Trespass
by Genesis
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Trespass is ranked 10th 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 10,063.
(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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Trespass 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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Trespass 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 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | whatissoul | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 4/40 | 88 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | emptysquares | Genesis Albums - Ranked | 9/15 | - |
| 2026 | StreakyNuno | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 18/100 | 82 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 60 Music Albums of 1970 | 34/60 | 2 |
| 2026 | pctrooper | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 1/100 | 100 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1970 | 27/100 | - |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #101-200 | 1/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 190 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,213 | |||
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Trespass ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 00:21 | ecocruzr | 237 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2026 07:38 | kinginsomniac12 | 600 | 99/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2026 01:19 | johnworf | 4 | 100/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Trespass forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5427): By StreakyNuno BestEverAlbums 08/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5404): By pctrooper BestEverAlbums 07/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5364): By steve397Trespass comments
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I am so glad to see others acknowledging this album as a criminally underrated classic. It's in a weird place of history for the band, and served as a transition into what they would be known for, and people seemed to write it off because they assume it was just the band testing the waters of progressive rock. That's not true at all, this is a great progressive folk/rock album in it's own right, with a wistful and beautiful caressing feel to all of the songs, with the exception of The Knife, which is the bands first real banger and is still one of their best songs ever. Anthony Phillips really proved himself here as a guitarist, and I think the band still could have achieved most of their success if he never left. This is not a diss to the great Steve Hackett in any way, just saying Anthony was incredible as well. Please listen to this album fellow skeptical Genesis fans, it's still better than the Phil Collins era albums, and it's just as good as Nursery Cryme at the very least IMO. (Edited)
Totally amazing throughout, a true landmark for progressive rock, even loyal genesis fans often underrate this masterpiece (Edited)
luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/02/2016 08:25 | #167572 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is a gem, each song is perfect and it really makes you understand why Genesis became what it became. (Edited)
A big step in the right direction for what would soon become one of progressive rock's defining groups. Although a little uneven in spots, you can tell that Genesis plays with a lot more confidence than on their debut, and it shows on standout tracks like White Mountain and especially The Knife, one of the best songs that Genesis ever made. It also helps wonders that Genesis' production value skyrocketed between From Genesis to Revelation and Trespass. This is truly where the legend of prog Genesis began. The two aforementioned tracks are essential listening. Everything else here is recommended. (Edited)
I have to write the same: it's a criminally underrated album. All of the six songs are brilliant. (Edited)
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