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Gabrielera (Genesis '68-'74)

Artist Song
Genesis  [disc one of two] 
  Hey! (demo) 
  Build Me a Mountain 
  Where the Sour Turns to Sweet 
  In the Wilderness 
  The Conqueror 
  Looking for Someone 
  The Knife 
  Stagnation 
  The Musical Box 
  Harold the Barrel 
  Harlequin 
  The Fountain of Salmacis 
  Happy the Man 
  Twilight Alehouse 
  [disc two of two] 
  Supper's Ready (parts i-v only) 
  Watcher of the Skies (single) 
  Dancing with the Moonlit Knight 
  I Know What I Like 
  The Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty 
  The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 
  In The Cage 
  Counting Out Time 
  Carpet Crawlers 
  Lilywhite Lilith 
  Anyway 
  The Colony of Slippermen 

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A two disc set of Genesis during the Peter Gabriel years. While my taste generally leans towards post-punk indie pop, and I have no use for most prog, I have no shame in still deriving great (if infrequent) enjoyment out of my old Genesis collection. Yes, their pre-Trespass work was fairly abysmal, but it has its charms; and, yes, Lamb was bloated and pretentious, but also had a handful of choice nuggets. And in between was some pretty cool stuff. So unlike others in the AOTM fold, I wouldn't call them a guilty pleasure. If anything, my guilty pleasure would be some of the post-Gabriel, Phil Collins-helmed work, which, while ultimately becoming a complete joke, was not quite the disaster some profess (Duke and Abacab actually featuring a few decent stabs at innovative if banal pop). But that's for another day & another mix.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 11/14/2002
Nice. I love this period of Genesis and like most of Duke and some of Abacab, as well. I also like the pre-Trespass stuff a lot. Check out my "I've got sunshine in my stomach mix"...
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Sean Lally
Date: 12/3/2002
Don't know how I missed this earlier - I"m right with you on this era of Genesis. It's pop meets folk meets classical meets prog. And it all ups to great songs and inspired performances. Nice work.
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quadb
Date: 12/12/2002
I love Gabriel's Genesis and I'm not ashamed to admit it! A lot of people slag it off as overblown and pretentious but somehow Radiohead is currently "The Greatest Band In The World!" Go figure. (not putting down Radiohead, I love them too but you get my point...)
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Syna
Date: 6/3/2003
Whoa, I can't believe I didn't notice this first time 'round. Nice stuff. I'm a little different than you in that I like prog rock, but I too love Gabriel-era Genesis. Despite its pretty big problems, it's still awesome. Good to see it getting recognition.