Genesis on ...And Then There Were Three

[@gtf2648]

Truly aggravates me when people dog this album... It's frickin' spectacular

[@jeffroyer4522]

Yeah I agree. It's such an amazing album at a hectic time of their career. One of my all time favorite genesis album's even though they all are so good and hold their one magic. But to be In A situation where another key member of genesis leaves and be able to still produce this album is truly amazing. Tony banks is God 🙌

[@robertboyle5370]

Its etherical..just like the moody blues..eternal

[@douglundquist4260]

Where would one of my favorite genesis songs of all time been? DEEP IN THE MOTHERLOAD?WHERE WOULD THAT SONG BE?IT WOULDN'T HAVE EXISTED!

[@tramlad2]

Its ok , not bad, just decent, in comparison to the albums before, Steve Hackett was missed, the band were never the same again...they became soft poppy and run by Tony Banks, who comes across as insufferable , and pompous, he looked down on Steve, but Steve is the better man for leaving, Genesis last hurrah is TTW3 , the rest after that were , well, rather dull and boring and poppy. I never bought another Genesis album after Then There Were Three.

[@donbrogan3158]

@@tramlad2 I get that about Tony. Seems so insufferable. As for their albums after Steve, Duke and Abacab i rarely listen,although I do enjoy the albums...just. Mama album is fantastic I think as is Invisible Touch. Great childhood memories as my folks bought the LPs which I still have. I guess it's all down to individual taste. I couldn't get into Marillion post Fish.

[@springfield5741]

I know they didn't like this album much, but I always enjoyed it. The drumming on Down and Out is amazing.

[@tiedupsmurf]

+Springfield Very true,...try singing it though lol

[@TheGlssr60]

This album was my introduction to Genesis due to "Follow You, Follow Me". All the rest of their discography soon followed into my personal collection.

[@markaldridge3321]

@@TheGlssr60 Phil is at his best behind the drums.

[@rembeadgc]

My favorite Genesis album. Like they said, it represents their "in between" period; stepping away from the past but not fully into the future yet. Love this one and Duke.

[@ryanmason6569]

Honestly I hoped they were going to spend all 9 minutes talking how badass the drums on Down and Out are

[@LYFDDT]

Show me someone who'll drum better.

[@RaelNYC]

No one. No one ever played better. Oh there were a few who were close, and it surely isn't a contest. Bruford, of course, but I actually like Alan White better. Then there was Barriemore Barlow, who made it hard to choose Phil as the King. But once it was all said and done, or rather played, well it's the material. Barlow and White, all those middle era Yes and Tull albums, okay, phenomenal. And the early Yes with Bruford, phenomenal. But Collins? We're talkin everything from the third album up to when they stopped the epic prog, which was really Duke, Duke was the last one, then it was all 4/4 and everyone stopped shredding. All three of them stopped shredding at once, Rutherford, Banks and Collins after Duke. The guitar stopped shredding with this album, because Rutherford wasn't a guitar shredder. He really wasn't your typical bass shredder either, but he pulled it off fine. But Collins? Just phenomenal. You have six albums before this one, one a double, and Duke, so that's nine discs, if I have the math and the chronology right. No one else did that much. The early and later Tull albums, nope, and Barlow wasn't even on the early ones, but well that guy Clive Bunker was no slouch! And the early and later Yes albums, nope. I suppose White kept at it but Yes got way less involved, arrangement speaking. They didn't go and do pop music, but the Yes songs on later albums, they still attempted to be epic, but it just lacked something. But Sound Chaser? The drums on Sound Chaser alone put Alan White in the Hall of Fame. Anyway, nope, no one. Collins won, he's Babe Ruth. Longevity and content. He's Jim Brown, Joe Montana, Barry Sanders, Bill Russell, etc. All due respect to Buddy Rich. :) PS Of course it wouldn't be right to not include John P. Weathers though. He actually complicates the matter considerably. PPS I believe I've read that both Collins and Barlow, reflecting many years later, both said that looking back on it all, they feel they overplayed, and if they could do it again they'd be more subtle. Good thing they can't turn back time! PPPS Carl Palmer doesn't make the voting, for some reason I can't really explain. John Bonham would be eligible if Zeppelin had played a little more prog, as would pretty much all of Zappa's drummers. Prog has certain traits though, so you have to fit the mold to qualify. It can't be fusion, it has to be prog. Someone in the band has to sing about Moors in England, and stuff like that, and medieval times.

