Genesis
(1967-1999, 2006-)
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010

not interested on Phil Collins-era. All I know is Selling England needs to be orange, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway needs to be red, perhaps orange as well, and Foxtrot should be bold.

Foxtrot is on a par with Selling England By the Pound for sure.

i miss squishy. Reds for sebtp, foxtrot and lamb

Peter Gabriel-era:

From Genesis To Revelation
Trespass
Nursery Cryme
Foxtrot
Selling England By The Pound
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

anyone know or care what I should do with the post-Gabriel, and especially the post-Hackett releases after they jumped the shark? I guess i'll have to regular bold something in there, like Abacab or Invisible Touch.

a trick of the tail and wind & wuthering aren't bad releases. if either of them merits a bold, its trick of the tail, but it'll be ok if it doesn't. post-hackett is no-man's land for me.

and if you want to just include the solo stuff for all the guys here, i can help with hackett's work

Ditto.

Tier is up. I guessed on the post-Hackett "pop years" album to bold.

I actually consider Duke/Abacab/Genesis to be a solid trilogy, I shit you not, I don't care for any of the other post Hackett stuff but I think those are way better than any bitter prog fan is willing to admit.

Duke is definitely the best and most well liked out of those. Abacab is more commercially sucessful but Duke is the most acclaimed of the post Hackett Genesis work, so it definitely deserves a bold.

Trespass has become more appreciated over the years, I think it could be bolded also.

I unbolded Abacab and bolded Duke in its place.

Hooray for Duke.

I personally think Trick of the Tail is just as good as the Gabriel stuff, seriously. It's a fantastic record. Wind & Wuthering is damn good too.

Even without Hacket, I think Genesis were still a solid pop band. Abacab and Genesis (Shapes) are by no means masterpieces, especially when they have songs like Who Dunnit? and Illegal Alien. But they're still very good pop albums IMO.

I also think it's incredibly unfair how everyone blames Phil for the direction the band took in the 80s, since it was Banks/Rutherford who did the songwriting, which was also the case in the Gabriel years and I think people give Gabriel way too much credit for the excellent songwriting from that period, since most of his contributions were lyrics.

Yeah people are just morons who think "hey he's the frontman, he must be the main songwriter."

I think A Trick of the Tail and Duke might be my favorite Genesis albums.

Peter:

1. The Cinema Show
2. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
3. Watcher of the Skies
4. Firth of Fifth
5. It
6. Return of the Giant Hogweed
7. Supper's Ready
8. In the Cage
9. The Lamia
10. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
11. Stagnation
12. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
13. The Musical Box
14. Time Table
15. Fountain of Salmacis
16. Colony of Slippermen
17. The Carpet Crawlers
18. The Knife
19. Seven Stones
20. Battle of Epping Forrrest

Phil:

1. Ripples
2. Entangled
3. Dance on a Volcano
4. Dodo-Lurker
5. Eleventh Earl of Mar
6. Trick of the Tail
7. Duchess
8. Blood on the Rooftops
9. That's All
10. Your Own Special Way
11. Squonk
12. Home By the Sea/Second Home by the Sea
13. Me and Sarah Jane
14. One for the Vine
15. Mama
16. Turn it On Again
17. No Reply At All
18. The Lady Lies
19. Tonight Tonight Tonight
20. Behind the Lines

I assume these are personal rankings?