It's great to finally see 'The Lamb' at number one in a ranking. Most reviewers don't appear to get it. As you said, it is their masterpiece. Well done!
Thank you for watching and commenting on my video! I'm glad we agree about the lamb. You're totally right, I rarely see it ranked at number one on other ranking lists. Definitely their masterpiece!
Steve Hackett’s work in Genesis is really the secret weapon on their success. In fact, the final record he did with the band has some of his best work with Genesis. He seemed unleashed and was playing more creatively and freely. I’d love to have seen his influence on Genesis during their mega successful years. I think Steve would have added more depth to the band instead of it being a pop music factory under Phil Collins.
@@memermetalthemiddleagedaut99 exactly. There is even a rumour that Phil wanted to to Supper's Ready in it's entirety on the 1992 We Can't Dance Tour, but it was as you say, turned down by Mike and Tony
We're fairly close in our evaluations, but I think Trick of the Tail should have been #1 (personal opinion). Dance on a Volcano will always be my 1 song of all time. I don't think losing Peter was that detrimental to the band, but the loss of Steve started their downfall for me. They will always be my favorite band, but I can't even listen to the later music.
My list would go (Genesis is my favorite band): 1. Foxtrot 2. The lamb lies down on broadway 3. Selling england by the pound 4. Nursery Cryme 5. Trespass 6. A trick of the tail 7. Wind & wuthering 8. Duke 9. And then there were three 10. ABACAB 11. Genesis 12. Invisible touch 13. From genesis to revelation 14. We can't dance 15. Calling all stations
As a Peter Gabriel-era fan I like your list; I don't know very well The Lamb yet (listened few times...I only recently got the CD!!) so that I would even put Nursery Crime inverted with it, for the moment.
CAS at 15? I don’t agree. This album, like many pieces of work by lots of great bands, takes some investment in listening time. I personally would move it up 5 or 6 places.......
No 1 selling england by the pound. It is a must 😂😂😂
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1. Foxtrot 2. A Trick Of The Tail 3. Nursery Cryme 4. Selling England By The Pound 5. Wind & Wuthering 6. Duke 7. And Then There Were Three 8. Trespass 9. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 10. Genesis 11. Abacab 12. Invisible Touch 13. We Can't Dance 14. From Genesis To Revelation 15. Calling All Stations
There are particular songs they did after that album that are among their best. Keep in mind, the commercial line up didn't have the tension of personalities there was with Gabriel and Hackett. Banks, Rutherford and Collins got along famously. So the music that came out lack tension. It doesn't necessarily mean the music sucked at that point
The later stuff held no interest for me and in my opinion they did suck after Duke but if you like it then that's fine if we all liked the same music then the world would be a boring place.
Here's my current list and a brief thought on each one: 1. Selling England By The Pound (The best prog rock album of all time) 2. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (The best rock opera of all time) 3. Foxtrot (I hope you're hungry because Supper's Ready...) 4. A Trick Of The Tail (Phil Collins can still do it) 5. Nursery Cryme (Thanks for bringing in Phil and Steve) 6. Wind And Wuthering (Side 2 synth fest) 7. Trespass (Solid intro to the prog scene) 8. And Then There Were Three (Okay Mike, you're the guitarist now) 9. Duke (Good concept) 10. Genesis (Why illegal alien?) 11. Invisible Touch (Tonight, Tonight, Tonight. Oh!) 12. From Genesis To Revelation (A decent folk album) 13. Abacab (What are you doing?) 14. We Can't Dance (Snooze fest) 15. Calling All Stations (Should have stayed asleep)
My list would be pretty close to that. Maybe the lamb at 4. Anything post 1980 is not really my thing, but commercially was the bands most successful period ironically
“And Then There Were Three” in my opinion was their best. It seems like yesterday when I bought this album at my neighborhood record store and practically wore the grooves out playing it.
Piace molto anche a me, l'inizio con una sola nota di tastiera di Down and Out è allucinante, Many to many e The lady lies sono capolavori, Burning Rope ha dei passaggi incredibili, e il sound generale dell'album è fedele all'immagine crepuscolare della copertina.