[@67marlins81]

They could have sat around a table, drinking, and talking about about what a badass salesman you were, Bill....

[@SurelyYewJest]

Ya. I remember back when I was in my early teens getting into wars of words over who was a better drummer, Phil or Bonham, or Phil and (gasp) the up-and-coming Lars Ulrich. A metalhead friend of mine was all over Lars, so I had to play him Down and Out. Lars couldn't play DnO if his life depended on it. Love Metallica's stuff, but seriously now.

[@ocean686]

Agree outstanding

[@darthmaul33]

A great album. Underrated indeed

[@greggmireau9279]

When Phil commented that "Follow You Follow Me " is still played on the radio today....well that says it all. Sometimes the most simple catchy tunes work out the best.That song takes me right back to my High School years and floods me with memories.Music is life and we get to relive it quite often when we listen to our favorite tunes.

[@lancheloth]

@@greggmireau9279 I totally agre...

[@fryksdahlstravel8983]

I didn't know Genesis in 1978 but i saw this album for sale for $3.99 and loved the album cover and the 3 mysterious figures in the dark. So i bought it...and WOW! No choice then, started buying all the albums in reverse order. Opened up a whole new world of music for me. And Genesis more than any other band invoked a sense of longing to see England - Epping Forest, the Earl of Mar, Duchess, and loads of Pigeons!

[@Thievius333]

This album always reminded me of winter and Christmas time. I always chalked that up to past memories, but there actually are several references to the season on the record. Snowbound with (of course) "The Snowman" and "a snow year" being a good year, the mention of "It will still be snowing out there" from Undertow, and the "snowflake drifting on the breath of the breeze" on Burning Rope. But there are the memories as well. Of playing the record on cold winter nights, ice covering my bedroom window with the blurred but colorful lights of the neighborhood leading up to and proceeding the Christmas holiday twinkling through the cold panes of glass.

[@maeredabtsog6164]

It is a definitely wintry album. Follow You Follow Me is pure winter time. Wind and Wuthering is very Autumnal leading into winter.

[@douglundquist4260]

Oh my God. What a trip. I got this album from a friend of mine in high school as a Christmas present on Christmas day 1983 and played it all over the holidays. Id never heard any of the songs except follow you follow me a couple of times at the most! INCREDIBLE!

[@kurtoelmann7745]

@@maeredabtsog6164 Funny....'Follow you / follow me' seemed popular here in the 'States in Summer 1980..... But maybe that's just my personal memory of being driven to baseball camp every day at 13. But I'll always agree the entire album is very good.

[@SouthJerseyMatt]

I agree! I’m weird, I only play certain music during certain times of the year, for various reasons I guess, subject matter or when I discovered said music, who knows. Weird I am

[@rob7068]

How beautiful. I feel EXACTLY the same about this album. The whole atmosphere for me is very special and provokes such deep, delicious memories and feelings.

[@StaffordChristensen]

Great album - "The Lady Lies" is one of my all-time favorite Genesis songs.

[@robmac6508]

Stafford Christensen - I agree 💯% , It's brilliant , for me its up there with the Genesis Prog classics.

[@christianparsons6050]

Me too! Age seven I put my mums vinyl copy of the album on with headphones one day, lay on the sofa and opened the gatefold. The cover imagery and atmosphere drew me in and I remember following the lyrics from the very start. By the time I got to side two and The Lady Lies I was a changed boy 😅… Back in 1981 when I heard this it wasn’t what most other 7yrolds were listening to in the uk, it was all Adam Ant and other New Romantic stuff so I felt I was in a little club of my own. It marked the beginning of a lifelong relationship with music….and Phil became my private mentor… in my mind anyway😄

[@centinela24542]

As Jeff Lynne song ""Evil Woman"" it came true! 😆😁😅🤣

[@Jez1963UK]

They are sooooo right about Follow you, follow me. I was 15 when I bought my first Genesis album around 1975/76 and listening to this mixes my emotions so much. I want to cry because it's so beautiful and also because my life has whizzed by as well. I am grateful, but also sad that those times have gone forever, and now it's a different era, not one I love quite as much, too complicated, less innocent, harder.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

I got into Genesis as a 12 year old in 78 when I found a cassette tape my father had brought home from work with a Genesis mix of all songs from the first 7 albums. I listened and listened again and have loved them for another 41 years since. Best band ever imo.

