Genesis: Every Album, Every Song

Genesis: Every Album, Every Song

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  • Create Date:2021-06-12 09:53:46
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Stuart Macfarlane
  • ISBN:1789520053
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Summary

From schoolboy band to sold out stadium tours and worldwide album sales of over 100 million, Genesis were one of the defining progressive rock bands of the seventies, playing a huge part in shaping the genre。 Over a career spanning forty years from formation to the world reunion tour of 2007, they developed and adapted through many personnel changes, some of which polarised their existing fans but drew countless new ones。 While Foxtrot and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway helped define progressive rock, it was the three-piece line up of Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins that became the real hit-makers, with albums like Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance and massive hit singles like 'Turn It On Again' and 'Land of Confusion'。 Fifteen studio and six live albums later, including six consecutive UK number one albums, fans still live in hope of yet another reunion tour which so far hasn't been ruled out。 This book will take you on a journey through their entire catalogue, taking each album in turn and examining every track。 It is an anthology from the viewpoint of a lifelong fan and it is hoped that this stirs many old memories as it has done for the author and provides an insight for newer fans of the band。

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Andrew

Stylistically poor, sometimes clumsily written, and with unconscionably too many typos, this isn't meant to be a piece of literature, but a worthy piece of fandom from a life-long admiring fan of one of the best bands the world will ever know。 Yes, it's solely and gluttonously and entirely for we geeks who love Genesis, and the sheer weight of history they represent in our formative teens and young adulthood。 Growing up with them in the '70s (before the awful departure from the sophisticated, he Stylistically poor, sometimes clumsily written, and with unconscionably too many typos, this isn't meant to be a piece of literature, but a worthy piece of fandom from a life-long admiring fan of one of the best bands the world will ever know。 Yes, it's solely and gluttonously and entirely for we geeks who love Genesis, and the sheer weight of history they represent in our formative teens and young adulthood。 Growing up with them in the '70s (before the awful departure from the sophisticated, heart-pumping, brain-drenching progressive music to those crap MTV-pop years), along with Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, Queen et al, has sown seams of richness through my soul, and I love them for it。Little of the band's history, and the little histories of the album creations (up to Duke, after which I stopped following the band) is new to me, but it is a delight to follow the albums track by track and really listen, spurred by the brief breakdown Macfarlane gives - a joy to really listen to so familiar tracks that I thought had been way overplayed in the past 50 years that I would never again play anything but Selling England (my favourite album, alongside Dark Side Of The Moon and Rubycon) and enjoy it afresh。 But this fan has proved me wrong。Recommended for people like me, really, all you brothers out there, whoever you are。 。。。more

Marc

A comprehensive run-through of all the tracks, both studio and live recordings released by the band from their 60's beginnings to the final album Calling All Stations。 Also goes into some detail about non-album tracks too, including b-sides and EP's。 Told by a fan who obviously has a lot of affection for the band even now。 I admit I skipped to my favourite albums first, reading his take on The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Trick Of The Tail & Wind & Wuthering and then read them again upon reaching A comprehensive run-through of all the tracks, both studio and live recordings released by the band from their 60's beginnings to the final album Calling All Stations。 Also goes into some detail about non-album tracks too, including b-sides and EP's。 Told by a fan who obviously has a lot of affection for the band even now。 I admit I skipped to my favourite albums first, reading his take on The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Trick Of The Tail & Wind & Wuthering and then read them again upon reaching them a second time。 Fascinating read, although I did notice a few typos。 Didn't spoil it that much for me though。 Great job Stuart。 。。。more