15) From Genesis To Revelations 14) Calling All Stations 13) We Can't Dance 12) Abacab 11) Invisible Touch 10) Genesis 09) Trespass 08) And Then There Were Three 07) Nursery Cryme 06) Duke 05) Foxtrot 04) Wind & Wuthering 03) Trick Of The Tail 02) The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 01) Selling England By The Pound Just for fun Live Album Ranking 5) The Way We Walk Live (The Longs and The Shorts) 4) Live Over Europe 3) Three Sides Live 2) Genesis Live 1) Seconds Out
I’d pretty much agree with this top 5, though Trick is possibly superior to Trespass. I like both of those albums for different reasons, and love to hear Trespass from time to time, but I’d rather play Trick of the Tale for a loud blast of Genesis. Then again I was 13 in 1976, so it meant more to me at the time.
complete agree ...completamente deacuerdo...i am latino hispanic but i undertad a lot inglish , i am almost bilingual and the lyrics of this song is amazing...I am from Honduras
@@Starman-zi9tl my first show was 2nd tour TP Warner DC It was summer 74(?) Went to venue 2 hours early to secure seats for 30 friends for the first three rows balcony... still my favorite show.
1-Selling England by The Pound( One of the Greatest Prog-Albums ever by anyone and certainly IMHO their (Genesis) best and my favorite. 2-A Trick of The Tail( Incredible that Phil’s first out front is incredible and proved the Critics Wrong ) 3-Nursery Cryme ( Trespass was surprisingly very good with its Medieval type Prog, but Phil and Steve joining here put them on a different stratosphere surely ). 4-The Lamb( One of the Greatest Double L/P’s ever. A Prog Masterpiece ). 5-Foxtrot( Suppers Ready is considered their masterpiece and rightfully so. Can/Utility and Watcher of the Skies are great as well ). 6-Wind and Wuthering( Hackett’s Finally and a Great Album.... One for The Vine, All in a Mouses night are Tony written masterpieces. Blood on The Rooftops is a Steve and Phil Masterpiece. 7-Trespass- Underrated and Their masterpiece with Anthony Phillip’s who was superb and unique in his own right. The Knife is them in Zeppelin/Deep Purple/Black Sabbath mode and . The rest are ok I guess with Duke The Best Of The Rest.
My top: 1. The Lamb 2. Selling England 3. Foxtrot 4. A Trick of the Tail 5. Nursery Crime 6. Trespass 7. Wind And Wuthering. And it's all Im interested 🙂
1. The lamb lies down on Broadway 2. Selling England by the pound 3. Foxtrot 4. Nursery cryme 5. Trespass 6. Genesis live 7. A trick of the tail 8. Wind and wuthering 9. Seconds out (live) 10. And then there were three 11. Duke 12. Abacab 13. Genesis (Mama) 14. Three sides live 15. From genesis to revelation
I absolutely love Abacab and consider it a desert island disc for me. You're right about "Who Dunnit?" but everything else is first rate including the title track, "No Reply at All," "Keep It Dark," and "Another Record."
That's what I love about this band... there are so many different and strong opinions. It is always interesting to see other people's opinions. I appreciate you watching even though I didn't rate Abacab very well. I do love the title track, very good playing on that one.
I always dismissed this one, but listening to it some more I think it is actually pretty great. Much better than the self titled album, which has Mama and Home but not much else. Abacab is weird, with a stark sound, but it is very consistent in its mood.
Good job, Starman. Unquestionably the top 4 are: Selling England, Foxtrot, The Lamb and Nursery Cryme. However, I would have ranked them in that order, perhaps with Foxtrot and The Lamb tied. The next 3 are definitely Trick, Wind & Wuthering and Then There Were Three, in that order, as you have it. Then Trespass and then Duke, as you have it. After that, it doesn't much matter. Underrated tracks of the top albums are: Battle of Epping Forest on Selling England (superb Gabriel vocal here), Can-Utility and the Coastliners on Foxtrot, It on The Lamb, and Fountain of Salmacis on Nursey Cryme. In terms of the most listenable from start to finish, that would be Selling England, Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme. The Lamb, had it been a single album of the best tracks on it, would have been their greatest album and one of the greatest pop albums ever.
