said it.. but creating a "hit" record is not as easy as you think.. so I'd give them props for pulling off the "pop" period as well as anyone else did at that time..
I don't have any particular order of top-bottom 5.
I do know that 'And Then There Were Three' completely blew my young mind. It was the first Genesis album I had heard. It was way beyond any music I was aware of listening to, previously. The mix is murky, that's true, but the music is...
It kind of makes me sad when people put it in their bottom 5 Genesis. But, that's ok.
In retrospect, their sound was in transition. I get it when people prefer the Gabriel era. I was too scared to buy 'Genesis Live' for quite some time, due to the guy in the weird costume on the cover.
I have started to get used to people naming ATTWT as one of their least favourite, but I'll never understand it.
Avoiding buying albums that feature people in weird costumes on the cover is an excellent way of filtering out lots of really awful music, although you do get the occasional "false positive".
Foxtrot
Trick of the Tail
Trespass
Nursery Cryme
Duke
WCD
ITI
like all the rest to varying degrees.
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