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Best Genesis Album - your opinions please.

OK, after consuming eleventeen beers last night, I spun a couple of albums I haven't played in ages - Duke, followed by Wind and Wuthering. Duke, despite the poor recording quality, is one of the bands most underated albums....sure it's a little glimpse of things to come as far as Phil Collins' dominating influence, but it's still an incredible album, and probably the last 'real' Genesis work before they became too commercial.
What are your top 3 Genesis albums and when was the last time you played one of them?....

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rooze OP
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Tvad, I was just thinking about this when your post appeared....I had Trick of the Tail, Selling England By The Pound and Duke....pretty close ehh!
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I'm not surprised that Selling England BTP seems to be high on most peoples list, it's a sublime work that seems to capture the very best of the band. It's rare to find a recording where each track is of the highest standard, and I think that is where the Lamb falls down, there are some exceptional pieces but just too much mediocrity in between.
Genesis and Pink Floyd were my favorite bands through the late 70's and 80's, and it pained me each time Genesis released a new recording, to see the change in direction, and their promoting Collins as the main contributor. I disliked much of PC's whining about his marital problems through Face Value, and when he brought that into Genesis, it spelled the end of an era for me.
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Steve, do 'Musical Box' ever tour in the US?...that would be a lot of fun.
Has anyone heard Steve Hackett's 'Genesis Revisited'?...it's not a bad album for those that liked the Gabriel era better. It doesn't have Gabriels voice, but has some of the classics like Watcher of the Skies, Firth of Fith, I know what I like etc....all done with some unique twists. It's not great but it's worth a listen.

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Wow, just played Seconds Out for the first time in ages...I'd forgotten just how good that is, although I got a little fidgety half way though Suppers Ready!

Brings back some memories for sure!

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Rackon, that's a great period in their history you were able to be involved in. You mentioned their farewell tour at McCormick, there was actually one other show at Milton Keynes in 1982. Gabriel had run into serious money problems promoting his WOMAD project, and the boys rallied for a one-night show in front of about 100,000 wet and muddy Genesis fans. Hackett and Philips were there and it was actually on Mike Rutherfords birthday, Oct 2nd I think.
There were a lot of technical problems but it was an incredible show nevertheless. I wish I could find a video somewhere....

Cheers

Rooze
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