Abacab (studio album) by Genesis
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Abacab is ranked 11th best out of 34 albums by Genesis on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Genesis is Selling England By The Pound which is ranked number 124 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,465.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 3 days ago | matterhornrider | | 82/100 |
80/100 | 11/27/2024 13:05 |  slatsheit | | 82/100 |
75/100 | 11/18/2024 01:08 | davidleewrong | | 81/100 |
80/100 | 10/05/2024 18:10 |  Cardboardfolder | | 87/100 |
75/100 | 09/17/2024 14:20 | duelek | | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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I am one of those rare individuals who can enjoy Foxtrot and Abacab in equal measure, probably because a huge part of my vinyl collection is prog and an equally sizeable measure is eighties electro pop. This is a good album and it is progressive in that it is not hanging on to the seventies but embracing the new decade.
Squonk007 01/17/2022 16:32
A new sound and it pays off. The music is stripped back and kind of raw but the album has a great energy. I think it's a very underrated album and incredibly progressive by not resting on their laurels. They are applauded by me for trying new things.
Pretty damn good. It slogs at the end, but from a music theory standpoint, there'a still plenty to enjoy. Much better than more popular albums of 1981.
This is the album where you can tell that Genesis had fully embraced pop. It came in varying levels of success (No Reply at All, Man on the Corner: pretty good! Like It or Not, Another Record: not so much), but the fact that Genesis was able to fit right in with the sound while also adopting elements of new wave in the process is pretty impressive, and the enhanced production value only makes it better. Some Genesis fans might tell you that they completely abandoned prog by this point, but that's not true. The title track, the second half of Me and Sarah Jane, and Dodo/Lurker all have some fine prog or prog-inspired moments. Overall, Abacab is uneven with the highs being somewhat high and the lows being pretty low (*ahem* Who Dunnit?), but it's not bad record at all, and it's not one that you should skip if you're considering getting into Genesis.
luigybetis 10/28/2018 15:04
Worst than any earlier Genesis album. Much worse indeed. 5/10.
Beyond the poppiness and hits, Me & Sarah Jane and Like it Or Not are two of my favorite Genesis songs. A super solid album ridiculously well produced.
rliberty 12/20/2016 05:46
I don't think it's as good as "Duke" or the self-titled, but there are still some decent tracks on "Abacab". I used to hate this album, but it's much better than I remembered it being. I still skip "Who Dunnit" though, probably THE worst Genesis song.
The title track has one of the best call & response guitar/synth conversations ever recorded. Explosive song and probably Genesis' last interesting album. Holds up well.
Not bad Genesis album, but as with each release from this record on they sound more and more like a Phil Collins solo combo. Although, keep it dark, is one of the better eighties sings from the band. As far as the album was concerned, the past is the past.
bojolpif71 01/31/2015 12:55
Genesis période pop : pas au top mais comme je suis fan.
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