Your favorite tracks on ... "Genesis"

Mama is imo a classic, one of the best , if not the best Phil's vocal performances and the way Genesis should have gone in the 80s to remain both relevant and still be Genesis.

I agree that Mama is one of their best tracks period and one of Phil's best vocals. I also picked Second Home By the Sea. I then wrestled between IGGB, Silver Rainbow, and JaJtD. IGGB won out, but I like the other two a lot.

Mama, Home By The Sea and It's Gonna Get Better got my votes

Mama, Home By The Sea and Silver Rainbow (I wanted to choose Second Home By The Sea, but I also wanted to make sure Silver Rainbow got some credit, such a great little track!)

The first three - Home By The Sea is my favourite Genesis song. That's All was the song that started pushing me towards being a major fan when I realised how great it was. Mama goes without saying.

I've always lumped the Home by the Seas together as one song. Those and Mama were my three. I'd throw It's Gonna Get Better in there as the third if not for the technicality...

Mama, Home by the sea and Just a job to do

tough to pick three, though!

Just a job to do is a real grower. I didn't like that song at all for a long times but now it's in my all time favorites playlist

Mama, 2nd Home By The Sea, and Silver Rainbow for me.

Never understood why they separated HBTS on the record into two parts.

So I've picked Silver Rainbow, It's Gonna Get Better and Mama

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Never understood why they separated HBTS on the record into two parts.

Now there's a question... why is HBTS/SHBTS two tracks on the record & CD, but Domino is only one track?

The CD track division between HBTS/SHBTS always seemed wrong to me as well. It happens at a seemingly random point during the quiet interlude in the middle. I would think it should happen as the drums for SHBTS come in.

In the poll I picked Mama & Just A Job To Do. I guess HBTS/SHBTS would be my third choice, but I would have had to pick just one of them.

As for IGGB... well, I've probably made my feelings about that track clear by now.

BTW, something HBTS/SHBTS and Domino have in common, besides being 2-part pieces: The two parts of each one appeared on singles separately from each other.

- HBTS was a single.

- SHBTS was the B-side to That's All.

- In The Glow Of The Night was the B-side to Tonight, Tonight, Tonight.

- The Last Domino was the B-side to Invisible Touch.

In retrospect, it strikes me as odd for SHBTS and The Last Domino to appear on any record out of context without their respective "first" parts. They don't really sound like "standalone" tracks.

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... nevertheless, interesting to see that pt1 of HBTS seems to be more popular than pt2 ...?

I'm not terribly surprised. The studio version isn't particularly exciting, and while it makes the whole of Home By The Sea more interesting, it simply isn't as strong or engaging as the first half of the song.

Mama, That's All, Home By The Sea (which, as far as I'm concerned, includes Second Home By The Sea).

Mama, Just A Job To Do, That's All

Just a Job to Do

Mama

Mama, Home by The Sea (I and II like most) and Just A Job To Do