Genesis 1971-1973 & 1986-1987

I actually like TRICK OF THE TAIL through ...AND THEN THERE WERE THREE...  They don't really represent the true nature of what Genesis had been about, but more than that, there's a kind of sense of aimlessness that pervades those albums.  Those albums were appealing, IMO, but they lacked the sense of zeal that they had from NURSERY CRYME through SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND.  I don't get the sense that they were invested enough by the time  THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY was being written. It being a concept album distracts from the inconsistency and wobbliness of the overall work, but once you read into how the band was functioning at the time, and how much of the content originated, it becomes easier to notice that the center simply does not hold.

THE BEST OF GENESIS

Nursery Cryme

Foxtrot

Selling England By The Pound

Invisible Touch

Runners up:

Trick Of The Tail

Wind & Wuthering

And Then There Were Three

We Can't Dance

Honorable Mention:

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Duke

Abacab