Genesis Week Begins - Ranking The Studio Albums (Amity Tracks #84)
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I do enjoy Wind & Wuthering - I’ve been following them since 1975 (thanks to older brother). When Hackett left, they lost their soul. Check out One for the Vine (predominantly Banks) & Blood on the Rooftops (Hackett) again.
I interchange Wind and Trick. I adore both. Blood on the Rooftops is my favourite.
Love Los Endos and Unquiet Slumbers suite. The union of the instruments was seamless and rich. Firth of Fifth follows closely for me.
Hackett's Genesis Revisited video (2015) with the East of England Orchestra is a real treat and tribute to his era with them.
My top 3 : Wind and Wuthering, Wind and Wuthering, Wind and Wuthering. I am 67 years, Genesis fan for over 50 years, visited many concerts and said goodbye to them last year in Amsterdam. Tears in my eyes 😢
Thank you!! I'm glad someone else has Wind and Wuthering as number 1! It's always been my favorite.
Good taste,sir. This chart is PERFECT👍🏼
I always like to chime in with my list
15. Calling all Stations
14. We Can't Dance
13. From Genesis to Revelation
12. Trespass
11. Abacab
10. Invisible Touch
9. Wind and Wuthering
8. Then There Was Three
7. Nursery Crymes
6. Genesis
5. Duke
4. Selling England by the Pound
3. Trick of the Tail
2. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1. Foxtrot
Good ranking!
Almost perfect ranking but wind and...should be 8 and and then there...should be 9
My top five Genesis albums: 1.) Trick 2.) Lamb 3.) Duke 4.) Abacab 5.) Genesis (shapes)
Can't imagine Selling England and Foxtrot not being in anyone's top 5, but that's life, I guess. :^ )
I really do love those too, but I grew up with post-Gabriel Genesis. (Actually, I've been listening to Selling England quite a bit recently.) Bought the Collins led albums all new when released starting with Trick in Jr. High, so those are more dear to me I guess.@@uckbee
Abacab above Foxtrot. You must be trolling.
I think this is the first Genesis album ranking video I've seen where I can't agree with a single placement. Usually, there's at least a couple, but not here. Extraordinary.
But hey, you found some rare photos, at least. Nice.
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 Duke
10. And Then They Were Three
11. Abacab
12. Invisible Touch
13. From Genesis To Revelation
14. We Can"t Dance
15. Calling All Stations
I am so glad to see Abacab get some love...I think it is a great transition album between progressive and "pop"...
Agreed. It's #1 or 2 for me.
My favorites:
1.-Foxtrot
2.-Selling England
3.-The Lamb
4.-Trick
5.-Wind
1. The lamb
2. Foxtrot
3. Nursery cryme
4. Selling England
5. Trespass
6. Trick of the tail
7. Duke
8. Wind & wuthering
9. ABACAB
10. Self titled
11. Invisible touch
12. And then there were three
13. From genesis to revelation
14. We can't dance
15. Calling all stations
Nice order
Great vid! My top four...
1) Foxtrot
2) Nursery Cryme
3) Trespass
4) Selling England By The Pound
I think the first album is the one that really ties them to the Canterbury scene. Then they break out away from the pack and pioneer prog rock with the best of the best.
Trespass at 12! Switched off, quite ridiculous!
Agree, Trespass and W&W ridiculously low!
That's a great rating. 'The Lamb' was my first Genesis album and still my favorite. There is something ethereal about it that can't really be defined. I love 'Foxtrot', 'Selling England' and 'Trick' too. I too have always had a lot of difficulty with 'Wind and Wuthering'. I perceived it as a drop off in quality after 'Trick'. Cheers.
Just as well we're all different. I have always thought W&W was their peak, while AToTT missed the mark very slightly.
Agreed, I love the Gabriel period and trick, ttwt, Duke and still enjoyed them in the 80s, but how can he rank w&w so low? For me w&w is my favorite, start to finish.
