Genesis 
The best album credited to Genesis is Selling England By The Pound which is ranked number 125 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 10,556.
Genesis is ranked number 36 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 39,012.
Genesis official website: http://www.genesis-music.com
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- Peter Gabriel
- Phil Collins
- Steve Hackett
- Ray Wilson
- Anthony Phillips
- Tony Banks
- Mike Rutherford
- See also:
- Anthony Phillips & Andrew Skeet
- Quiet World
- Mike & The Mechanics
- Brand X
- Phil Collins & Mark Mancina
- Ray Wilson & Stiltskin
- Squackett
- GTR
- Stiltskin
- Ray Wilson & The Berlin Symphony Ensemble
- Steve Hackett & Djabe
- Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson
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Genesis best albums
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 11/26/2025 13:32 |  Ilolahti | 28 | 88/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2025 23:51 |  luigybetis | 71 | 95/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2025 15:25 | steve397 | 52 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2025 17:59 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2025 10:28 | Jantje | 39 | 82/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 1% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 83.7/100, a mean average of 82.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 17.2.
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Probably my favorite band of all time! Of course what they did in the 70s with Peter Gabriel was special but they continued on to have a very strong, successful career with Phil Collins on the vocals. The albums waned in quality slightly as the years went on but there was still always stuff worth hearing on each release. But that classic lineup with Gabriel, Hackett, Collins, Banks, Rutherford can't be beat!
If you count band, solo, and all their b-sides and rarities, then this is easily one of the greatest bands of the era, or ever.
Squonk007 01/19/2021 15:04 | #264665
My favourite band of all time. I've been a huge fan since 1977 on having heard ...And Then There Were Three, my first piece of music from the band. They are outstanding as a live act.
jeremy9 09/01/2019 11:38 | #242032
My best progressive rock band
1. Trespass (best... the knife)
2. Foxtrot (suppers ready)
3. Selling England by the pound (dancing...)
4. ...on brodway (in the cage)
5. Nursery crime (the musical box)
Genesis are in the top 5 bands ever in the Peter Gabriel era...
1. PINK Floyd
2. The beatles
3. Genesis (peter Gabriel era 69/74)
4. Led Zeppelin
5.the Rolling Stones
Grouse 08/03/2018 13:40 | #219129
The Peter Gabriel era Genesis is probably the best progressive rock band. It's sad that they later became the horrible pop band that the general public knows them as.
Genius band, genius concepts, genius live, both era's, big fan, prefer Gabriel/Hackett era, but Mama is a genius album regardless, as are there many singles from the latter era
would be 100 if half of their career didn't suck
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