Genesis the band how do you rate?

I actually do. Very talented, and a great catalog of songs.

They're alright

Peter Gabriel era Genesis is some of the best progressive rock music ever made. They are so criminally underrated with him as the singer. I would wager most people know them as the pop centric Phil Collins led band, but those few albums with Peter, gosh dang, so good.

Land of Confusion & Invisible Touch are the only songs I have heard enough to get an opinion on, they're top jams. But I'm a Phil Collins mark anyway.

They were great up until it became The Phil Collins Band. Every once in a while the Collins era would try to go back to prog rock roots, an example being Tonight Tonight Tonight. But it would come off as being forced and out if place.

The Peter Gabriel stuff is interesting. I love a lot of Gabriel's solo work. I don't care for the super bland and poppy Collins stuff.

I've been a big genesis fan, ever since the release of their 1980 album, "Duke". Before that I didn't really understand any of their work, it was too artsy, too intellectual... It was on "Duke" where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent.

I think "Invisible Touch" is the group's undisputed masterpiece, its an epic meditation on intangibility at the same time it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding 3 albums... Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford you can practically hear every nuonce of every instrument.

In terms of lyrical craftsmenship and sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism! Take the lyrics to "Land of Confusion", in this song, Phil Collins adresses the problems of abusive political authority. "In Too Deep" is the most moving pop song of the 1980's, about monogomy and commitment, the song is extremely uplifting...their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock.

Phil Collins solo career, it seems to be more commercial...and therefore more satisfying in a narrower way. Especially songs like, "In The Air Tonight" and "Against All Odds" I also think, Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist! "Sussudio", great, great song...personal favorite.



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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5293764/Ozzy-Osbourne-I-love-Phil-Collins.html

Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal singer, has admitted that he is obsessed with soft rocker Phil Collins.

In stark contrast to his own music, one of the Black Sabbath vocalist's favourite songs is Collins's 1981 hit In The Air Tonight.

The 60-year-old drove his wife Sharon, the television personality, mad by repeatedly playing the track at their home.

The former X Factor judge said: "He played it so often that I would get the CD and throw it away but he went out and bought another one."

Her husband added: "We're the reason he sold so many albums. That drum fill is the best ever – it still sounds awesome. We love Phil Collins."

The disclosure is likely to surprise fans of Osbourne, whose own musical offerings have earned him the nicknames "Godfather of Heavy Metal" and "Prince of Darkness"

In the Air Tonight was the first single of Collins's solo career and appeared on the album, Face Value.

At the time of its release, it made it to Number 2 in the British singles chart but the track has enjoyed a recent resurgence in popularity since it appeared on the Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate advert featuring a drumming gorilla.