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
Mine... 1. The Lamb... 2. Foxtrot 3. Selling England... 4. Nursery Cryme 5. Wind & Wuthering 6. A Trick Of The Tail 7. ...And Then There Were Three... 8. Trespass 9. Duke 10. Abacab 11. Genesis 12. We Can't Dance 13. Invisible Touch 14. From Genesis.... 15. Calling All Suckiness
From worst to first ? 15) Genesis to Revelation 14) Calling all Stations 13) Tresspass 12) And Then There Were 3 11) Wind and Wuthering 10) We Can't Dance 9) Invisible Touch 8) Genesis 7) Nursery Crime 6) Foxtrot 5) Trick of the Tail 4) Abacab 3) Duke 2) Selling England By The Pound 1) The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Thanks for your list. We agree in the sense that we think the best albums are with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett. My favorites are: 1. Selling England by the Pound 2. Fox Trot 3. Nursery Cryme 4. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. I put Lamb Lies Down on Broadway at 4 because Gabriel's voice is a bit rougher though still really impressive, but I miss his tender and more comical touches that were on the earlier three albums and I also miss the classical and lead licks by Steve Hackett which were less prevalent on this album.
Pretty much my same assessment. Much of 'Selling' is hauntingly beautiful, with Foxtrot and Lamb also sharing that characteristic. Still sometimes brought close to tears by this band's depth. 'Citizens of hope & glory, Time goes by, it's the time of your life'.' And it was.
I guess I did listen to Foxtrot in my early days even as much as The Lamb lies down,it sounded live just the same,still great and up to date today!!! Greetings from the Netherlands!
I saw Genesis in October 73 , just as Selling England by The Pound was released. Trust me 10 row center , proved to me That S.E.B. the Pound WAS the masterpiece. That was one of the top ten albums ever recorded....
Well, I have to say I'm jealous! It must of been awesome seeing them back then. The only gripe I really have with it is More Fool Me. For the life of me I don't know why that made it onto the album. Other than that, it really is amazing.
@@Starman-zi9tl Collins sang that .I don't know why either. But Genesis for that brief period 1972 - 75 was special .And I saw Zep , ELP , Santana, Floyd , King Crimson, Yes , The Who . GENESIS was Superb . That sound has haunted me in a good way all my life . HACKETT's guitar *************
@@stevenfarina2369 Wow! Now I'm really jealous! Knowing you saw all those great bands and Genesis is the one that sticks with you, makes me respect them even more. Great taste in music btw!
I agree Lamb is their best. It's epic. It's taken time, but I now regard Trick of the Tail as their 2nd best album. Hackett is at his absolute best on this album and I think that is why it's so damn good. Collins delivers such great vocals as well.
Nice work. Thanks for posting. My list would be different. Neither Foxtrot (unfocussed) and The Lamb (like Gabriel's first solo album) would make my top three. Both greats albums, but I can't connect with the as much as ... 1. Selling England . . . 2. Nursery Cryme 3. Wind and Wuthering 4. Trick of the Tail 5. And then there were three Never saw them live with Gabriel/Hackett (except the dire 'reunion' at Milton Keynes in 82, I think) but saw the 'three version' a few times. Always great live, but I fell out with their studio output in the mid 80s. Saw Gabriel live a few times, too. Utterly amazing. So creative and talented. A genuis in many ways. My more recent guilty pleasure is catching Hackett live shows, doing old stuff. His recent SEBTP tour was very moving.
Thank you for watching and commenting! Oh man, I would have loved to see Steve Hackett perform SEBTP. I saw Peter back in '03 and he was phenomenal. I also saw Genesis in '07 and they put on an excellent show as well.
Trespass is one of the best for me ! I don't really like the knife. the remaining song are ethereal and undescribably touching. but good job , globally agreed with your classification. nice video!
Yep. You're right. Selling England at 4 is not what I'd have chosen. Best by a mile for me. And More Fool Me is a cracking song...a nice 'interlude' on that album. But...all just opinions. Great review.
@@Starman-zi9tl out of interest, have you seen 'Genesis Piano Project'? Look them up if not, you'll enjoy them. Sadly they will be no more as one of them passed away just before Christmas. Fabulous musicians. Cheers!
My list: 01.The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. 02.Selling England By The Pound 03. Foxtrot 04. Duke 05. A Trick Of The Tail 06. Genesis 07. Wind And Wuthering 08. We Can't Dance 09. Nursery Cryme 10. Invisible Touch 11. And Then There Were Three 12. Trespass 13. Abacab 14. Calling All Stations 15. From Genesis To Revelation
1. Selling England by the Pound 2. A Trick of the Tail 3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 4. Foxtrot 5. Duke 6. Wind and Wuthering 7. Nursery Cryme 8. Invisible Touch 9. Genesis 10. We Can't Dance 11. Trespass 12. And Then There Were Three 13. Abacab 14. Calling All Stations 15. From Genesis to Revelation
When I started watching your video I wondered which album would take the first place in your opinion. I didn’t believe you would choose my favourite because I always stood alone when I was asked for my favourite Genesis album and said without hesitating one second “The Lamb!!!” I totally agree with you in all places and thank you for that excellent video.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! You are not alone brother! lol It does seem that many people do disagree with our number one choice though.
