Genesis Archives, Vol. 2: 1976-1992 [Box]

Performer: Genesis
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: GENESIS ARCHIVE #2 contains both studio and live tracks recorded between 1976 and 1992. Genesis: Phil Collins (vocals, drums); Tony Banks (guitar, keyboards); Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett, Daryl Stuermer (guitar); Bill Bruford (glockenspiel, maracas); Chester Thompson (drums). Producers: Genesis, David Hentschel, Hugh Padgham. Compilation producers: Nick Davis, Geoff Callingham. Engineers: Craig Schertz, Nick Davis, Geoff Callingham. Includes 65 page booklet with liner notes by Tony Banks. Personnel: Tony Banks (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Mike Rutherford (vocals, guitar); Phil Collins (vocals, drums); Daryl Stuermer, Steve Hackett (guitar); Bill Bruford (glockenspiel, maracas); Chester Thompson (drums). Audio Mixers: Geoff Callingham; Nick Davis. Audio Remixers: T. Gray; H Gray; Johnny Potoker. Recording information: Additional Locations (1976-1992); Bingley Hall, Staffordshire (1976-1992); Drury Lane (1976-1992); Earls Court (1976-1992); Houston Hofheinz Pavilion (1976-1992); Lyceum, London, England (1976-1992); Savoy, New York, NY (1976-1992); The LA Forum (1976-1992); The Sydney Entertainment Centre (1976-1992); Wembley Stadium (1976-1992). Photographers: Gered Mankowitz; Stefan Wallgren; Joe Bangay; Graham Wood; Waring Abbott; Michael Putland; Martyn Goddard; Malcolm Heywood; Armando Gallo; Henry Diltz; Hans Schneider; Andr� Csillag; Cesar Vera; David Scheinmann. Volume One collected work from Genesis' eight-year period with Peter Gabriel. This three CD follow-up collects rarities--studio outtakes, B-sides, remixes, and previously unreleased live tracks--from what the band refers to in the liner notes as their "20 year experiment" with Phil Collins as lead singer (1975-95). Most of the songs lean toward the band's pop-soul side, although there's a work-in-progress version of "Mama" that (due to its obviously unfinished quality) hints at their earlier, more abstract style. Other highlights include the amusingly titled "Do the Neurotic," which has a great electric 12-string riff and a chugging synth chorus, and an interesting, dance-oriented remix of "Invisible Touch," whose big drum sound is redolent of late '80s pop.

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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