Genesis is an English group formed in 1967 and originally composed of Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Anthony Phillips. A group that can boast of having sold no less than 150 million albums around the world.
They recorded their first album “From genesis to revelation” in 1969, an album that turned out to be a monumental failure. In particular by the fact that some record stores, for lack of information, classify it under the heading "Religious music" ...! Confusion partly linked to the name.
Following the departure of the drummer considered too weak, an advertisement was placed in the specialized musical journal Melody Maker, an advertisement to which a certain… Phil Collins would respond. Who will be retained, impressive by his technique and his fun side.
The new group released the album "Nursery cryme" in 1971, which was to meet with very relative success. Followed in 1972 by the album "Foxtrot" which will meet with greater success, especially in France.
It was from this time that Peter Gabriel began his "shows" on stage, including telling surrealist stories and dressing up in extravagant costumes. And the public likes it, the group's notoriety is felt.
Growing success from 1973 with the release of the album "Selling England by the pound", album carried by their first big hit namely "I know what I like (In your Wardrobe)" which was released in 1974.
The years go by but are not alike. Proof with the year 1975 which coincides with the departure of Peter Gabriel who no longer finds his place within the group. He made a song "Solsbury Hill" which was to be one of his first big solo hits.
With the auditions to find a new singer proving to be very disappointing - too many eccentrics - it is in the end Phil Collins who is chosen to take up the torch. And who will revitalize the group like never before.
New singer and new sound in 1978 for the release of the album "... And then there were three". Album that will produce one of their biggest hits, namely the enormous "Follow you follow me". The group's notoriety is soaring, especially in the USA.
New success in 1980 with the album "Duke" from which the flagship Singles "Turn it on again" and "Misunderstanding" were extracted. Followed in 1981 by the album "Abacab" from which the Single of the same name will be extracted mainly. Success due in part to the use of new synthetic sounds.
Great year 1983 with the release of the album "Genesis" which met with great success at the international level. Album which will produce one of the most beautiful titles of the group namely the magnificent but equally scary "Mama".
They did it again three years later in 1986 with the release of the album "Invisible touch", an album that remains to this day one of the group's biggest commercial success with more than 10 million albums sold worldwide. And which will produce several mega hits like "Land of confusion" and "Invisible touch".
Five years will pass before the supreme consecration which comes in 1991 with the release of the album "We can’t dance". Huge album which won all the top Charts places around the world and which was going to sell at record levels. From which will be extracted mainly the hits "We can’t dance" in reaction to the Techno wave, as well as "Jesus he knows me" in reaction to televangelism.
Album which will be the last for Phil Collins who leaves the ship, preferring to manage his solo career. Despite the release of other titles later, this departure will spell the end for this extraordinary group which will have left a deep, indelible and high quality mark in the musical history of the 80s.
To discover or rediscover...
Discography (among others ...) :
60s Decade :
The silent sun 1968
A winter's tale 1969
Where the sour turns to sweet 1969
70s Decade :
The knife 1971
Happy the man 1972
Watcher of the skies 1973
I know what I like (In your wardrobe) 1974
Counting out time 1974
In the beginning 1974
The lamb lies down on Broadway 1975
The carpet crawlers 1975
A trick of the tail 1976
Ripples 1976
Entangled 1976
Your own special way 1977
Pigeons 1977
Follow you follow me 1978
Many too many 1978
Go west young man (In the motherlode) 1978
80s Decade :
Turn it on again 1980
Duchess 1980
Misunderstanding 1980
Abacab 1981
No reply 1981
Keep it dark 1981
Man on the corner 1982
Paperlate 1982
You might recall 1982
Mama 1983
That’s all 1983
Home by the sea 1983
It's gonna get better 1983
Just a job to do 1983
Illegal alien 1984
Taking it all too hard 1984
Invisible touch 1986
Throwing it all away 1986
In too deep 1986
Land of confusion 1986
Anything she does 1986
Tonight, tonight, tonight 1987
90s Decade :
No son of mine 1991
I can’t dance 1991
Hold on my heart 1992
Jesus he knows me 1992
Never a time 1992
Driving the last spike 1992
Tell me why 1993
Congo 1997
Shipwrecked 1997
Not about us 1998
Tracks :
1968 ... all the very beginnings of a small group that came out of nowhere and in a few decades would become one of the major groups of the end of the 20th century. Just that...
1969... it is clear that there is still work to be done at this stage to reach the highest level but the bases are good, it is clear...
1969...an end of the 60s which at least allows them to show that they exist. Then you have to give time to time as they say...
1972...the evolution is slow but certain. But it is clear that there is still a little bit of work to do before they can join the big leagues...
1973...it won't be for this year 1973 yet. But it could be that their efforts will finally start to bear fruit next year...
1974 ... the first classified title of the group. Very 70s, total psychedelic atmosphere. Even if this one will only be classified across the Channel, that's already what they say...
1974 ... the dynamic is now well in place and all the group has to do is find THE title that will set them apart from the crowd. Patience, patience ...
1974...this title will go unnoticed to say the least, but don't worry about them at this stage. The best is yet to come, that's for sure...
1975...the best is yet to come, but not yet anyway. All the efforts made during the beginning and half of the decade will not have been enough for the moment...
