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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?....

Rooze
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gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Trick of the Tail was my favorite in the vinyl only days, but with all the air play and the advent of CD, Duke has become my favorite.
arthursmuck
451 posts
 
Trick
W&W
Lamb Lies Down
Selling England By The Pound
mt10425
1,138 posts
 
Selling England by the Pound gets my vote. I bought it new when it first came out and now that I'm replenishing my vinyl again, I bouhgt another copy.
kjg
171 posts
 
Ack! Duke?

I'd have to suggest some of the older, *better* Genesis recodings such as Tresspass (their first and my favorite), Selling England by the Pound, Foxtrot and Nursery Crimes - all are great. The post Peter Gabriel era recordings are good (but not quite as good) up to And Then There Were Three, and I'd certainly recommend any of them. Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering would be my top picks.

As for Duke and the rest....well, only the name seems to have lived on ;-P.

I've been a huge Genesis fan since college and still enjoy spinning their LPs after many decades. I'm sure you'll find some recordings of theirs that will give you the same pleasure.

Enjoy!
kjg
171 posts
 
Oops. My apologies. I misread your post and didn't understand the actual context of your question.

My top 3 recordings are Tresspass, Selling England and Trick of the Tail. I've listened to all of them within the past 2 months, and Tresspass just this past week.

My comments on the later works still stand however ;-).
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