Foxtrot
by Genesis

Foxtrot by Genesis
Year: 1972
Release date: 1972-09-15
Overall rank: 349th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 866 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1972 (10th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1970s (86th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (349th)

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Genesis bestography

Foxtrot is ranked 3rd 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 126 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,322.

Genesis album bestography « Higher ranked (248th)
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
This album (349th)
Foxtrot
Lower ranked (612th) »
A Trick Of The Tail

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Foxtrot rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 349th | 1970s rank: 86th | 1972 rank: 10th
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2026bonnequestionBEA Top 500 Reorganized According To My Taste19/100 -
2026 SuperunknownTop 100 Greatest Music Albums97/1004
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s2/10020
2026fabm0Decade 1970s Pt 22/100 -
2026JohnnyoClassic Rock albums of the year 1972 by Radio X20/25 -
2026JohnnyoVirgin on the brilliant34/57 -
2026 paladisiac#1 albums per year since 196013/66 -
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s9/10018
2026PavlossTop 100 Greatest Music Albums36/10065
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Greatest Music Albums59/10042
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 197237/1003
2026fabm0All Time Pt 563/100 -
2026 LeonardTop 100 Greatest Music Albums47/10052
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of 19721/1005
2026bonnequestionBEA Top 400 Reorganized According To My Taste17/100 -
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s56/1009
2026 Robert Anton WilsonTop 100 Greatest Music Albums3/10096
2026 spigelwiiTop 11 Music Albums of 19727/112
2026TroutMaskGregTop 24 Music Albums of 19727/244
2026blueandthemoonTop 40 Music Albums of 197221/403
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 628
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 4,879
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Foxtrot ratings

Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 866 votes)
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06/18/2026 23:12 BrunoDMartins  Ratings distribution  2,23576/100
 
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05/26/2026 02:35 progfan  Ratings distribution  3295/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.2/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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Foxtrot comments

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90/100
From 03/14/2024 14:34 | #302465
Supper's Ready is truely one of the songs of all time!

Just kidding. It is a masterpiece.

Love the entire album.
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95/100
From 02/17/2023 13:43 | #294142
The most consistent Genesis album. Wonderful musicianship throughout, great lyrics and a good dose of 1970s Englishness.
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From 09/09/2022 15:44 | #289531
A criminally underrated album.
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85/100
From 09/06/2022 17:08 | #289353
Solid Genesis record
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95/100
From 08/18/2022 06:05 | #288578
A wonderful album that features Genesis's crowning achievement, the 23-minute epic Supper's Ready!
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90/100
From 04/16/2022 17:23 | #284303 | TOP COMMENT
This album is a display of musical greatness by a group that is at the peak of its powers. This is evidenced best on 23 minute epic that is Supper's Ready. This song just astounds me every time I listen to it and it elevates an already fantastic album even higher. The progression on that song is simply genius and everything just seems to culminate into this creation of pure perfection. The rest of the songs while being a little step down from this are still outstanding other than Time Table which does feel a little out of place for me but it doesn't take you out of the music. Instrumentally, this release is a marvel with the performances we are treated to being nothing short of beautiful. While every instrument plays its part if I was to pick the highlights for me they would be the guitars, percussion, flute and pianos. The solos are phenomenal and even though the music is so diverse in terms of instruments every single one is allowed to shine and all add up to create a brilliant atmosphere and a deeply rich soundscape. Then you add the vocals and lyrics on top which are just the icing on the cake. Overall, this album is a must listen for any fan of music and really set Genesis aside as one of the kings of prog rock.
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90/100
From 02/05/2022 14:44 | #280778
Amazing album, instrumental is really good and great voice over it. Supper's Ready sounds beautiful throughout all 23 minutes. But the other tracks are great as well.
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85/100
From 01/17/2022 14:23 | #279556
This is an important album for Genesis and for prog. Genesis pushed the envelope and they did it boldly.

They don't touch me as other acts do, like Yes, King Crimson or Pink Floyd.

This is a masterful album nonetheless.
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80/100
From 09/02/2021 19:16 | #273218
The two songs bookending this album are reason enough to buy this prog classic. In my view there isn't a lot between this album and Selling England by the Pound. I was never lucky enough to see Genesis live in their heyday but I have seen Steve Hackett and his band perform Watcher of the Skies on two occasions and it was superb on both occasions!
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80/100
From 08/03/2021 04:17 | #272148
A triumph of production both in the sound surface sense and in a put-togetherness sense. Supper's Ready is such a fun whimsical majestic concoction to listen to (a thoroughly planned and flawlessly executed one, of course). Get 'Em Out By Friday starts well but goes on for too long. Horizons is a wonderful little rest stop.
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