[@kdonovan221]

I agree Life just went by so very fast

[@jaworskij]

In May 1978 when Follow You, Follow Me was in the Top40 in Canada, once or twice our Dad drove us to the nearby A&W Drive-In for burgers. This was the first Genesis song I remember on AM radio (58 CKY and/or 13cfrw, Winnipeg, Canada). The song was on when we ordered our hamburgers. My youngest sister just turned 5. So I associate this song with that time at the A&W.

[@lauremehrkens5891]

My most favorite album of all time❤️❤️. My most favorite lyrics of all time are from, “Undertow.”❤️ AND, my most favorite musician of all time is, Tony Banks❤️. Thank you Genesis, for 44 years of soul touching music.

[@maeredabtsog6164]

Such a sweet post.

[@trespasser121]

So you came late to Genesis, obviously not the same band that it was before 1975 - THAT was the real Genesis.

[@johnmolenaar3810]

​​​@@trespasser121 there is no UNREAL or REAL Genesis. That is all YOUR perception. I have been a huge fan since 1972. I have seen them, and all the offshoots, at least 30 times live. Still listen to all their music, flipping from 1970 to the most recent solo projects. It is all good stuff. Yes, the first few years were spectacularly different than other bands. However, to say that is the REAL Genesis, is total crappie. It wasn't even the original line up. And yes, I think Hackett and Gabriel are great musicians. I specially love the revisited tours. Daw them last year for the 3rd time. It is all REAL good stuff.

[@MrHisperia2001]

This album is truly a MASTERPIECE.....☝️

[@PeterMayer]

Not quite

[@brettthebassist]

Glad you like but its ok for me😎

[@tmmpurple]

I grew up in such an amazing stage of music, this was my first Genesis album that I heard WOW! Still love it, snowbound makes me cry still...Stay with me, still one of the best love songs!

[@caroline356]

My first too and it's brilliant, more now when you see the dross that is about...We were so lucky growing up with music like this

[@JohnnyFiveEagles]

I got the album when I was thirteen and wow it was the best I had ever heard. I am a one legged drummer and i returned to playing in the last year and set up a kit in the living room and di all thew drum parts flawlessly on the album. there are many that are very complicated with fast fills and unusual timings and a whole host of different things but I have managed all of them flawlessly.

[@napomania]

I bought the cd many years ago. But with the vynil the sound is getting bigger and strong! Instead in cd the drums were thin and in the background

[@valuecalc]

The boys of Genesis were always outstanding, and this album simply catapulted them to new heights. "The Lady Lies" and "Undertow" are incredible songs! Who else at anytime ever sounded like this band?

[@chestrockwell1866]

Compared to other Genesis, this one took awhile for me to fully appreciate. It now has become one of my favorites of theirs along with Duke. Burning Rope, Down and Out, Lady Lies, Deep in the Motherlode, Many too Many are all brilliant songs. Undertow is a damn masterpiece. And i don't care if it's hated by most I really love Follow You Follow Me.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

I think it’s the fact that FYFM was played to death on radio was why it became disliked or people perhaps became bored with it.

[@tonytroughton]

Used follow you follow me for a wedding song

[@wadros]

I love And Then There Were Three. I'm not saying it was one of their best, but it's one of my favorites. Burning Rope is one of my favorite songs. ATTW3 might be in my top 3.

[@nunyabidniss3827]

the whole album kicks ass, they even made singing about a snowman cool.

[@brahmsnliszt]

Nunya bidniss agreed. for me this their last truly great album. hardly a bad song on it tho ironically follow you follow me was my least favourite yet their most successful.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Peter Roberts yep, I became bored with fyfm because of constant radio play, I love ATTWT but find ballad of big the only song I totally have no time for. My faves are down and out and undertow.

[@randybristow5638]

Heard "follow you follow me, on radio when i was 11, made my parents buy me , then there were 3" on 8 track. Love every song on it

[@mickisitterding5621]

I absolutely love this album!

