― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 21 September 2006 00:30 (seventeen years ago) link
W&W and Trick of the Tail are both pretty badass albums with few weak spots and are more 'economic' with regards to having none of Gabriel's penchant for running amuck lyrically (at the time), no impenetrable concepts and over-elaborate costumes...just solid writing and performances. Also, dare I say, Collins does a fantastic job as both drummer and vocalist.
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 21 September 2006 00:34 (seventeen years ago) link
He usually does. And Genesis would have been a lasting quality band had he stuck to that, and kept himself away from involving too much in the songwriting.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 21 September 2006 00:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Thursday, 21 September 2006 03:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 21 September 2006 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link
Ambition and indulgence should never be edited. Anyway, Tony Banks was always there, and was just as much of the musical genius Gabriel was. He sadly has lost it more than Gabriel has though.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 21 September 2006 08:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Can't...quite...find...joke...
― Everything Is Ill-Educated (noodle vague), Thursday, 21 September 2006 08:41 (seventeen years ago) link
Uh, Geir...pretty much anything would have been a huge leap in the right direction from "We Can't Dance".
And honestly, Ray "Stiltskin" Wilson was a better singer than Phil Collins. Then again, you could select anyone off the street and nine times out of ten, they'd be better than Phil Collins.
― Eazy-Esteban Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 21 September 2006 10:37 (seventeen years ago) link
Can I just get a gut check here - do you people like Wind and Wuthering, and if so, why? Why do so many progheads love this incredibly boring album? Or am I just not listening close enough?
― frogbs, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
spent like a month last year getting acquainted with duke, abacab and the self-titled record all of which are AWESOME
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
Foxtrot.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
wind & wuthering is (a) mostly great (b) the perfect album to play on a cold dry windy morning
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
Foxtrot
― Jaap and roids (NickB), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
trespass was killer when i heard it first, selling england by the pound was even greater especially that part in teh battle of epping forest where the music takes off, where it reaches this metaphysical plateau. this moment of bliss, which should last forever. but in the end nursery cryme is the one, i think. the lyric sheet with all those drawings. so english, so strange, so cruel.
― miesepeter (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 1 February 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
Selling England by the Pound. Before that I only really love one song per album ("Stagnation," "The Musical Box," "Supper's Ready").
― jim, Friday, 1 February 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
cosign, this was a month well-spent
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 2 February 2013 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
I think I was very wrong about Wind & Wuthering, which is IMO not as good as Trick of the Tail but I don't find it boring or aimless any more.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
duke btw
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
Your Own Special Way is beyond pukey and the irredeemable ruination of that album imo
― but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
W&W i mean. Still have a soft spot for Duke though, first Genesis record I bought
― but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
That was Genesis in the era when they would regularly appear in lists of footballers' favourite music alongside the Police and jazz funk.
― but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
Foxtrot > A Trick of the Tail > Duke > Selling England by the Pound > Nursery Cryme > Invisible Touch > And Then There Were Three > Wind & Wuthering > The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway > Abacab > Trespass > Genesis > We Can't Dance > Calling All Stations > From Genesis to Revelation
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
*cracks knuckles* ok here we go
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:16 (six years ago) link
abacabwind & wutheringthe lamb lies down on broadwaydukea trick of the tailfoxtrotnursery crymegenesisselling england by the poundand then there were threeinvisible touchtrespasswe can't dance
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
i feel like i'm underrating selling/attwt/invisible touch at the end there but i basically love all of those records except trespass (which is fine) and we can't dance (which is half great half horrible)
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:19 (six years ago) link
wau @ Foxtrot so high.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
man this would be so difficult, though I'm pretty sure Selling England is #1 and Calling all Stations is at the end of the list
― frogbs, Friday, 7 July 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
The first live one. Docked one point for leaving off Supper's Ready.
― dinnerboat, Friday, 7 July 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, July 7, 2017 1:23 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's all great. ppl who think "time table" is weak need to get right
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
'Time Table' is one of my favourites.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 7 July 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
ecstatic you two have kissed and made up
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 July 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
Man, the first part of 'Mad Man Moon' is so beautiful.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 7 July 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
first side of trick is the best shit on earth
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 7 July 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
and then side two has the title track and the percussion-tastic 'Los Endos' ...
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 7 July 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
Hi, Brad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AtL_Ko2KNQ
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 July 2017 00:43 (six years ago) link
Of the ones I listen to:Lamb >> Selling England By the Pound > Nursery Cryme = Foxtrot
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 8 July 2017 01:16 (six years ago) link
"home by the sea" is the fuckin best
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 8 July 2017 01:24 (six years ago) link
The Lamb Lies Down on BroadwaySelling England by the PoundFoxtrotWind & WutheringA Trick of the TailNursery CrymeAbacaband my familiarity with the albums gets hazy after that. I will listen to everything if there's a poll coming up.
― jmm, Saturday, 8 July 2017 01:26 (six years ago) link
The Gabriel albums captured my heart at a formative age so I can't really be objective about them.
― jmm, Saturday, 8 July 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is often cited as the pinnacle of early Genesis, but I'm not really convinced that it is. While it certainly contains more music than any other Genesis studio album, there's portions of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway that strike me as being a bit dull, and the band seem to be lacking in energy throughout - consequently, the whole thing ends up being a bit of a slog for me, even though the album has several highlights. I find the plot of the record to be a bit silly, too. A Trick of the Tail, although it captures a band in crisis due to their lead vocalist leaving, also captures a band that are re-energised and are into what they're doing.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 8 July 2017 03:16 (six years ago) link
First half of Lamb is great, second half more ... nebulous.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 8 July 2017 03:25 (six years ago) link
i love basically every part of the lamb
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 8 July 2017 04:30 (six years ago) link
i'll acknowledge that the first half is basically perfect and that the second half is maybe a little more unsolid but that's as far as i'll go
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 8 July 2017 04:31 (six years ago) link
The plot's no sillier than Supper's Ready, Battle of Epping Forest, other tracks where Peter is the main lyricist. I love the music and so embrace the goofiness.
I do think including the prose version of the story was a bad idea though.
― jmm, Saturday, 8 July 2017 04:59 (six years ago) link
I can ignore the lyrics on 'Supper's Ready' completely, but 'The Battle of Epping Forest', which has some nice musical parts, is far from my favourite Genesis epic.
The relative lack of energy (the title track, for example, has always felt like it needs to be a touch faster and more aggressive) and a little too much meandering padding are bigger issues for me on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway than the lyrics, fwiw.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 8 July 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
^^^^
Will admit to not even knowing what the plot is, despite having listened to this many times. A road trip favourite for me.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 8 July 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
invisible touch is the best genesis album. not a single bad song on it.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 8 July 2017 13:31 (six years ago) link
It's about Peter Gabriel wishing Bob Fosse had directed him on stage singing "On Broadway."
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 July 2017 13:31 (six years ago) link
xpost
alfred otm
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 8 July 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link