The Best... Genesis

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The Best... Genesis
Compilation album by Genesis
Released	1976
Recorded	1971-1972
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	90:37
Label	Charisma Records
Genesis chronology
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) The Best... Genesis (1976) A Trick of the Tail (1976)

The Best... Genesis was a compilation of Genesis' albums Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot released in 1976 on Charisma Records and produced by Buddah Records.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Nursery Cryme 1.1.1 Side one 1.1.2 Side two 1.2 Foxtrot 1.2.1 Side one 1.2.2 Side two

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Nursery Cryme

All songs by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford except where noted. Further details of who wrote what given where available.

[edit] Side one

1. "The Musical Box" (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford, Anthony Phillips, Mick Barnard) - 10:24 (lyrics: Gabriel)
2. "For Absent Friends" (Collins, Hackett) - 1:44 (lyrics: Hackett)
3. "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" - 8:09 (lyrics: Gabriel)

[edit] Side two

1. "Seven Stones" - 5:08 (lyrics: Banks)
2. "Harold the Barrel" - 2:59 (lyrics: Gabriel)
3. "Harlequin" - 2:53
4. "The Fountain of Salmacis" - 7:54 (lyrics: Rutherford)

[edit] Foxtrot

All songs by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford. Further details of who wrote what given where available.

[edit] Side one

1. "Watcher of the Skies" - 7:21 (lyrics: Banks, Rutherford)
2. "Time Table" - 4:45 (lyrics: Banks)
3. "Get 'Em Out by Friday" - 8:36 (lyrics: Gabriel)
4. "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" - 5:44 (lyrics: Hackett)

[edit] Side two

1. "Horizons" - 1:39 (music: Hackett)
2. "Supper's Ready" - 22:54 (lyrics: Gabriel)
   • "Lover's Leap"
   • "The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man"
   • "Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men"
   • "How I Dare Be So Beautiful?"
   • "Willow Farm"
   • "Apocalypse in 9/8 (co-starring the delicious talents of Gabble Ratchet)"
   • "As Sure as Eggs is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)"

v • d • e Genesis Tony Banks • Phil Collins • Mike Rutherford Peter Gabriel • Steve Hackett • Anthony Phillips • John Mayhew • John Silver • Chris Stewart • Ray Wilson Session Musicians: Bill Bruford • Chester Thompson • Daryl Stuermer • Nir Zidkyahu • Nick D'Virgilio • Anthony Drennan Studio albums From Genesis to Revelation • Trespass • Nursery Cryme • Foxtrot • Selling England by the Pound • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway • A Trick of the Tail • Wind & Wuthering • …And Then There Were Three… • Duke • Abacab • Genesis • Invisible Touch • We Can't Dance • Calling All Stations Live albums Genesis Live • Seconds Out • Three Sides Live • The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts • The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs • Live Over Europe 2007 Compilations The Best... Genesis • Turn It on Again: The Hits • Platinum Collection Box Sets Genesis Archive 1967-75 • Genesis Archive 2: 1976-1992 • Genesis 1976-1982 • Genesis 1983-1998 • Genesis 1970-1975 EPs Spot the Pigeon • 3 X 3 Films Genesis: In Concert Live videos Three Sides Live • The Mama Tour • Genesis Live at Wembley Stadium • The Way We Walk - Live in Concert • When in Rome Books Genesis: A Biography • Genesis: Chapter & Verse Other Discography • Brand X • Flaming Youth • Mike + The Mechanics • GTR • Stiltskin • Jonathan King • Tony Smith  • Mick Barnard • The Musical Box (band) • Six of the Best