Second Home By The Sea (track)
by Genesis
Second Home By The Sea appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- Genesis (track #4) (this album) (1983)
- Platinum Collection (track #13) (compilation) (2004)
- 1983-1998 (track #4) (compilation) (2007)
- The Last Domino? (track #6) (compilation) (2021)
- BBC Broadcasts (track #20) (compilation) (2023)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 11/21/2025 19:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,738 | 70/100 | |
| 10/02/2025 15:08 | dukeboxkool | 7,542 | 75/100 | |
| 08/26/2025 13:29 |  ExTeaSea | 12,480 | 85/100 | |
| 11/20/2024 20:49 | Siromynian | 16,165 | 70/100 | |
| 11/19/2024 19:55 | davidleewrong | 988 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.3/100, a mean average of 83.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.
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Squonk007 08/09/2021 12:56 | #272373
An outstanding instrumental piece. The guitar and keyboards intertwine superbly and then there's the heavy drums. Again, I feel it's much better as a live piece but then the band are far better live than they come across on record. One of my favourite Genesis tracks.
A mostly instrumental extension of the first Home by the Sea that takes the prog undertones from the original and expands on them even farther, mostly in the form of Banks' multiple extended keyboard solos, which often intertwine with Rutherford's guitar play. It doesn't completely abandon the pop vibe though, as Collins and Rutherford keep the rhythm in step with what the album has established so far. As a standalone song, it's a good instrumental, but it's made better in the context of the prior track. These two probably weren't listed as the same track on the album so the former could sell as a five-minute single, but they're both better when you listen to them together (although the former can stand alone much better).
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