The track, which first appeared on the 1982 3x3 EP, vaguely chronicles a country boy's attempt to care for his single mother - but nothing about the result, from Tony Banks' clunky chord changes to Phil Collins' hay-chewing vocal delivery, feels the slightest bit natural. If "Genesis attempting a roots-rock song" sounds like a disaster, you share the opinion of Genesis themselves. With the fine print out of the way, let's dive in: From "Mama" to "No Son of Mine," from "Firth of Fifth" to "Eleventh Earl of Mar," here's our ranking of every Genesis song. (So, no "Image Blown Out," "Pacidy," "Going Out to Get You," or "Let Us Now Make Love.") And for the sake of ease, two different song pairs have been combined into one. That means we avoided live cuts (no matter how interesting), along with compilation demos and rarities that only exist in bootleg form. Some disclaimers are needed: This list includes only officially released studio album tracks, singles and B-sides. Most prog bands faced the proposition of "adapt or die" in the '80s, but none of them navigated that change better than Genesis.įor some fans, they'll always be the long-haired dudes with mellotrons and fox costumes playing 20-minute epics for others, the group might as well not exist until "Invisible Touch." Ranking their songs is beyond difficult for that reason alone: how to pit, say, the New Wave punch of Abacab against the prog-folk warmth of Trespass?
And all these choices shaped Genesis' sound in one way or another. The world is a strange place.Ī lot of more obvious career moves shaped the Genesis arc: original guitarist Anthony Phillips bowing out in 1970 due to stage fright Collins and Steve Hackett joining to form the classic quintet Peter Gabriel, who felt " part of the machinery," leaving the lineup in 1975 Collins, who'd long been balancing the band with a high-profile solo career, tapping out himself in 1996. Without that hesitation, record buyers may have never glimpsed Collins' sweaty mug on the cover of No Jacket Required.
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