[@FossilisedFishooks]

so refreshing to hear a band being interviewed about the actual music for a change. Fascinating.

[@cloudedthoughts909]

Hi Vicky Viking., Truth , ditto, and Absolutely! The actual artists, talking and reflecting on their own art. BRILLIANT! I Love this album SO MUCH!!! 🤜💥🤛💞

[@KennethDonnellyStargazer21]

Don't underestimate "Snowbound," for there's a powerful metaphor in there I find riveting; just beneath conscious awareness but extremely and emotionally potent; an anthem of (our) mortality, and the mortality of all things, I think. Brilliant.

[@francishuhghes5229]

"Smiling faces tear your body to the ground", just brilliant.

[@teddavidson3507]

Damn! I wish Steve had gotten in that car!

[@calebbartlett367]

haha you and me both as well as many other Genesis fans I would presume

[@GraachAhim]

Well, it was his decision. Genesis wouldn't need a member who was unhappy.

[@javierfilgueira]

Steve gave us a lot since then. He couldn't do it so well being in the band.

[@America984]

GraachAhim Why was he not happy?

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

There’s only one arsehole on this thread.

[@zachjohnson637]

Though it lacks in comparison to A Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering, it's still a hugely underrated album. I love Undertow, Snowbound, Burning Rope and The Lady Lies.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

The only song I found to be a dud on ATTWT had to be ballad of big, I skip that song but love the rest of the songs, maybe apart from fyfm because it was played too much on radio and I became a bit bored of it. Down and out and undertow are my faves on it.

[@douglundquist4260]

Deep in the motherlode , down and out, andare m

[@douglundquist4260]

And many too many are my favorite songs on the album

[@philseida5428]

Burning Rope, Undertow, Deep in the Motherlode, Snowbound, Down and Out and The Lady Lies are The True Standouts IMHO. Follow You, Follow Me was their first huge single that eventually grew on me somehow, despite my adoration for The 1970-1977 More Prog Era. I Think after Duke, which is damn good, they changed too much for me, though some songs here and there or a song on a subsequent album was Good, but the rest of the album, not so much.

[@zachjohnson637]

@@philseida5428 Yeah Duke is the last one for me too...and then a track here or there after that (Dodo/Lurker, Mama, and The Brazilian come to mind).

[@FreakEating]

these interviews are incredibly interesting. Realize I've rarely heard these guys speak at length

[@garyholland4696]

Got the album on vinyl , then CD, then downloaded..... Still my favourite recording by Genesis........maybe all time. brilliant. Burning rope and Snowbound still get played almost daily .

[@chazs001]

Bloody great album bloody great band thanks lads.

[@TomKnight1000]

Agree! I bought this LP back in '78 for the single Follow You Follow Me, not knowing some of the best music ever made existed on this Album. Deep in the Motherlode at volume 60 is still my go-to for spine-tingling goose bumps. Many Too Many, as noted by others... the best love song ever written. "I thought I was lucky, oh I thought that I'd ... got... it....made! Collins, you killing me here. My God, this album is sofa king good.

[@montecitojoe]

Loved this album. I got it in 1983 as a sophomore in college. My girlfriend introduced me to this album and TOTT. I pretty much wore out the record during the summer of 1983 or 1984. Undertow was the one that grabbed me first, but the entire album is great, of course. I was surprised to learn in recent years that the band wasn't as proud of this album as their others. Listening to it today, the prominence of the synthesizers does make it sound a bit dated. But I still love it. It was a few years later that I got Seconds Out and then that one really blew me away. To this day, I prefer Phil's singing voice to Peter Gabriel's on the Genesis tracks. I guess it's because I started out with Phil first and then heard the older Genesis later. I just recently learned how to play Entangled on the guitar -- great song.

[@KennCramerHanberg]

I love the mood in this album, the sound, the ballads,

[@johntinker3457]

Die hard Genesis fan for many years, I feel like alot here, I really liked this album. Michael Rutherford seems like one really laid back dude you know. Kind of guy that could be real cool to hang with.

[@roelandrutgers]

When Rutherford was speaking I had to rewind it several times to hear what he’s actually saying!

[@jorgelopezgalvez]

I learnt English by translating Genesis lyrics and trying to understand Mike and Tony in interviews 😂

[@tdelrio]

Genesis was and is still one of the most talented bands ever! Phil is undoubtedly one of the greats!

