# Genesis / Peter Gabriel Fan Looking for Recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genesis-peter-gabriel-fan-looking-for-recommendations/514876 "2009-10-23T16:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genesis-peter-gabriel-fan-looking-for-recommendations/514876/41 "2009-10-28T16:41:44Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > Of the six albums with Neal Morse, I’d rank _Day For Night_ at #6. Not that I think it’s bad, it a great album; the other five are even better. 🙂 > > I’d check out _Beware of Darkness_ or _The Kindness of Strangers_ next. > > And speaking of Neal Morse, some of his solo stuff is worth checking out, but beware: he left Spock’s Beard because he became a born-again Christian and “God told him too.” Ever since, his lyrics have all been about what a great guy God is. If you can get past that, _One_ is probably one (heh) of the best albums released this decade. > > And then there’s Transatlantic’s _Bridge Across Forever_ - I can’t believe I forgot that one. :smack: That album _is_ the best album of the decade, IMO. Did you know Transatlantic just released a third CD called The Whirlwind? I’m watching for the mailman to deliver it any second now. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genesis-peter-gabriel-fan-looking-for-recommendations/514876/42 "2009-10-28T17:49:13Z")
Oh, yes yes yes - I’m eagerly awaiting my copy as well. ---
**Author:** ![Glucoboost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@Glucoboost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glucoboost)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genesis-peter-gabriel-fan-looking-for-recommendations/514876/43 "2009-10-29T19:06:24Z")
Agree that Rush is great - Hemispheres Prelude is a fantastic example of how they could perfectly combine an incredibly deep and wide sound, real heaviness, groove and complexity, and a certain oddness that was all their own. But I’d start with these albums: Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves, Hemispheres, Signals, and also consider 2112 and A Farewell to Kings. I quite like songs from the whole history, but these early-mid albums are truly great. And for some leftfield suggestions: THINKING PLAGUE Beautiful, often extremely complex/elaborately-composed, dissonant, ‘difficult’ music that is more prog than almost anything I’ve heard. All their albums are great - perhaps start with ‘In this Life’ or ‘In Extremis’ Check these out: Fountain of All Tears [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYlIDlwOfuQ) Behold the Man [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugF8WZx5wM0) 5uus Some similarities to Thinking Plague, a bit more jazzy. CARDIACS Fabulous English band which mix up rock and prog. They have some utterly epic songs. The singer and songwriter Tim Smith is a bona fide genius - Frank Zappa really rated him. The Everso Closely Guarded Line [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/61CicoCgyd0/hqdefault.jpg "Cardiacs - The Everso Closely Guarded Line") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61CicoCgyd0) Jibber and Twitch (live studio video) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OxhuQWKwbqY/hqdefault.jpg "Cardiacs - Jibber and Twitch rehearsal (From the DVD, SOME FAIRY TALES FROM THE ROTTEN SHED)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxhuQWKwbqY) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genesis-peter-gabriel-fan-looking-for-recommendations/514876.md?page=2)