The readers Genesis poll results - July 1993. Compiled by Peter Morton.
With all the recent studio and live releases by the band, we at The Waiting Room thought this was the ideal time to run our second readers’ Genesis poll.
Firstly I would like to thank all of those who returned the voting sheet - the response was overwhelming!
For four of the five categories I gave 10 points for position number 1, and 9 points for position number 2 etc… Only on the favourite live album category did I give 5 points for position 1 and 4 for position number 2 etc…
The A Trick Of The Tail album featured heavily on a large number of people’s lists, so not surprisingly it was voted number one album, and favourite album sleeve in the poll. Supper’s Ready is still way out in front as favourite song, as was Seconds Out as favourite live album. It is marvellous to see Anthony Phillips get the support he so richly deserves, against strong opposition I may add, by making fifth place in the favourite other artist/group category. In conclusion, it must be very satisfying for the members of Genesis to read how popular their music that was written in the early to mid Seventies in particular still is with the fans!
Once again, many thanks to all of you who entered. Here are the results.
Favourite Genesis Studio Album
Position |
Album Title |
Score |
|
| 1 |
A Trick Of The Tail |
452 |
|
2 |
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway |
445 |
|
| 3 |
Selling England By The Pound |
421 |
|
4 |
Foxtrot |
412 |
|
| 5 |
Wind & Wuthering |
371 |
|
6 |
Duke |
266 |
|
| 7 |
We Can’t Dance |
249 |
|
8 |
Nursery Cryme |
245 |
|
| 9 |
Trespass |
206 |
|
10 |
And Then There Were Three |
195 |
|
| 11 |
Invisible Touch |
156 |
|
12 |
Genesis |
141 |
|
| 13 |
Abacab |
107 |
|
14 |
From Genesis To Revelation |
25 |
Favourite Genesis Songs
Position |
Song Title |
Score |
|
| 1 |
Supper’s Ready |
424 |
|
2 |
Firth Of Fifth |
255 |
|
| 3 |
Musical Box |
156 |
|
4 |
Cinema Show |
141 |
|
| 5 |
Watcher Of The Skies |
113 |
|
6 |
Fountain Of Salamis |
109 |
|
| 7 |
Ripples |
99 |
|
8 |
Domino |
94 |
|
| 9 |
One For The Vine |
85 |
|
10 |
Carpet Crawlers/Mama/Home By The Sea |
83 |
|
| 11 |
Fading Lights |
79 |
|
12 |
The Knife |
77 |
|
| 13 |
Dance On A Volcano |
67 |
|
14 |
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight |
64 |
|
| 15 |
Blood On The Rooftops |
62 |
|
16 |
Afterglow |
60 |
|
| 17 |
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway/Entangled |
48 |
|
18 |
Los Endos |
44 |
|
| 19 |
I Know What I Like |
42 |
|
20 |
The Lady Lies/Mad Man Moon |
30 |
|
| 21 |
Dreaming While You Sleep |
29 |
|
22 |
Follow You Follow Me/Squonk/Abacab |
27 |
|
| 23 |
The Return Of The Giant Hogweed/
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight/11th Earl of Mar |
26 |
|
24 |
No Son Of Mine/Driving The Last Spike |
25 |
|
| 25 |
White Mountain/In That Quiet Earth/Burning
Rope /Duke’s Travels- Duke’s End |
24 |
|
26 |
Inside & Out/Stagnation |
23 |
|
| 27 |
Behind The Lines |
21 |
|
28 |
Can-Utility & The Coastliners |
20 |
|
| 29 |
Turn It On Again/ Deep In The
Motherlode |
17 |
|
30 |
Counting Out Time/The Lamia/Back In NYC/Keep It Dark/Many
Too Many |
16 |
|
| 31 |
I Can’t Dance/Hold On My
Heart |
15 |
|
32 |
Living Forever/Dodo-Lurker |
14 |
|
| 33 |
All In A Mouse’s Night |
13 |
|
34 |
It’s Yourself |
12 |
|
| 35 |
A Trick Of The Tail/Time Table/Anyway/
Twilight Alehouse |
11 |
|
36 |
You Might Recall/The Brazilian/Fly On A Windshield |
10 |
|
| 37 |
The Battle Of Epping Forest/Duchess/Since
I Lost You/The Colony Of Slippermen/ Seven Stones |
9 |
|
38 |
It’s Gonna Get Better/Land Of Confusion |
8 |
|
| 39 |
Like It Or Not/ Silver Rainbow/Broadway
Melody Of 74/The Waiting Room/That’s Me/The Silent Sun |
7 |
|
40 |
In Hiding/Aisle Of Plenty/In The Beginning |
6 |
|
| 41 |
Cul-De-Sac/After The Ordeal/Chamber
Of 32 Doors/Undertow/Get ’Em Out By Friday/Looking For Someone/
Tell Me Why? |
5 |
|
42 |
Throwing It All Away/In Too Deep/Submarine/Guide
Vocal/ Let Us Now Make Love/Wot Gorilla?/Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers/That’s
All/Man Of Our Times |
4 |
|
| 43 |
Who Dunnit?/Snowbound/Feeding
The Fire/Dusk/Me & Sarah Jane |
3 |
|
44 |
Anything She Does/Hairless Heart/Your Own Special
Way/It/Evidence Of Autumn |
2 |
|
| 45 |
Illegal Alien/Paperlate/Vancouver/Hearts
On Fire/Naminanu/Invisible Touch |
1 |
Favourite Album Sleeve
Position |
Album Title |
Score |
|
| 1 |
A Trick of The Tail |
418 |
|
2 |
Selling England By The Pound |
359 |
|
| 3 |
Nursery Cryme |
329 |
|
4 |
Foxtrot |
307 |
|
| 5 |
Wind & Wuthering |
262 |
|
6 |
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway |
255 |
|
| 7 |
We Can’t Dance |
237 |
|
8 |
Duke |
194 |
|
| 9 |
Trespass |
180 |
|
10 |
Seconds Out |
160 |
|
| 11 |
And Then There Were Three |
131 |
|
12 |
Invisible Touch |
66 |
|
| 13 |
Genesis Live |
58 |
|
14 |
Genesis |
44 |
|
| 15 |
Abacab |
25 |
|
16 |
From Genesis To Revelation |
19 |
|
| 17 |
The Way We Walk - Part 1: The Longs |
16 |
|
18 |
The Way We Walk - Part 2: The Shorts |
15 |
|
| 19 |
Three Sides Live |
10 |
Favourite Live Album
Position |
Album Title |
Score |
|
1 |
Seconds Out |
285 |
|
2 |
Three Sides Live |
186 |
|
3 |
Genesis Live |
159 |
|
| 4 |
The Way We Walk - Part 1: The Longs |
146 |
|
5 |
The Way We Walk - Part 2: The Shorts |
93 |
Favourite Other Artist/Group
Position |
Artist/Group |
Score |
|
| 1 |
Peter Gabriel |
202 |
|
2 |
Pink Floyd |
185 |
|
| 3 |
Yes |
181 |
|
4 |
Marillion |
149 |
|
| 5 |
Anthony Phillips |
138 |
|
6 |
Steve Hackett |
116 |
|
| 7 |
Jethro Tull |
94 |
|
8 |
Rush |
79 |
|
| 9 |
Phil Collins |
78 |
|
10 |
Mike Oldfield |
60 |
Other artists who weren’t far behind were: Eric Clapton, Fish. IQ, Supertramp, King Crimson, Queen, Tony Banks, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.