If you really want to trip out you should play Behind the Lines,Duchess,Guide Vocal,Turn it on again, Duke’s Travels then Duke’s End. Because that’s the sequence that they first wanted to do the first side before they abandoned the idea.
I personally love Wind and Wuthering. My introduction to Genesis was via the brilliant Seconds Out live LP and I was actually a little disappointed when I started to listen to their studio recordings which lacked the aural punch of their live work. W&W however really came closest to their live sound and the production overall is just superb. Trick of the Tail and Foxtrot are the most consistent album in terms of composition. I do love Selling England By The Pound despite the bloated second side and Lamb Lies Down despite being a tough listen in some ways is so full of great music and also benefits from an excellent production. I am fond of Nursery Cryme but I still think the band were still finding their way on that one. I do agree with you about ABACAB- it's silly but fun and far more enjoyable than the other 80's albums in my opinion and surprisingly proggy in places.
As you said we all came into genesis in different eras i came in during the 80s when i got invisible touch for Christmas in 1986 and it wasnt til way later when i discovered the amazing peter Gabriel era my top 5 are the lamb lies down on Broadway, duke, foxtrot, selling england by the pound and a trick of the tail
Ive got to throw mine out there because I know it will cause a big stir.
1 Selling England
2 Trick of the Tail
3 Nursery Cryme
4 Foxtrot
5 Wind and Wuthering
6 Abacab
7 Duke
8 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
9 Genesis
10....And Then There Were Three
11 Calling All Stations
12 Trespass
13 Invisible Touch
14 We Can't Dance
15 From Genesis to Revelations
I'd have Foxtrot lower and Then There Were Three higher, but apart from that, I chime very much with your list!
Wind And Wuthering is in my opinion Genesis’ progressive pinnacle.
Great list, I'm still fairly new to Genesis, I came into the band because I liked Phil Collins solo material, so even though I've liked them for a while it's really been these last couple of years that I really Dove into their discography. I still favor the Collins era but the Gabriel era is great as well. I'm not totally sure how id rank all the album's yet, but I was hoping to do my own video on it soon!
Daryl Struemer was on bass and guitar depending on the song. He was exclusively on lead guitar for all the material from 1970 til 1977, since Rutherford on stage never played the parts Ant Philips and Steve Hackett had created.
My favourites:
1. A Trick of the Tale
2. Wind & Wuthering
3. Foxtrot
4. Selling England
5. And Then There Were Three
6. Nursery Crymes
7. Duke
8. Genesis
9. Invisible Touch
10. Lamb
I either couldn't connect with the others with Peter (Genesis to Revelation & Trespass), or I had no taste for the rest, yet i loved most of Phil Collins' Catalogue over that latter period.
As you can figure, Steve Hackett made the most impact musically on me on their records, and those first four picks, with number 6, highlighted immense musicality and imagination. I used to research the origins of the imagery used in those lyrics, the Bible, the mythology and folklore, along with 70s pop culture; hence why there was so resonance for me.
My no 5 pick was because of how strong it was lyrically and musically. Although Hackett's versatility was sorely missing from this, Rutherford made a mighty and accomplished assay.❤
Hackett is brilliant. I need to explore some of his solo work.
Finally A Trick of the Tail at #1! The best writing and production of them all.
Why the lamb is so low? No justice should be first or second but last no way then there were three sould be last
@@juancarloscalderonmiranda7259 nothing wrong with the Lamb. It just didn't resonate with me like the others.
When you talk about genesis 1983, you don''t mention "it's gonna get better", which is the best song in this record.
I love the "Shapes" Album a lot too!
(In order of preference), we find ourselves:
Selling Lamb whilst Foxtrotting in the Nursery (what a cryme!), Wutheringly, no Trick. And Then, along comes Duke, with Ab(b)a, in a cab, no less, but Shape(s)fully, not Invisibly, and they weren't Trespassing. No, one Can't Dance, but one'll be Calling for a Revelation!
