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.