I tend to think with bands with big back catalogues it depends on when exactly you discovered them that how well you react to the later periods of their career.
I like Genesis a lot and saw them live on the Duke tour in 1980-arguably their last great album as Phil Collins solo success drove the band in a different direction and despite the odd subsequent interesting track (Home By The Sea,Mama)the Genesis sound of old was gone forever.
My own personal favourites are Selling England By The Pound,The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and it's a toss up between Wind & Wuthering and A Trick Of The Tail.
I once read that in the UK up until their final album Calling All Stations which was the exception that each subsequent album outsold it's predecessor which is quite an unusual feat.
I still listen to them a lot although I need to pick up Duke and Genesis on CD.
Finally on a related Progressive Rock theme just to say that the whole series of Rhino Yes remasters will be reviewed and presented very shortly on the "Audiogon" reviews-that's 11 albums with umpteen bonus tracks and opinions to argue over.
I like Genesis a lot and saw them live on the Duke tour in 1980-arguably their last great album as Phil Collins solo success drove the band in a different direction and despite the odd subsequent interesting track (Home By The Sea,Mama)the Genesis sound of old was gone forever.
My own personal favourites are Selling England By The Pound,The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and it's a toss up between Wind & Wuthering and A Trick Of The Tail.
I once read that in the UK up until their final album Calling All Stations which was the exception that each subsequent album outsold it's predecessor which is quite an unusual feat.
I still listen to them a lot although I need to pick up Duke and Genesis on CD.
Finally on a related Progressive Rock theme just to say that the whole series of Rhino Yes remasters will be reviewed and presented very shortly on the "Audiogon" reviews-that's 11 albums with umpteen bonus tracks and opinions to argue over.