[@bleebloe]

one of thee greatest albums of all time. Certainly Genesis's best ... by a landslide in my opinion. Underrated as all hell

[@PeterMayer]

One of the greatest albums of all time? Are you high? I love Genesis but this is anything but...

[@tasinbaneir4231]

@@PeterMayer Are you talking in terms of popularity? Because then I agree, it isn't close to the "greatest" album of all time.. but musically, I think in a world full of millions upon millions of records, this is easily one of the best of all time.. and I don't need anyone to agree. This is objectively my (and the poster's) opinion which is 100% true for us.

[@vernonlingenfelter4847]

One of mine foorr sure. Lady lies!! Don't know another song that's more Genesis?????

[@andrewwildman]

Awesome album that had one of Britain's best loved rock groups survive into a new musical era when so many others became irrelevant. Follow You Follow Me was the sound of that summer,

[@benkizer9509]

To all those people who think that Tony Banks hated Steve and wanted him out, listen to this interview. He said he viewed Steve as an "ally" and liked that Steve supported his more outlandish ideas ("Firth of Fifth", for example). Tony was also there with Peter when Steve auditioned and recommended him to the group. Tony in the past viewed Steve as an important member and said he grew considerably as a writer and contributor with the band. I think in a lot of ways, they are two sides of the same coin and sometimes that works out well and other times, not so much. Steve wasn't as strong of a personality as Peter or Tony and I think that at times caused his music not to get on albums. I also think Tony got upset about Voyage of the Acolyte because he planned on doing a solo album after Lamb due in many ways to his dissatisfaction with the experience and the album, yet he held back and put those songs on Trick to help the band survive. Steve, on the other hand, took Phil and Mike and did his own thing. I remember Tony saying how there were a good number of songs on that album that could have been on Trick. Steve requested time to do another solo album after the Trick tour, which Phil was supportive of (Phil always worked with other musicians and bands from the beginning, with little push back from the others), but Tony (and likely Mike) were not. So then Steve requested 25% of the songwriting credits, which was also denied. I think he hit a point where he didn't have enough space to do his own thing. I also agree with what Mike said in a future interview about how Steve's departure was likely preventable and if the four of them got together and talked it through, they likely would have come up with an arrangement similar to what they had in the 80s (where they took time off to do solo albums, and then reconvened to do group albums). I like Steve's solo stuff, but a damn shame they couldn't work it out. I think he could have added a lot to the 80s albums.

[@arfshesaid4325]

he once told me that him and Steve didnt see eye to eye on a lot of things

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Steve’s own solo albums output in the 80s was instantly forgettable though, but I think he would of made a tune like home by the sea ll a classic with his guitar work weaving through it.

[@artrandy]

Tony has been the fall guy for years, he's an intelligent man, and maybe the self realisation that he was a nasty piece of work, is making him regret some of his bullying. Or maybe as he gets into his old age, he just wants a better press.........

[@francishuhghes5229]

Jeez, Steve's intricate guitar solo on "Seconds out" Firth of fifth, is off the scale brilliant, i almost wish that he had,nt left, but if he had stayed, would we have got "& then there were 3" etc ?.

[@BozJustBad]

Undertow is one of my favorite songs ever. It is on my top 50 list anyway.

[@kevingosse8657]

Follow you follow me was the first song i heard from Genesis! I've heard it all now, and love it!

[@jasonjackson3114]

Absolutely superb album.

[@KM-ABZ]

Follow you is a brilliant song...❤

[@jaregoguzoref4821]

This album got me into Genesis. And I never left. And I never will. Picking up a song or a record of any era (at least for me) is like picking up a good old bottle of wine - you stare, wondering which one you're gonna pick, trying to best match the mood you're in and you know it will be conforting

[@beanbunn4029]

This was the first Genesis album for me. I was around 7 years old and my dad played this record many times. I love it, the sound on this seems unique. The songs are great, no filler tracks, all class.