Your not alone. Speaking of which, coming from Eastern Iowa, I met a handful of classic Yes fans in my college days, but no else seemed to know the Peter Gabriel era Genesis from Abbas.
‘The Lamb’, I think, is Peter Gabriel’s magnum opus. Nothing else compares. Just like Pete Townsends Quadrophenia. There’s that and then everything else.
1. The Lamb 2. Selling England 3. Foxtrot 4. Nursery Cryme 5. Wind & Wuthering 6. A Trick of the Tail 7. Duke 8. Trespass 9. Genesis 10. Abacab 11. And Then There Were Three 12. We Can't Dance 13. Invisible Touch 14. From Genesis to Revelation 15. Calling All Stations Favourites: Fly on a Windshield, Blood on the Rooftops, Entangled, The Fountain of Salamacis Worst: Scenes from a Nights Dream, Illegal Alien, Since I Lost You, If That's What You Need
Once again a very good video. I don't agree with the top 5 but for me, the albums are the same only in different ranking: 5- Nursery Cryme, 4- A Trick Of The Tail", 3- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, 2 - Foxtrot, 1- Selling England By the Pound. Good job, thank you.
I really love "Genesis" (yellow album), my favourite album of the Collins era. My alltime favourite is "The Lamb lies down on Broadway" and there is of course "Genesis Live". One last thing: I've seen the "Calling all Stations" tour in Dortmund / Germany and it was great! Ray Wilson is a fantastic singer, especially his performance of "Calling all Stations" and "The Carpet Crawlers" was awesome.
MY RANKING LIST: 1- selling england by the pound (5 stars) 2- duke (5 stars) 3- nursery cryme (5 stars) 4- invisible touch (5 stars) 5-we can't dance (5 stars) 6- wind and wuthering (4 stars) 7- a trick of the tail (4 stars) 8- foxtrot (4 stars) 9- the lamb lies down on broadway (4 stars) 10- trespass (3 stars) 11- genesis (3 stars) 12- abacab (3 stars) 13- and then there were three (2 stars) 14- calling all stations (2 stars) 15- from genesis to revelations (1 stars)
I'm a lifelong Genesis fan and generally agree with Starman's order, except when he ranked And Then There Were Three as better than Duke. As a matter of fact, I find And Then There Were Three their least accessible of the 1975-1981 era albums from a melodic and rhythmic standpoint. I feel that Duke has a wonderful combination of melody, beat, rhythm, a touch of prog, and Phil's best vocal work with the band . I know we're all entitled to our own opinion, but I'm actually shaking my head that Starman ranked And Then There Were Three ahead of Duke.
There is no worst on this list... least best maybe. Here's mine: 15 - From Genesis to Revelation 14 - Calling all Stations 13 - Abacab - Lacks focus 12 - Invisible Touch - Some great songs, but overall too 80's produced. However, where it not for Invisible Touch, a large number of fans may never have found their music... myself included. 11 - Trespass 10 - Genesis 9 - We Can't Dance 8 - Selling England by the Pound 7 - Duke - Great pop songs. 6 - And Then There were Three - The best of both prog and pop 5 - Wind and Wuthering - Some of the most hauntingly beautiful music ever made. 4 - Nursery Cryme 3 - Foxtrot 2 - A Trick of the Tale 1 - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway It's really neat to see how close our lists are (I wrote my list before watching the video). Funny story... I started being a Genesis fan when Invisible Touch (and Peter and Phils solo output in '85) was getting heavy airplay, and a friend's Dad had records from this "new" band Genesis. That led me to Dodo, which was absolutely amazing, and I bought 3 Sides Live which cemented my love for the band (and therefore the pop-ier work that was contained on it). During a Christmas Break in a big city, I found a couple of records that looked similar so I grabbed them both... Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot. I hated them. After a few years though, things swapped, and as you can see from my list, the pop songs grabbed me, but the prog songs kept me. I can't imagine what my teen years would have been like without Genesis. thanks for the great video!