Okay i’m stealing this idea! 😂
Thanks for the video! It’s hard for me to remember, but my first Genesis experience was radio - either the song Misunderstanding or Follow Me, Follow You. Just a quick approximate top 5:
1. Selling England By The Pound
2. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
3. Nursery Cryme
4. Trick Of The Tail
5. Duke
Wind And Wuthering is basically the band splintering. Tony Banks started to assert his ideas over Hackett’s ideas. There is very little guitar on the album compared to previous releases and, ironically, less guitar than several albums following it. Another one I have a hard time with is Foxtrot. Sure, Supper’s Ready is great, but overall the melodies on an album like Nursery Cryme are far catchier, to me anyways.
I was going to comment - but you said it all for me. Word for woed exactly how I feel. Your top 4 is (in my opinion spot on nothing approximate about it. Like you always had difficulty with Foxtrot and WandW.
Selling
Nursery
Foxtrot
Wind
Trick
I was introduced to Genesis during those 80s "pop" years. I say "pop" because they never fully abandoned prog. I worked backwards through the discography so I appreciate both eras. I don't listen to the debut or CAS so won't be including them here.
1. Foxtrot
2. Selling England
3. A Trick of the Tail
4. Nursery Cryme
5. Lamb
6. Wind & Wuthering
7. Duke
8. Trespass
9. And Then There Were Three
10. Invisible Touch
11. Genesis
12. Abacab
13. We Can't Dance
I love all of these albums. For as long as I can remember The Beatles have been my favorite band but Genesis is always knocking on the door trying to take the top spot.
Great video, very informative and entertaining. I tend to prefer the Proggy stuff, but I actually prefer their last two studio albums to the three that precedent them. All those other three have some great songs on them but I prefer the last two if I'm aiming to listen to all or most of any album. 'The Dividing Line' filmed live on the 'Calling All Stations' tour in 1992 in Poland, and on TH-cam, is a corker imo. I saw their gig on that tour in Cardiff, Wales and I thought it was great. Ray Wilson was quite witty and engaging with the audience, and the sound was good. 👍
Thanks! I don't know a lot about him, but Wilson seemed a good singer.
I don't think of these albums as the best of "progressive rock." I think of them as the best of rock, period.
My top 5 rank:
1-Foxtrot
2-Selling England
3-A Trick
4-W & W
5-The Lamb
Yeah, I can dig all that. But I can’t help it, I like “Burning Rope” better than “Domino.”😉
Hello, really a nice ranking. I'm a longtime Genesis-Fan ... 40 years now. The Top 4 are almost equal.
My Top 10:
1. Lamb Lies Down
2. Selling England
3. Foxtrott
4. Trick Of The Tail
5. Genesis '83
6. Nursery
7. Duke
8. Trespass
9. Invisible Touch
10. Wind & Wuthering
Greetings from germany; bye and take care.
Thanks! We line up on many of these.
Con tutto il rispetto - it's your ranking, not mine -, Abacab, Invisible Touch (one of my three worst of their albums) and Genesis / Mama , cannot be inserted behind Wind , Trespass and And Then There too. Agree with you that Abacab is the best of the Pop era. Thank you for your rating.
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Foxtrot
Selling England By The Pound
Duke
Wind & Wuthering
Invisible Touch
Genesis
Nursery Cryme
Trespass
A Trick Of The Tail
Abacab
…And Then There Were Three…
We Can’t Dance
Calling All Stations
From Genesis To Revelation
👍 (Though I am fond of Trespass.)
Can-Utility and the Coastliners is my favorite track. I get “Suppers Ready” is the epic on that album but it’s a bit too long for my taste.
1.Foxtrot
2. Selling England by the Pound
3. Nursery Cryme
4 The Lamb
5. Trespass
All other album I kind of like quite a lot. I’ll get a ranking on those soon.
I think the "podium" is not arguable at all, the "wonders series" : Foxtrot-Selling England- The Lamb (in any order you prefer) for the rest we can debate... 😉
I prefer the Nursery Cryme and the Wind and Wuthering album.
I think the best thing about The Carpet Crawlers is its ethereal intro.