[@IosifStalin2]

The best of Genesis...the songs are spectacular

[@dirtypatricianiagara]

My favorite track from Then There Were Three was, "Scenes From A Night's Dream". Love that tune.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Don’t tell me stories, I don’t want to know. 😉

[@funklover24]

During the ATTWT-tour I joined my first Genesis-gig. Great memories and a decent setlist with great stuff from the Gabriel-era as well as the early Collins-era. Phantastic concert and phantastic album! 🥰🙏

[@doomprogger6345]

Such a perfect and completely underrated album! My favourite one, together with Wind and Wuthering.

[@andrewstewart5095]

Side two of this album is just brilliant. Will play it before side one

[@pup1008]

Their best work in my opinion. An album that has staid with me for almost 40 years. I've got the whole Genesis cannon but feel too many people get vexed over the breakup of the band to see the beautiful wood for the sometimes hit & miss whimsical trees. Track for track this is by far their greatest. Other albums had some amazing songs on but this is consistently good with probably at the most 1 or 2 OK songs mixed in with some sheer Rutherford & Banks genius.

[@cloudedthoughts909]

Released April 7th, 1978, [ a banner year in Rock ] at 53 min 35 sec, with every track, movement, chapter and verse, rolling mellifluously into the next, transporting the listener, on an epic lyrical and sonic journey. My personal favorite album by Genisis., which speaks to every fiber of my being., along with afterglow, from Wind & Wuthering. The entire album, feels like a dreamy hypnagogic experience, i.e., the trippy state between wakefulness and sleep. Wonderful compositions and era [ LOVE the 70's. ] Most cohesive, transitional, and a wall of sound, have all been used to describe the album. It bridges the gap of past and present exquisitely, and to perfection, with expert craftsman's use of layers, nuances, light /'shade, softness, and strength. I am happy for the band, and audience, that follow you follow me, earned them a well deserved radio hit, with increased record sales / a larger audience, and more ladies, at their concerts. I am the exception to the rule, when I say my interest in the band started and ended with this album...Sublime, a grand masterpiece, and a monumental achievement.

[@gotchabythepants]

This IS the album for someone going through a heartbreak. Although, some tracks I just skip over. Besides those tracks, fantastic album. Always close to my heart, this one is.

[@natebyrne2716]

I think being a true Genesis fan involves having an appreciation for everything they did, not just one specific era. If anything, these guys are one of the most versatile acts in rock. Everyone has their favorite albums and eras, but at least have an appreciation and respect for their entire career. For me personally, starting at Trick of a Tail onward, I can listen to each album all the way through, and love 95% of the tracks. But I also love me some Peter Gabriel Genesis, even if the albums in their entirety are a bit too strange and grandiose for me. If you can switch from listening to The Musical Box to Misunderstanding, you're probably a true Genesis fan.

[@FernieCanto]

I don't even know why a person would want to be a "true fan" of anything. You like what you like, no need to wear a badge. There are many, many, many reasons for a person to like or dislike one given song or album, even reasons that are entirely personal and don't have much to do with the music itself. So why bother with such labels? I enjoy the vast majority of the Genesis output, and all that means is that I have more music to enjoy. No reason for pride.

[@oddities-whatnot]

I find that each album brings backs memories for me from different times in my life, so I like everything really for that reason.

[@kethf4301]

Nate Byrne I can agree with that, but for me their solo work is included as well. It's great to hear how each member evolves on their own, and I think you develop a greater understanding and appreciation of what each member brings to the collective. For example, Peter has traveled down a very unusual musical path. Had he stayed on-board longer, One can only imagine how that might have influenced their sound. Roads not taken, I suppose...

[@kethf4301]

@Nelson Robert Willis Very much agreed, and they made a good, though underrated, album (Calling All Stations) without Pete or Phil. Was it a great? I can't say that, but I think they called it quits too soon. They had a solid sound with Ray, would have been interesting to see where they might have gone next.

[@milestonowhere]

Tony Bank's song Many to Many is one of the best ever.. I should say best love song of Genesis.. Had many memories of childhood.. still a lovely song... Congraculations for that song if you hear meTony !! :-) ..

[@andypalmieri2800]

Actually my favorite genesis album of all time 1978 in my room in a zone because this album is so moody it’s amazing writing and playing ❤still listening to it in 2024

[@KrystofDreamJourney]

What a Wonderful album !! I was lucky to grow up musically listening and transcribing this entire masterpiece note-by-note, and also two more Genesis albums from the late 70's : "Wind and Wuthering", and "Duke". I also loved UK's "Danger Money", "Heavy Weather" by Weather Report, and "The Pauper In Paradise" by Gino Vannelli. There was no internet back then, no gadgets, no MTV, but lots of good quality. True artists were our heroes... Now the young generation has their "idols" instead. Pity..

