What is the best Genesis studio album

Back In NYC is musically primarily a Mike song, just 15 years before The Living Years

Every generation
Blames Mike Rutherford

Always thought this was an inspired, ambitious cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubYDPqi6ht4

Did Rutherford really write the music to Back in NYC? I didn't realize that, Id assumed it was a Gabriel composition because it doesn't really sound much like anything else Genesis were doing at that time (it's much more modern sounding) and Gabriel did perform it on his first few solo tours. It's my favorite Genesis track (just edging out Carpet Crawlers).

I suspect the Calling All Stations votes were bc of this:

Anybody who wants to choose "I don't like Genesis" could just vote for Calling All Stations featuring TV's Ray Winstone.

― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 22 October 2021 15:57 (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

i've always assumed that's what those votes mean

"Back in NYC", with the 12-string guitar over the pedal bass, is similar to "Squonk" on the next album, also mostly written by Rutherford

The song originated from Mike for sure... The vocal melody is probably Peter's though. You can hear the similarity in this one from Mike's first solo album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weI6qSg9OOE

very credible-sounding thread on Who Wrote What:
https://www.genesis-news.com/forum/index.php?thread/129-who-wrote-what/&pageNo=1