You make a great point, "Worst" doesn't really apply to Genesis. I'm thinking of changing my future videos to something like least favorite to favorite, or something like that.
My list 1. Selling England by the pound 2. The Lamb lies down on Broadway 3. Foxtrot 4. A trick of the tail 5. Nursery crime 6. Duke 7. Wind & wuthering 8. Trespass 9. And then they were three 10. Invisible touch/Genesis (Can't decide) 11. Abacab 12. We Can't dance 13. From genesis to revelation 14. Calling all stations
I have a soft spot for Invisible Touch. Sure it's cheesy and a little superficial, but as a pop 80's album, it is among the best of them, I even like it a little more than Duke. I bet if it came out as just a Phil Collins solo album or if it was by somebody else, it would be held in higher regard. Aside from that, I will always consider The Lamb as their best album, even though it took me several listens to "get it", and Supper's Ready is their best song and one of the best songs ever made. I still can't get into Wind and Wuthering for some reason. It sounds great, and I like Tony Banks going hard on the unique synth sounds, but the songs just aren't there. Every song sounds the same to me.
The Lamb is defenitly number one album...Selling Foxtrot are hard to say wich one second...Super ready...super Master pièce bring me to second best...Selling is magestic. Trespass very good original sound and stories
15.Calling All Stations 14.Abacab 13.We Can't Dance 12.Genesis 11.And Then There Were Three 10.From Genesis To Revolution 9.Trespass 8.Duke 7.Wind And Wuthering 6.Invisible Touch 5.Nursery Cryme 4.Foxtrot 3.A Trick Of The Tail 2.The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1.Selling England By The Pound
Here is my current ranking of their studio albums: 1. Nursery Cryme (1971) 2. Trespass (1970) 3. Selling England By The Pound (1973) 4. Wind & Wuthering (1976) 5. Foxtrot (1972) 6. And then there were three (1978) 7. A Trick of the Tail (1975) 8. Duke (1980) 9. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974) 10. From Genesis to Revelation (1969) 11. Genesis (1983) 12. Abacab (1981) 13. Invisible Touch (1986) 14. We Can't Dance (1991) 15. Calling All the Stations (1997)
15 Calling All Stations 14 Abacab 13 Invisible Touch 12 From Genesis to Revelation 11 Duke. 10 Genesis 9 And Then there were Three 8 We Can’t Dance 7 Wind and Wuthering 6 The Lamb Lies Dies Down on Broadway 5 A Trick of the Tail 4 Trespass 3 Selling England By the Pound 2 Nursery Cryme 1 Foxtrot
Lifelong Genesis fan, and found some of the other Genesis ranking lists on RU-vid to come close, but no (have a) cigar. I think you nailed it. The Lamb must be#1, followed by Nursery Cryme & Foxtrot (these 2 are interchangeable for me).
Thank You For The Video ! I wish I had a poster from the wonderful picture in the beginning of Your video. My Ranking: 1. Wind And Wuthering 2. A Trick Of The Tail 3:Nursery Cryme 4. Trespas 5. Selling England By The Pound 6. The Lamb lies Down On Broadway 7. Foxtrot 8. Genesis 9.Invisible Touch 10. And Then They Were Three 11. Duke 12. Abacab 13. We Can"t Dance 14. From Genesis To Revelation 15. Calling All Stations
Thank you for watching and commenting! I can see how Wind and Wuthering would be your number one. I keep liking that album more and more with every listen. One for the Vine is one of my all time favorites!
Calling All Stations deserves much more credit than it usually receives. Love that album. Part of its problem was releasing when it did. No way was Genesis going to top the charts in 1997
Calling All Stations is a superb album, but it is just not Genesis as we all know and love it. They should better have named them "Wilson, Banks & Rutherford". One nice thing is, Ray Wilson is still on tour frequently, mostly playing in cozy music halls with an excellent live experience.
I really dislike the way they fade out virtually every song. It’s quite annoying. They should re-release this album with unfaded songs. It would be a vast improvement.
I utterly agree with you! It broke my heart when I saw them becoming shallower and shallower, to the point where I never brought anymore of their albums, Duke was the last one for me.. This band was a big part of my life growing up, me being 13 years old when Foxtrot came out... I saw Collins has a terrible eroding influence on the band, however I loved him up until after Duke, then I nearly hated him... I sooo wonder what they would have done if Peter would have stayed, I'd love to visit that alternate universe, take me there please... Great vid dude, a man after my own heart! Well done sir!