[@BenRagunton]

I must agree... It was an album that didn't originally float my boat much as I'm a HUGE fan of Trick followed by Wind, but after giving Three a fresh listen just a couple of years ago I suddenly realized how brilliant this album is, and it has some of the most blistering guitar work by Mike!

[@mickylawless1941]

This was my first introduction to Genesis back in 1978. I've been hooked to all of their 1970's work ever since.

[@life5161]

Never will understand why the band didn't care for this record. One of my FAVORITES. Those first 5 collins albums I thought were them at their BEST. Selling England and The Lamb from the Gabriel era. STILL my favorite band of ALL TIME

[@ShaolinDragon93]

You CAN sing mama, Phil! It's alright! haha

[@JohnnyFontane528]

Down and Out & Deep in the Motherlode are two of their best songs ever

[@francishuhghes5229]

Jeez, I agree, but "Ballad of big" is also brilliant.

[@longfade]

My favorite Genesis member? Every single one of them.

[@RaysTrack]

I could never figure what the cover had to do with the contents and I thought three contributors instead of four showed - but there are some beautiful melodies on there (Undertow is a favourite). For me it's THE Genesis album where on hearing it again, I'm transported back to the house where I first heard it and the vibe at the time - it has a real character.

[@clarkthesharkshow9944]

great album,.. and there wouldn't be another one this good again,...

[@jeffthrow6892]

It is taking some repeated listening but, this album is definitely growing on me. Absolutely love - "Deep In The Motherlode" ....

[@wayulooktonige]

I'd love to hear Steve playing lead guitar on Burning Rope. I think he'd absolutely send an already great song into another dimension.

[@mvancha]

This album is great prog pop and very underrated with melodic hooks everywhere.

[@manuelcarames9806]

I think is a great album, drums and bass are extremely good

[@sizzlinmind4265]

Follow You,. Follow Me....Mike! You wrote that in 10 minutes. I wish you'd done something else with those 10 minutes. That's such an annoying song! Of course Phil's thrilled.

[@napomania]

Follow you follow me is one of the catchiest and melodically pop song ever

[@generallee7692]

Tony Banks is the core, but Steve wrote some beautiful music. You guys were good without him, but it’s like losing your super powers when each member left. The whole was definitely more interesting than, “ And then there was three “. I did really love all the Genesis albums til Duke. Just my humble opinion.

[@NS9213]

After "Second's Out" this is still my FAVORITE studio album by Genesis. This is probably their most cohesive album from the 1st song "Down and Out" all the way to "Follow You,Follow Me".

[@sumego4180]

They certainly are not Van Halen. Genesis is so polite to each other when they parted.

[@777RockNRollin]

This album is very interesting to me ,.... They compacted so many ideas here ,..and so much of this thing WORKS WONDERS !! ,... Surprisingly GREAT !!,...

[@DaddyDrummer007]

This is my favorite genesis album.

[@XEspmasterXMain]

Follow You Follow Me is one of the two Genesis songs I've ever heard play on the radio (the other being The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, which was also the first Genesis song I ever heard.) They would usually play it late Friday night.

[@MarcoWriedt]

Very underrated album with so many outstanding songs!

[@fksara7708]

Incredible album

[@joey6280]

Phil has some outstanding storytelling skills. I'd listen to him for hours

[@huffpappy]

And Then There Were Three is an excellent album...the whole thing! I fell in love with "Follow You Follow Me" the first time I ever heard it in 1978. I still listen to it to this day.

[@Alaskanbrawl]

The album deserves way more kudos. It’s very good.

[@unicron93]

got that right!!! its one of my favorite albums!!

[@eives2]

My favorite Genesis album still to this day.....

[@jeffr.5717]

This was my last really liked Genesis album. Even with the shorter songs, the melodies were still rich and powerful. Steve's spirit was still there, though it'd fade quickly after.

[@o.portista]

Legendary album. Been a blast enjoying Phil's music, and what an inspiration he is with his music and Genesis. Wishing you all the best bud, True masterpiece this album was and extremely under-rated.