1975 ... surprisingly, this title of more than certain quality will go somewhat under the radar. It will not be for this time unfortunately ...
1976...a year 1976 that will not change much in the end. They will therefore have to wait a little longer for the big take-off...
1976...no matter what they produce, nothing is wasted. All you have to do now is refine their style and their sound a little bit more to finally reach the goal...
1976...of the 3 titles that will be released during this year 1976, none will be classified. A relative poor performance that they will quickly erase...
1977... the efforts always end up paying off, here finally comes the proof with this title whose success will extend to both sides of the Atlantic...
1977 ... that's it, the hits machine is well and truly launched. And given what is on the horizon, the group has every reason to believe in a bright future ...
1978 ... the title of the planetary revelation. A HUGE first hit that propels them into the limelight at the speed of light. MAS-TER-FUL !
1978 ... a first Intimist title of any beauty and which shows all the potential of the group in this field. And there is potential. The rest will prove it !
1978...a year 1978 which ends much less well than it had started with this title which will pass somewhat 'through'. Nothing to worry about though...
1980 ... a new decade that starts off with a bang with this title that spins at 200 km/h. And who gives them their first success of the decade...
1980...this one will go a little more unnoticed but all their titles can't finish No.1 in the Charts, that's for sure...
1980...from now on, the hits each year will be combined in the plural. There will be big ones and small ones, this one will rather be part of the second category...
1981 ... the first mega hit of the decade and probably one of their most iconic. The group now has perfect command of its subject !
1981 ... this title will not really have the same level of success as its predecessor but confirms that the group is now part of the planetary Elite. Just recognition !
1981 ... an astonishing title, indefinable but which works once again. And isn't that the main thing !
1982 ... a very smooth title which will not remain like their Masterpiece but which offers a nice moment of emotions...
1982 ... the big hit of the year is this one. As for the next one, it won't be big, it won't be huge. It's going to be AMAZING !
1982... just before there will be this title which will come out more or less on the fringes of traditional channels, hence a radiation that is limited to say the least...
1983 ... and the AMAZING, here it is. A musical monument that will surely remain as one of the most emblematic titles of the decade, if not of the twentieth century. A marvel of inspiration that mixes extreme finesse, distressing moments but also colossal strength with an absolutely incredible touch on the drums by Phil Collins at the end of the piece...
1983 ... an exceptional year 1983 which saw them link mega hit to mega hit. An inspiration that is constantly renewed, title after title ...
1983 ... the 'little' hit of the year. It must be said that it would have been absolutely exceptional to align mega hits of the level of 'Mama' ...
1983...another title that will be released more or less outside the traditional circuits but with more than certain quality once again...
1983... ditto for this one. The previous title will have been talked about a little more, but this one will do pretty well in the end...
1984 ... a year 1984 of transition which will not bring major hits. A good job but nothing more. We will be content anyway ...
1984 ... a nice title full of finesse which will only experience its heyday in the USA. A year 1984 decidedly very complicated to manage ...
1986 ... the years go by and are not necessarily alike. 1984 will be a very average vintage and 1985 will be a completely blank year. Funny paradox. On the other hand, comeback in 1986 and what a comeback !
1986 ... the group alternates between 'huge' years and 'without' years. This is indeed a 'huge' with a second top hit in the wake ...
1986 ... a return to the beautiful Intimist. Here they sign a remarkably inspired new title that literally floats in the air
1986 ... undoubtedly one of their biggest hits. All carried by an anthology clip. A decidedly incredible year !
1986...yet another title that won't get the same level of exposure as its predecessors. After that will not prevent him from knowing a destiny for the less favorable...
1987...return to very, very high caliber with this title comparable to 'Mama' in the orchestration as well as in the melody, we are almost close to perfection !
1991 ... new break. This time of 4 years, just that ! We therefore go directly to the next decade. And my faith, they sign a new comeback of any beauty which shows that they still have a lot under the pedal !
1991 ... their biggest hit of the decade. They will have crossed the decade 70, then 80 with disconcerting ease. And nothing seems to stop them in this decade of 90...
1992 ... new moment of pure emotions with this absolutely sumptuous title. An absolutely incredible discography which grows richer year after year, song after song ...
1992 ... the mega hits follow one another at an incredible speed. Undoubtedly one of the major groups of the decade and of the end of the twentieth century period...
1992 ... a year 1992 which ends very smoothly. Of course, this title will be a notch below the previous two, but the group maintains a more than obvious qualitative level and that is the main point...
1992 ... new title to know a slightly different course of the zones without going 'through' as they say, far from it ...
1993 ... a single hit year. But once again, very, very high caliber hit. Almost 20 years after their first successes, they are still there, still as effective and still as inspired !
1997 ... the last notorious hit. They will have remained in the top 3 decades and that, few groups can boast of it. A truly exceptional group served by a Phil Collins who will undoubtedly remain as one of the greatest singers of the end of the 20th century
1997 ... last notorious hit but not last ranked hit. The adventure continues a little longer and the quality level is still high. We take, we take !
1998 ... a single-title year, that had never happened to them, except at their very beginnings. This time, it is indeed the end, it is clear ...
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