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words! You know, I wonder the same thing too regarding if Peter Gabriel stuck around longer... Thanks again!
He has a point with "Fading Lights" the last track on "We can't Dance" its an incredible song and very different to the singles released off this album.
Hi Doug, thank you for watching! I totally agree, they have so many great albums. Also, I can definitely respect your opinion of foxtrot at number one, it is certainly one of their best!
Here my ranking: 1. Selling England by the Pound 2. Foxtrot 3. Nursery Cryme 4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 5. A Trick of the Tail 6. Wind & Wuthering 7. Trespass 8. Abacab 9. Invisible Touch 10. Duke 11. And Then There Were Three 12. We Can't Dance 13. Genesis 14. From Genesis to Revelation 15. Calling All Stations
1. Trespass (Unique, underrated and beautiful. For me this album has a mysterious quality that is hard to describe, almost as if it is from another time) 2. Nursery Cryme (Genesis at their prog best) 3. From Genesis to revelation (Again, underrated and beautiful. I'm sure it won't be everyone's cup of tea but again this album feels unusual to me, some of the songs sound like they could have been written 100s of years ago if you know what i mean, just the atmosphere they create) For me, the top 3 rotate depending on my mood. So they could be in any order. 4. A Trick of The Tail. (First Genesis album I heard so have a soft spot for it) 5. The lamb lies down (Awesome) 6. Selling England by the pound (again, awesome) 7. Foxtrot (Mostly Awesome) For me, there is a huge drop in quality for the albums that follow. The previous 7 are all in my top 20 favourite albums. 8. Wind and Wuthering (Pockets of awesome. I like Eleventh earl of mar and afterglow, but find myself skipping the rest) 9. And then there were three. (Follow you follow me is nice) 10. Calling all stations (To me its a decent album, if it was released with another band name) 11. Duke (meh) 12. Genesis (Meh +1) 13. Invisible touch ( The height of Cheesey pop genesis) 14. We Can't dance ( at this point there are many things they can't do) 15. Abacab. (Who dunnit is unforgivable. Dodo-Lurker sounds cool and I think Abacab itself is ok, but if I never heard the album for the rest of my life I can't say it would be a great shame)
Thank you for watching and commenting. This has got to be the most unique ranking and I totally respect that! I couldn't agree with you more regarding who dunnit being unforgiveable! I love Trespass and feel it doesn't get the love it rightly deserves.
Abacab is one of my favoritess. I really don't understand the hate for who dunnit, I think it's hilarious. The band was having fun making something stupid and I can appreciate that. I love all their work besides Calling All Stations but not every Genesis track has to be some pretentious 7+ minute epic. Obviously they did not take themselves too seriously so I don't know why everyone else does.
@@Chrono86 Well the 7 minute + songs usually sound like some effort went into them. Who dunnit sounds to me like they wrote about 30 seconds of music for a laugh and then stretched it out into a 3 and a half minute monstrosity. it's one of the most repetitive songs I've ever heard. For such a short track, it's incredibly boring. I liked it when i was about 8 years old but now it just sounds like very lazy writing, like they wanted an extra track for the album and were just desperate to fill it with anything. I think there is a difference between not taking themselves seriously (for example wearing a dress and fox mask on stage) and just very lazy songwriting.
Pretty much the same order I would have come up with, although I would have gone with a different top 3 (1. Selling England By The Pound, 2. Foxtrot, 3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway). Originally, "A Trick Of The Tail" was my favorite because it was the first Genesis album I listened to. I was 10 years-old. It had an enormous influence on me. It is later, when I subsequently listened to the earlier albums that I changed my mind.
I’m in a similar position, though I was 13 when Trick came out. I got into post-Gabriel Genesis before discovering the early 70s stuff, which is definitely my preference now. Can’t get over my first love though!
#1 Selling England By The Pound #2 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway #3 Foxtrot #4 Nursery Cryme #5 Trespass #6 A Trick of The Tail #7 Genesis #8 And then there were three #9 Invisible Touch #10 Abacab #11 Duke #12 We Can't Dance
At last - a Genesis ranking that puts the album 'The Lamb' rightfully at No 1 and includes 'And Then There Were Three' in the Top 8. Thank you for this. 👍
Thank you for watching and commenting! You're very welcome. The Lamb will always be my number one. And Then There Were Three I think gets overlooked, which is a shame since it's a solid album.