[@coolmom11000]

Many To Many,definetly one of the best songs ever.whole album was great I think

[@michaelmamp9096]

👍

[@MJagger100]

Had fun rediscovering this lp this week -havent stopped playin it the past 3 days,,

[@hogweed1975]

Always wondered about the Weather Report story. Chester joined Genesis in 1977, a year before Follow You Follow Me was even recorded, so he can't have told Phil about it then. Also, Chester was in Weather Report on and off between 1975 and 1977, so he couldn't have been on a bus with them in 1978. Furthermore, Chester tells another Weather Report bus story, namely that Alphonso Johnson played A Trick Of The Tail continuously. Since Johnson also auditioned for the Genesis-job that Daryl Stuermer eventually got, I guess it's very well possible that he could have made a compliment about the track in that audition process, either to Mike or to Chester, and I wonder if maybe Phil has conflated those two things together.

[@hogweed1975]

Yeah this seems a plausible storyline. Of course, Chester could just still have been in touch with his former colleagues in WR, and when he told them he would be playing for Genesis, they could have responded with the compliment and the tour bus story.

[@Ursulauu]

No mention of The (brilliant) Lady Lies?

[@Pyrethryn]

That chorus is some of my most favorite Genesis music: Come with me, I need you I fear the dark, and I live all alone I'll give you wine and food too, and something special after if you like

[@220773]

Too many people still smash this album as they did in 1978. They speak as if this one were really so much different from any previous Genesis album, and I think this is a false myth. It's just the songs that are sometimes shorter, but to me they still sound very much like , apart from the classic guitar bits that belonged to Steve and only to him himself. The rest is still the same dramatic, keyboard-driven, anthemic sound only Genesis had... I mean, Tony's still the main writer here, that's what makes it sound 'proper Genesis'. Genesis started moving away from their typical atmospheres only when they wrote , an intentional 'non-Genesis' song... and the first album where they relegated their usual style to a small number of tracks is indeed. Anyway, I'd still love them on and on, no matter what.

[@adrianh63]

Friend & I fried on "Blotter" to this album in 78 What an awesome work of Art! Some great pieces!

[@russellhawkins2751]

My first album of there's and still my Favourite

[@hoipoloi2]

The amazing thing about this album is how effortlessly Mike stepped into the lead guitarist role. So effortlessly in fact that they don't even mention it.

[@jdmresearch]

Too bad they talk so much about Steve leaving. Don't get me wrong -- I'm a big Hackett fan. But they should be talking about how great these songs are. This is by far the most under-rated Genesis album. Plenty of gems here.

[@michaelantikauskas7346]

A breakup album for me. A high-school girlfriend broke up with me during the winter when I bought this album. Listening to it these days always brings back those memories and feelings.

[@mickb2009]

First Genesis Album i bought because it was the current one i loved it from the off ............bought Seconds out and Foxtrot just after and fell out of love with "And then there were three" a little but find myself being pulled back to it more and more over the years and its now close to being my favourite Genesis Album

[@GG-ks6ii]

My introduction to Genesis at the age of 12. Love this album, back to front, top to bottom

[@432b86ed]

With headphones on It was a sanctuary for me in my senior year of high school.

[@andypaulus9420]

I saw this tour and I absolutely love this album. This album made me realize it’s gonna be just as good as a three-piece. I do believe though they lost me after invisible touch.

[@777RockNRollin]

GENESIS were gonna be toast ,.... but then this amazing album comes along and saves the day ,..as it blows minds ; The lady lies, Down and out !, Burning Rope,..oh fucking shit wow ; WHAT AN ALBUM !!

[@alfamily586]

They look incredible! I love Phil's look here out of all the years. Fine looking man!

[@benkizer9509]

As a five-piece, they were legendary. As a four-piece, a great band. As a three-piece, a good band. Genesis has always been a good band, but the best lineup will always be Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford.

[@SarBChild]

Its my personal fav album!

[@ajd626]

Tony, you're a genius! I love how self-aware he is when he jokes about his reserved nature. Really really funny :D

[@velcroesque]

this album is the peak of the old Genesis. Wind and Wuthering was the perfect leadup to Then There Were Three; it could only culminate in Then There Were Three. After that, it definitely became popier.