# Favorite Genesis albums (all eras represented) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-genesis-albums-all-eras-represented/534096 "2010-03-28T09:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-genesis-albums-all-eras-represented/534096/21 "2010-03-29T00:25:29Z")
The live version of “Carpet Crawlers” from Seconds Out is so much better IMO than the original version . ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-genesis-albums-all-eras-represented/534096/22 "2010-03-29T02:15:11Z")
> [@Rrose\_Selavy](#): > > The live version of “Carpet Crawlers” from Seconds Out is so much better IMO than the original version . I didn’t like it as well. I like the original a great deal. I voted Lamb, since it is my favorite to listen to. I won’t dispute that Selling England is a fantastic album, and with a lot more songs that stand on their own, but the Lamb will always have a special place in my heart. It’s a great story, and very easy to get lost in for awhile. Funnily enough, though, my favorite song would be The Musical Box. But really, any of the Gabriel-era stuff is delightful. I don’t really have a problem with the later stuff but it isn’t especially my thing. I’m not very familiar with it. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-genesis-albums-all-eras-represented/534096/23 "2010-03-29T02:21:53Z")
I heard the live version first on the Radio when Seconds out was released and didn’t hear the original til last year or so. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-genesis-albums-all-eras-represented/534096/24 "2010-03-29T02:47:05Z")
Close call between SEBTP and TOTT. Both are just so listenable, without a bad tune on either side of either album. (Yes, I actually listened to them when they were records, damnit!) ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-genesis-albums-all-eras-represented/534096/25 "2010-03-29T03:03:43Z")
_Selling England_ is one of my favourite albums by anyone. _The Lamb_ is an artistic triumph and, IMHO, everything between _Nursery Cryme_ and _Wind & Wuthering_ is superb, but _Selling England_ has some of the best instrumental passages from the entire Genesis catalogue, with Gabriel at his quirkiest in “Battle of Epping Forest” as well. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-genesis-albums-all-eras-represented/534096/26 "2010-03-29T03:11:03Z")
Selling England… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-genesis-albums-all-eras-represented/534096.md?page=1)