List your top three and bottom three Genesis albums.

My most played:
Selling England By The Pound
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
A Trick Of The Tail

Least played:
From Genesis To Revelation
Calling All Stations
Live Over Europe 2007

Most played:
All of the Peter Gabriel albums+the two after he left.

Least played:
Everything post-Gabriel. I don't own any of them.

Oh my, this is a band in my personal Top 5 and I listen to them so much.

The only album I don't play is the wretched debut.

I will stick to the rules of 3 albums here (only studio albums though):

Most played:

A Trick of the Tail
Abacab
Wind & Wuthering

Least played:

From Genesis to Revelation
Trespass
...And Then There Were Three

But seriously (ha, ha), I play every album quite often from all eras.

Umm - never heard them. I have a large music collection so since the late 60's early 70's I have always listened to whatever music I had instead of the "luck of the draw" on the radio.

I do know one thing about them - former Zappa drummer - Roxy era - Chester Thompson - was/is their drummer - always one of my very favorite FZ drummers.

Most
1. Selling England
2. "Live" (the first live album with PG)
3. The first box set
4. (Tie) Anything else with Gabriel
5. Trick Of The Tail
6. Wind & Wuthering

Least
Anything post 1976. I can't stand the pop band they became after PG left.
1st album, goes under several names including from Genesis To Revelation.

I feel the same, though you said it more succinctly than I did!

Most played:
Seconds Out
Wind & Wuthering
And Then There Were Three
(and a nod to We Can't Dance)

Least played:
From Genesis To Revelation
Calling All Stations (just wretched)
Invisible Touch (too poppy)

Thompson was only their touring drummer so that Phil Collins (their actual drummer) could be out front for vocals.

They didn't become pop till Invisible Touch.... and half of that album was actually good. My list is for the thread purpose only. I'm also a huge fan like IP and listen to most of my Genesis discs. The PG era is my least fave, but I listen to them regularly, too.

I find it hilarious (I'm not picking on you, Geff) how many people are either PG or PC era fans. Many will not do both eras.

People also say PC ruined Genesis after PG left. Not so and has been alluded to by other members, including Pete himself. The direction they went took all of the remaining members input. It's obvious that they felt constrained by PG and grew into their spots after PG left.

Genesis would never have become a big success had PG stayed.

i like them.....but.......

other than the gabriel stuff and 'trick of the tail' not really an album band (for me anyway)

top 3:

trick of the tail
lamb lies down
and if i have to pick: abacab

bottom

calling all stations (what a stinker)
three sides live (i like side 4)
wind and wuthering (never got the allure of this one, never got it at all)

Most:
1976 Pittsburg, London, Cleveland live shows
Lamb: original album and Shrine 1975 show
Live: 1973 official live album, with added Supper's Ready from same show
Zurich 1977 live show

Least/Never:
Anything after Seconds Out.

I'm as big a Genesis fan that their can be, my #2 favorite group after The Who. Discovered them one day setting up a country club for that evenings dance social. Heard the radio ad playing that Genesis had a new album called Wind & Wuthering on Atco Records available now. Liked what I heard so I bought it the next day probably at Korvettes.

Started a love affair. Back then Genesis was a cult band not a hit singles band so only a few people knew who they were.

Started going back into their catalog and bought Genesis Live, Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, Trick Of The Tail and Selling England By The Pound.
Around this time Genesis Seconds Out came out and I got to see them at MSG where they had a unbelievable laser light show (still one of the best I have ever seen) and got to see/ hear Peter Gabriel come out for an encore duet with Phil.

I love all their albums, have seen them multiple times, see The Musical Box often, see Steve Hackett often and of course became a big Peter Gabriel fan too.

Most played at this point:

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Wind & Wuthering (remains my all time favorite Genesis album) heard many of the songs performed live on CTTE 2017.
Selling England By The Pound

Least played but still love:

From Genesis To Revelation
Trespass
Genesis (self titled)

I actually play their,last one with Ray Wilson (Calling All Stations) quite often, love his voice and it has a few good songs.

Much like what has been said already:

Most - mid '70s studios
Selling England
The Lamb Lies Down
A Trick of the Tail
and maybe some Foxtrot

Least
All those'80s-'90s albums belong to some other Genesis.

Calling All Stations is an excellent album.

Invisible Touch is an excellent album.

Phil did not ruin Genesis he made them even better and is one of the greatest drummers in the world.

Peter was awesome too.

I can just as easily play Invisible Touch as I can Foxtrot.

I've got that version also. Seems weird that it's never been officially released, as mine has no sound quality issues on Supper's.

Wind & Wuthering is a masterpiece.

A combination of understated beauty and complexity.

How the hell Tony banks wrote "One For the Vine" from scratch by himself I will never know.

And "Afterglow" still gives me chills.

Easily one of the band's best albums and I'm glad you concur!

Steve Hackett did Afterglow on CTTE 2017 in tribute to John Wetton and it was transcendent.

I own nothing before Duke and everything from Duke forward, so limiting responses to 1980 and after.
Most: Invisible Touch / Abacab / Genesis
Least: We Can't Dance / Calling All Stations / Three Sides Live

Obviously, you're a fan of the Phil era. You really need to get the ones prior to Abacab. Duke is phenomenal. Heck, everything from Duke down to Trick are great. You'd really like Seconds Out (the live album). It'll give you a preview to what the Gabriel stuff is like as Phil does a great job of singing those older tunes.

IMO Trick is by far the best Phil album.

Duke was a real break through for the Phil era. And Abacab was so refreshing when it first came out blasting out from the radio.

Another huge Genesis fan, certainly in my top 5 favorite acts of all time, especially the Gabriel version.

I'm not much for ranking albums, but Lamb is probably my favorite.