Genesis Selling England by the Pound
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Snowdog808
October 9th 2014


2930 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I bet it was a wonderful show for sure.

JWT155
October 9th 2014


15039 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Stuff like this takes patience, I'm glad I went back to it numerous times over the years until it clicked. I will still unabashedly rock out to Invisible Touch.

Snowdog808
October 9th 2014


2930 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I honestly found Invisible Touch to be extremely watered down both lyrically and musically compared to this and most material they made from 1977 and back, with a very mild lyrical exception of "Land of Confusion." They basically made nothing anywhere near a quarter as good as this after Duke.

JWT155
October 9th 2014


15039 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I see them as 2 completely different beasts. The Genesis that made Invisible Touch was essentially Phil Collins pop band. I think as a pop album it's fantastic.

Snowdog808
October 9th 2014


2930 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I know I am sure a rarity among music fans considering I can't appreciate unintelligent and musically watered down pop, but I will admit the pop music of today makes Invisible Touch look like freaking Socrates.

Friday13th
October 9th 2014


7624 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

So-crates :D ya know, Bill and Ted's...

agreed

'60s pop rules all though

menawati
October 9th 2014


16750 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"unintelligent and musically watered down pop"



it aint all bad

Snowdog808
October 9th 2014


2930 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Right, because not all pop is unintelligent and watered down. Many artists during the 80s that had

similar levels of popularity as commercial Genesis used far more musicianship than them despite the

three men in Genesis actually being the superior musicians as demonstrated in the 1970s.

menawati
October 9th 2014


16750 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"Right, because not all pop is unintelligent and watered down"



Correct.





Friday13th
October 9th 2014


7624 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@Snowdog808 dude, check my baroque pop list. I think you'd like that kind of pop. "Pretty Ballerina" by Left Banke especially since you're a Classical kind of guy :]

beefshoes
October 9th 2014


8448 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Invisible Touch is one of the worst albums I've ever tried to listen to.

The late-80s mall pop vibe is absolutely unbearable. I really enjoy Duke though, and occasionally jam

Abacab for the st song.

Snowdog808
October 9th 2014


2930 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I certainly think I would Friday. I know Genesis was more like a Baroque pop artist in 1969 before

taking on a more symphonic prog style a year later, and I actually liked a few songs off From Genesis

to Revelation. I have heard plenty of versions of "Scarborough Fair" as well and liked all of them. I

even found a Queensryche version of the song from their Rage for Order sessions.

Friday13th
October 10th 2014


7624 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah Queensryche actually does some sweet covers

OmairSh
October 10th 2014


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Well they have to since they've forgotten how to write good music on their own

Snowdog808
October 10th 2014


2930 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Actually, when they did their "Scarborough Fair" cover, it was eleven years before they started seriously sucking.

thecatsmod
October 20th 2014


40 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It's a word I seldom use, but epic is the only thing that comes to mind after hearing Firth of Fifth. Same feeling I get from Shine on you Crazy Diamond, In the Shadow of our Pale Companion, Bleak, etc.

Snowdog808
October 21st 2014


2930 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It certainly is a very epic track, though the same could be said about the other three lengthy tracks on here, even if they are not quite as epic.

mandan
November 12th 2014


13992 Comments


Sweet album is sweet.

Dimor
November 13th 2014


1838 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This is a hard 5

mandan
November 13th 2014


13992 Comments


Agreed.



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