Genesis - Selling England by the Pound: great prog album, or

Is he the resident progman?

My expertise is in late 70s British prog, but I also dabble in some of the weirder stuff like Magma and Gong.

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He's one of the biggest Genesis fans I know

He also does some quality cocaine, and I consider him a friend

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Greatest prog album of all time?

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It's definitely a good one. Best ever? Maybe. It's a little overindulgent at a few parts (although nowhere near as bad as Lamb Lies Down...)

If Dark Side of the Moon is considered prog it's up there. I love Thick as a Brick and then you have your Fragile from Yes. It's top 5 for sure though.

And honestly Trick of the Tail and Abacab are both pretty awesome Genesis albums too, especially without some of Gabriel's overindulgent bullshite he brought to the table sometimes.

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Is he the resident progman?

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eh not anymore than some others on here

I do fricking love Genesis though

Fair points, I agree with some of them. How do you feel about Foxtrot?

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What about 2112 ?

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Rush doesn't do it for me. And I tried pretty hard there.

I was just jamming Tarkus the other day, that's a solid album. And Discipline by King Crimson is pretty great, it would make my top 5-10

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I actually haven't delved into post-Gabriel Genesis very much, what albums do you recommend?

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Trick of the Tail, Abacab, and Duke, in that order. If you like the seriously prog-ish Genesis sort of stuff you might not like it as much, it's a lot more pop oriented.

Trick of the Tail is still pretty Gabriel-y, but you can hear them kind of starting to change their sound. Abacab I think is the best combination of prog and pop Genesis ever did.

Any album after Duke is pretty shaky.

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Danman, do you like of the album cuts on Invisible Touch or We Can't Dance?

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I actually like Invisible Touch more than the self-title. I've honestly never really listened to We Can't Dance

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And did you like the '99 remake of 'The Carpet Crawlers'?

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never heard it, but that's probably my favorite Genesis song, so I'll check it out

Are any of those albums like the stuff Collins did with Brand X? I've listened to a lot of Brand X and I like the instrumental stuff, I imagine those other albums feature Collins on the mouth a lot?

eh not really

I've only heard a little Brand X and it was pretty jazzy/progy. Those albums I listed are a lot more pop than that.