Genesis 1983-1998 [Box]

Performer: Genesis
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: If you're more interested in Genesis's Phil Collins-helmed pop-star period than their Peter Gabriel-led prog era, the box set 1983-1998 is for you. It includes the band's final four albums plus bonus tracks and multimedia material, all serving to remind listeners of how these former art-rockers simultaneously pared down and pumped up their sound to become premier '80s/early-'90s hitmakers. The shiny, streamlined sounds of "That's All," "Invisible Touch," "Throwing It All Away," et al. are a far cry from prog-rock epics like "Battle of Epping Forest," but how many other bands can say they straddled two such disparate styles and musical moments with so much success?

One of the seminal progressive rock bands, Genesis began in the late-'60s as post-Beatles visionaries with a taste for orchestrated pop melodrama, but quickly mutated into purveyors of ambitious, classical-tinged art rock. After flamboyantly theatrical vocalist Peter Gabriel left (eventually followed by guitarist Steve Hackett), the group gradually turned toward more accessible material under the stewardship of singing drummer Phil Collins. By the '80s, Genesis had become an unstoppable hit-singles machine. Meanwhile, both Gabriel and Collins went on to lucrative solo careers. The band called it a day in 1997, shortly following Collins's departure, but reunited a decade later for a major world tour.

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