Really enjoyed both the approach and content of this 'countdown'. What a great band. Their musicianship across the years has been stellar. Though I would have put 'Selling England By The Pound' at #1 it may interest you to know that I've recently come to the personal conclusion that Disc1 (Sides One and Two) of "Lamb" are a greater technical achievement than Side 2 of 'Abbey Road' by the Beatles. Just my opinion...but I'm sticking with it. Nice job! Appreciate your videos and your respect for Progressive Rock very, very much. Cheers!
Thank you for watching and your kind words again! :) That's a very interesting comparison between Abbey Road and The Lamb... I would have to agree with your conclusion as well! Progressive Rock is a passion of mine and it's so nice to share that passion with people such as yourself. Thank you so much for commenting and watching!
I am a fan of Genesis mainly in the first part of their story, so in my opinion all studio album until first part of 70 are the best, I placed Trespass in 5th place
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is what separates Genesis from Yes or any of their contemporaries. The album is incomparable to anything else. I never understood why the band members of Genesis didn’t recognize that it was such a great accomplishment and would become one of the greatest masterpieces in Prog history. I really love Selling England by the Pound and Foxtrot. Listening to The Musical Box from Nursery Cryme was one of the most mind blowing moments in my life as far as music goes. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is absolutely on the top of my list. There is nothing else anything like it nor will there ever be.
I have a very twisted kind of love for Genesis so I’m not surprised our lists are different. What’s funny is Abacab falls around the same spot on my list but you and I have INCREDIBLY different opinions on it
Again I agree with your ranking here. I think the trouble with 'The Lamb' is it was such a departure from the sound of 'Selling England' that many fans fell into 2 groups. You either loved it or you hated it. However there is a third group that back in 74 I fell into which was I found it a shock yes, but a surprisingly interesting one that I neither liked nor disliked at that time. Over the years though I have come to adore this album and it has so many great moments of brilliance you can come back to it at any time and it still moves you.
You exactly described my experience with the 'Lamb'. I attended the '75 concert in Dortmund, Germany and was totally pissed off. I didn't know the 'Lamb' at the time time of the concert (big mistake I know) but owned all the previous albums (exept 'Revelation'). Later on I realized that it was only a matter of expectation because my love for the 'Lamb' increased from year to year. So yes, I definitly belong to group 3. But still my all time favourite is 'Selling England' ;)
Long time fan. My ranking, fwiw: 15. From Genesis to Revelation - sigh. They tried. 14. Calling All Stations - sigh. I wish they'd stopped trying. 13. Trespass - The Knife Is great, but the sound is awful and it's not overall a great record 12. We Can't Dance - I'm probably underrating this, but I was pretty much done by this point. 11. Invisible Touch - Domino and The Brazillian are great. In Too Deep is their best ballad. Too much filler. 10. ...And Then There Were Three - A really good album without the high points of the ones after this. 9. Genesis - with all due respect, "Illegal Alien" is the worst song they ever recorded, but Second Home By The Sea makes up for a lot 8. Nursery Cryme - love it, but other than "The Musical Box", not tremendously memorable 7. Abacab - aside from that one song, a very strong album especially the opening tracks on each side 6. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - would have been a great single album, WAY too much filler and the story makes no sense. You can tell Peter had lost interest. 5. Foxtrot - The first truly great one IMO. Peter's vocals never sounded better. 4. Duke - The album that defined 80s Genesis. Phil's vocals and drumming are absolutely at their best here. 3. Wind & Wuthering - see below 2. A Trick of the Tail - The two 1976 releases, treated as a double album, absolutely blow The Lamb out of the water. Sorry, but the songs are better and every bit as "prog." 1. Selling England by the Pound - I'm biased because of Firth of Fifth and The Cinema Show.
That’s a really good ranking...I felt Abacab was ranked too low on the original list, and I like your summation of the two ‘76 albums. Like another poster said elsewhere, it’s hard not to include “Seconds Out”....a truly great live album. And “Three Sides Live” was really cool as well...
@@davidward1433 Thanks! Three Sides Live is a favorite of mine because it got me into synths (and it has the 3x3 EP for side 4), and Seconds Out is just awesome.
Illegal Alien is 100% the worst Genesis song ever recorded, written, or considered. Lamb is a bit lower on my list it never really clicked with me but I actually almost entirely agree with this ranking.
