A Trick Of The Tail
by Genesis
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A Trick Of The Tail is ranked 4th 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 127 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,109.
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A Trick Of The Tail track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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A Trick Of The Tail rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 52 Music Albums of 1976 | 42/52 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 37 Music Albums of 1976 | 36/37 | 0 |
| 2026 | przemool112008 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 48/100 | 52 |
| 2026 | Fast 'n' Bulbous | Best Albums 1976 | 33/98 | 3 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1976 | 31/31 | 0 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 31 Music Albums of 1976 | 27/31 | 1 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1976 | 29/70 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 405 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,731 | |||
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A Trick Of The Tail ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/22/2026 08:12 | leniad | 1,163 | 90/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 18:33 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2026 05:49 |  serpico | 906 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5410): By Deckiller BestEverAlbums 07/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5364): By steve397A Trick Of The Tail comments
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What can you say? This is a fine definition of prog. For me, I found this good background music of the obscure nature (Edited)
3.52 (Edited)
This is possibly the best Phil Collins era of Genesis albums. The songwriting and musicianship is mostly on par with the Peter Gabriel era stuff, and some of it is even better. There are three things holding me back from saying it's better than The Lamb or Selling England: 1 - The production is a bit quiet and muffled, repressing the attack of the guitars and big moments of the songs, perhaps that was deliberate, but there are moments where you are expecting an epic build up, but then it doesn't happen and it's disappointing. 2- Phil Collins voice sounds unsure and way to quiet in the mix as well. He was a pleasant singer and does a good job, but he gets buried in the mix throughout the record. Ripples is still a big highlight in his singing career though. 3 - Robbery, Assault & Battery is a weak song that drags the rest of the album down, and it doesn't help that it's 6 minutes long. (Edited)
Great record
This album was the proof that Genesis was still a fine band even without Peter Gabriel. This is honestly better than a handful of albums from the Gabriel era! Not a bad song in eight!
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