Genesis was an English rock band that released fifteen studio albums between 1969 and 1997. They formed as a baroque-psych quintet at Charterhouse school and cut their debut album, From Genesis to Revelation, under the guidance of producer Jonathan King. The original lineup featured singer Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, guitarist Anthony Phillips, and bassist […]
Peter Gabriel is an English singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and activist with a career in music dating back to the late 1960s. He rose to prominence as the vocalist of Genesis, which he fronted for six albums between 1969 and 1974. As a solo artist, he issued four self-titled albums on Charisma between 1977 and 1982. […]
Anthony Phillips is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer with a career dating back to the late 1960s. As a solo artist, he’s recorded more than thirty albums. Phillips entered the scene as a member of Genesis, which he co-founded in 1967 with fellow pupils at Charterhouse boarding school. He serves as their primary guitarist on […]
Genesis was an American psych-rock band from Los Angeles that released the 1968 Mercury album In the Beginning. Members: Kent Henry (guitar), Bob Metke (drums), Fred Rivera (bass), Jack Ttanna [aka John Kooken] (guitar), Sue Richman (vocals) Background Genesis formed in late 1967 when guitarist/singer Jack Ttanna (formerly Joe Kooken of The Sons of Adam) […]
Selling England by the Pound is the fifth studio album by Genesis, released in the UK on September 28, 1973, on Charisma. In the US, the album appeared on October 12 on Atlantic. This was the fifth Genesis studio album, following their 1972 breakthrough Foxtrot and preceding their 1974 rock opera The Lamb Lies Down […]
From Genesis to Revelation is the 1969 debut album from English quintet Genesis. Recorded in 1968 while the teenage members were still enrolled at Charterhouse boarding school, the album was produced by eccentric pop maestro Jonathan King. Mood-wise, the album ranges from orchestral melodrama (“In the Wilderness”) and lithe romanticism (“One Day”) to haunting suspense […]
Genesis — alternately referred to as “Shapes” — is the twelfth studio album by the English modern-rock trio of the same name, released in 1983 on Atlantic Records. Tracklist: 1. Mama (6:47) 2. That’s All (4:26) 3. Home by the Sea (4:52) 4. Second Home by the Sea (6:22) 5. Illegal Alien (5:15) 6. Taking […]
What did each of these albums bring to the table in rock’s transformation from Beat through psychedelia and the subsequent emergence of suite-driven symphonic progressive (Genesis, ELP, Yes) and orchestral pop (ELO, Alan Parsons Project, Klaatu). The period from 1966 to 1968 was a pivotal moment in rock history, as the “Beat” era of three-minute […]
Invisible Touch is the thirteenth studio album by English modern-rock trio Genesis, released in 1986 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A1. “Invisible Touch” (3:26) A2. “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight” (8:49) A3. “Land of Confusion” (4:45)* A4. “In Too Deep” (4:59)** B1. “Anything She Does” (4:06) B2. “Domino: In the Glow of the Night / The Last Domino” (10:42) […]
Abacab is the eleventh studio album by English modern-rock trio Genesis, released in 1981 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A1. “Abacab” Banks, Collins, Rutherford (6:58) A2. “No Reply at All” Banks, Collins, Rutherford (4:33) A3. “Me and Sarah Jane” Banks (6:02) A4. “Keep It Dark” Banks, Collins, Rutherford (4:33)* B1. “Dodo/Lurker” Banks, Collins, Rutherford (7:31) B2. “Who […]
…And Then There Were Three… is the ninth studio album by English symphonic-rockers Genesis, released on March 31, 1978 on Charisma and Atlantic. The title references the fact that they were now down to three members after the 1977 departure of guitarist Steve Hackett. The closing track, “Follow You Follow Me,” became their first single […]
Génesis was a Colombian folk-rock combo, formed in 1972 and active twenty years. The band recorded seven albums and drew national crowds with the 1974/75 releases Génesis and Yakta Mama. Frontman Humberto Monroy hailed from Bogota beatsters The Speakers and jam-rockers Siglo Cero. In 1975, he made the solo album Sol y Luna. On the […]
Wind & Wuthering is the eighth studio album by English symphonic-rock band Genesis, released in 1976 on Charisma/Atco. Tracklist: A1. “Eleventh Earl of Mar” Banks, Hackett, Rutherford (7:39) A2. “One for the Vine” Banks (9:59) A3. “Your Own Special Way” Rutherford (6:15)* A4. “Wot Gorilla?” Collins, Banks (3:12) B1. “All in a Mouse’s Night” Banks […]
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is the sixth studio album by English symphonic-rock quintet Genesis, released in 1974 on Charisma/Atco. Tracklist: A1. “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” (4:52) A2. “Fly on a Windshield” (2:47) A3. “Broadway Melody of 1974” (2:11) A4. “Cuckoo Cocoon” (2:14) A5. “In the Cage” (8:15) A6. “The Grand Parade […]
Duke is the tenth studio album by English symphonic-rock trio Genesis, released in 1980 on Charisma/Atlantic. Tracklist: A1. “Behind the Lines” Banks, Collins, Rutherford (5:31) A2. “Duchess” Banks, Collins, Rutherford (6:40)* A3. “Guide Vocal” Banks (1:18) A4. “Man of Our Times” Rutherford (5:35) A5. “Misunderstanding” Collins (3:11)# A6. “Heathaze” Banks (5:00) B1. “Turn It On […]
Trespass is the second album by English five-piece Genesis, released in 1970 on Charisma. Recorded two years after their debut, the album witnesses the band’s leap into multi-movement song-form — an approach carried most elaborately through the slow, shifting development of “Stagnation” and across the roaring, flaming intensity of “The Knife.” Elsewhere, the emotional tenderness […]
Nursery Cryme is the third album by English symphonic-rock quintet Genesis, released in 1971 on Charisma. Tracklist: A1. “The Musical Box” (10:28) A2. “For Absent Friends” (1:46) A3. “The Return of the Giant Hogweed” (8:12) B1. “Seven Stones” (5:10) B2. “Harold the Barrel” (2:59) B3. “Harlequin” (2:56) B4. “The Fountain of Salmacis” (7:55) Credits: Tony […]
Foxtrot is the fourth album by English symphonic-rock quintet Genesis, released in 1972 on Charisma. Tracklist: A1. “Watcher of the Skies” (7:21) A2. “Time Table” (4:47) A3. “Get ‘Em Out by Friday” (8:35) A4. “Can-Utility and the Coastliners” (5:45) B1. “Horizons” (1:39) B2. “Supper’s Ready” (22:57) –a. “Lover’s Leap” –b. “The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man” […]
A Trick of the Tail is the seventh studio album by English symphonic-rock band Genesis, released in 1976 on Charisma/Atco. Tracklist: A1. “Dance on a Volcano” Rutherford, Banks, Hackett, Collins (5:53) A2. “Entangled” Hackett, Banks (6:28) A3. “Squonk” Rutherford, Banks (6:27) A4. “Mad Man Moon” Banks (7:35) B1. “Robbery, Assault and Battery” Banks, Collins (6:15) […]