The first six albums in your ranking are truly masterpieces. Undoubtedly are the best Genesis albums. The way I rank them is as follows. 6. Foxtrot 5.A trick of.. 4.Wind and wuthering 3.Nursery cryme 2. The lamp lies.... 1. Selling England.. Six perfect albums.A Great gift from GENESIS to mankind.
Thank you for commenting! That is an interesting list. However, I can see how Wind & Wuthering good rank so high. One for the Vine I think is one of my all time favorite Genesis tracks.
Your list is very similar to mine. Wind & Wuthering's so underrated, with Eleventh Earl of Mar, One for the Vine, Blood on the Rooftops (best Steve Hackett song for Genesis), and of course, the epic instrumental leading into Afterglow.
You definitely got the top 4 for sure, gutsy putting Selling Eng BTP 4th, ur description of Lights GDOB is spot on, saw that first US tour in Philly on NYE-73 with them doing “Supper’s Ready” to close the show at midnight !! Stunning night at the Tower Theater
[Selling England by the Pound Nursery Cryme Foxtrot The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway] [Trick of the Tail Wind & Wuthering] Duke [Trespass And Then There Were Three Genesis Invisible Touch Abacab] [From Genesis to Revelation We Can't Dance Calling All Stations]
ok..I'll bite #15- calling all stations #14 - we can't dance #13 - from genesis to revelations #12 - invisible touch #11 - abacab #10 - genesis #9 - duke #8 - and then there were three #7 - wind and wuthering #6 - a trick of the tail #5 - selling England by the pound #4 - the lamb lies down on broadway #3 - trespass #2 - foxtrot #1 - nursery cryme (for totally personal reasons)
My ranking can change any day, since I love Genesis so much, they're maybe my favorite band of all time (but I can't decide between it and Pink Floyd) But this is my ranking right now: 15- From Genesis to Revelation gap between bad and listenable (perhaps too harsh) 14- Calling All Stations 13- Invisible Touch gap between listenable and ok (perhaps too harsh again but I don't know words to describe it another way) 12- Trespass 11- Genesis 10- Abacab 9- We Can't Dance (good record but gotta admit that fading lights being my favorite genesis song along with duke's travels is what prevents me from putting it lower than trespass at 12) gap between ok and good 8- And Then There Were Three (the most underrated one) 7- Foxtrot 6- Selling England by the Pound (I know, it's the one that nearly everyone thinks it's their best, but an album like this being in sixth just proves how much Genesis were gifted by God) 5- Wind And Wuthering 4- Nursery Cryme gap between good and PERFECT 3- A Trick of the Tail 2- Duke 1- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
I got into them seriously back in 1983 as a teenager. First album I bought was Duke, which is the perfect starting point. I did turn away from it once exposed to the earlier works. The Lamb was the next I listened to and it rather shocked me given all I’d heard until then was their more commercial stuff. But the best albums do unsettle you at first. Easily the album that had the most immediate and profound impact was Foxtrot. I was mesmerised by it, particularly the opening haunting mellotron.But once I got seriously into the prog scene I realised that Foxtrot hasn’t aged so well. Even so for a naive 17 year old, it was an amazing musical journey into a bygone era.
Who Dunnit is a funny thing, I like it. Obviously it needs to be received as a kind of experimental fantasy, but it's not so simple and it works. Your classification is sustainable. With that kind of exercice, I think it's important to explain the criteria we follow up to judge the quality. It must be the pleasure we get listening to an album, or the musical quality of the composition, or the versatility of the musicians, etc. To give an example, I prove much pleasure listening to «From Genesis...» than for «Calling all Stations», but if I'm objective I must agree that the latter presents a higher standard of musical qualities. I don't understand why many people don't like «More Fool Me». In my point of view, this little song fits very well. SEBTP is the first Genesis album I listened to (a moment of great emotion). Surely, I was blowned by the first track, Firth of Fifth, The Battle an Cinema Show, but I never considered «More Fool Me» as something superfluous or unsignificant. I liked that simple, acoustic, sentimental and almost meditative pause between two epic numbers. Once I tried to reproduce it and I can tell you it's not so easy to play. Thanks for your propositions and your openmindedness.
Thank you for watching and commenting! I totally respect your opinion and is good to take a fresh take on material I never cared for. I appreciate you sharing and providing reasons for enjoying the material I generally dismiss. I may go back and listen to that material now with a more open mind.