Hi, I really like your album ranking list and here’s mine!! 😁👍
1. “Abacab” (1981)
2. “Genesis” (1983)
3. “Duke” (1980)
4. “A Trick of the Tail” (1976)
5. “Selling England by the Pound” (1973)
6. “Foxtrot” (1972)
7. “Invisible Touch” (1986)
8. “Nursery Cryme” (1971)
9. “Wind and Wuthering” (1976)
10. “We Can’t Dance” (1991)
11. “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” (1974)
12. “…And Then There Were Three” (1978)
13. “Trespass” (1970)
14. “Calling All Stations” (1997)
15. “From Genesis to Revelation” (1969)
Let me know what you think!! 😀👍
That's a good one, your top two are interesting. Those are my two favorite Collins-era ones, along with Trick of the Tail, of course. Lamb is a little low for my tastes, though. LOL. Thanks for showing your list.
@@amitytracks I don’t have a problem with “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”, I just have fond memories of albums such as “Invisible Touch” and “Abacab”. 😁👍
1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
2. Selling England By The Pound (the best album of pretty much 90-odd% of all other bands)
3: Trick of the Tail
4. Foxtrot
5. Wind And Wuthering
6. Abacab (I just prefer this to the non-Duke suite songs on Duke - if "Paperlate" is on here rather than "Whodunnit," this might go up to #5)
7. Duke (the Duke suite is sweet! The rest of it, not as much)
8. Invisible Touch (I must have listened to this 100's of times in 1986/7 when I was a freshman in high school)
9 Nursery Cryme
10. And Then They Were Three
11. From Genesis To Revelation (I much prefer the psychadelic folkiness of this to Trespass)
12. Trespass (I'm just not a huge fan of this)
13. Genesis (outside of the opening sounds of "Mama," I just don't like it)
14. Calling All Stations
15. We Can't Dance (because they should have known better - it's too long and it's too lame)
"Wind" on n°11 in your ranking ?!? : Are you serious ? Have you already listened to "One for the vine" and "Eleventh Earl of Mar "?
I know, that record has never hit me for some reason. But I know a lot people have it up there near the top.
So true! I love every song on the album, esp the instrumentals, one for the vine, all in a mouses night, blood on the Rooftop, and after glow
All in a Mouse’s Night the most underrated Genesis song ever.
go see The Musical Box if you have the chance.
calling all stations 1 foxtrot 2 lamb 3 trick 4 wind and wuth 5..
You are the first person I've seen put Calling All Stations at the top.
You’re high, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Nice Genesis ranking video (Duke too low). Re: Abacab - Originally the terrific track "You Might Recall" was slated to be on the Abacab album but a last minute decision (to pacify Collins) was made to switch it out for "Who Dunnit?" much to the dismay of Banks who lost that battle. Can you imagine Abacab with "You Might Recall" on it instead of the horrible "Who Dunnit"? Thankfully "You Might Recall" appeared on side four of Three Sides Live, but still...
That would have been a better Abacab.
I agree. You might recall and paper late would have made Abacabe much better!
I like only the ATTWT / Duke / Abacab period. Can't stand the progressive (early) or drivel (late) periods. Maybe it's my age - I was 20 in 1980.
I don't like much after Wind and Wuthering
Very interesting selection! Apart from Foxtrot being so high and Wind & Wuthering being so low, I'm with you much of the way (though I'd also have Then There Were Three) higher. Yes, I too cannot understand the criticism of Genesis and Abacab - there is so much good stuff on both of them. As for where I differ:
Foxtrot - WHY?? I guess it's all because of Supper's Ready; I find Side 1 is surpassed by at least 50% of everything else they did.
Wind & Wuthering - Side 1 is class prog but you might agree that they've done better on some other albums. But Side 2, from Blood On The Rooftops to Afterglow, is one of the strongest sides in their entire catalogue, in my opinion.
Every song of Foxtrot is classic masterpiece, apart maybe for "Time table" which is "only" a very good song 😉
Trespass
these useless rankings are boring
I agree. I hate channels that do rankings.