Best Song on Genesis' "And Then There Were Three..."

This is "Burning Rope", which is their most 1976-sounding song. Although the more pop oriented material is not at all bad either (and way better than anything they would do later).

This album was a major letdown when compared to their earlier 70s output, but in retrospect it's better than anything they did later.

No, it's not as good as Duke. Off the top of my head I can only remember how about 3 of these sound. If Scenes from a Night's Dream is the "Poor Little Nemo" one then I like that a lot, but I'll probly have to vote for "Many Too Many".

probably burning rope, but this album is so much worse than duke or abacab or anything that came before it (better than anything post-abacab though). some of these tracks are just embarrassing (scenes from a night's dream, lady lies)...eesh.

I may rank Duke ahead of it, but I feel like having prog influenced numbers like "Burning Rope" and "The Lady Lies" does still make this one better. Also because "Duke" had a bit too many of those typical R&B-ish Phil Collins songs on it.

"Follow You Follow Me" was a portent of the MOR dreck to come...I considered this LP an enormous letdown after Trick Of The Tail...

I considered this LP an enormous letdown after Trick Of The Tail...

"Wind And Wuthering" was in-between though.

And "Follow You Follow Me", it isn't their best by any means, but at least it doesn't sound like Earth Wind & Fire. I mean, nothing wrong about Earth Wind & Fire, but I prefer Genesis when they sound like Genesis.

You know, "Snowbound" is quite charming as well.

Agree that Duke is the better album. It's strange how on this album I really like a lot of songs, but the overall effect is somehow uncharismatic-- like a garden with beautiful, sometimes dazzling, flowers in it, but when you step back and look at it it just doesn't pack a punch as a whole entity.

"Turn It On Again" = Mad Justification of the 3-piece years. And I kind of think Geir agrees here.

Also G, isn't the point of "Follow You Follow Me", more than anything else on this album, that is sounds like post-funk KC and the Sunshine etc etc?

Anyway now I'm sober-ish I reckon that Duke is proggier than this one, what with its concept and all.

With "Duke", it's another problem for me. A problem that started already on "And Then There Were Three", but grew worse from "Duke" onwards:

I have never liked the Yamaha CP. I think it sounds like a cheap replica, it doesn't sound quite like an electric piano, but also not quite like a piano. Sort of neither fish nor flesh. Tony Banks loves his CP, and used it a lot from "Duke" onwards, which haunts me a lot because otherwise I love Tony Banks and consider him the actual artistic brain in Genesis. Possibly even more than Peter Gabriel used to be.

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As I expected, few people knew this album well enough to vote. But at least most voters picked the correct track. :)

I like follow yo ufollow and and teh rest is really kind of crap

Nah. Weakest track on the album.

what is with that snow man song ? WAAAAAAAAGHGH THERES A SNOW MAAAAAAAAANNN

the whoel thing is coated in glossy production - so synthetic, so lethargic

Ya, Snowbound and Many Too Many are far more difficult listens than FYFM, which was thankfully spared a painfully melodramatic chorus