Genesis 1983–1998 is a box set of four studio albums by Genesis. It was released on 1 October 2007 in Europe & Japan by Virgin/EMI and on 20 November 2007 in North America by Atlantic/Rhino. The 5-CD/5-DVD box set includes newly remixed versions of the albums Genesis, Invisible Touch, We Can't Dance, and ...Calling All Stations.... The fifth pair of discs includes B-side songs. Each bonus DVD features audio versions of the albums in 5.1 surround sound, as well as videos for songs from that album and its corresponding tour, new interviews, and photo galleries.
Audio formats In the European and Japanese releases of this box set, the CDs are hybrid SACD/CDs. The SACD layer is a multichannel surround sound remix.Formats described at
In the Canadian and U.S. releases of this box set, standard CDs with no SACD layer are included.Explained in interview with producer and remixer Nick Davis, at https://www.genesis-news.com/c-Genesis-SACDs-Nick-Davis-talks-to-it-about-the-new-51-mixes-s89.html
In all versions of the box set, the DVDs are DVD-Video format (not DVD-Audio), although they contain both audio and video tracks. These DVDs include three audio mixes: DTS 5.1-channel surround sound, Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound, and Dolby Digital stereo.The DVD interface has two audio choices: Dolby 5.1 and DTS 5.1. If the Dolby 5.1 option is chosen on a system that does not support surround sound, the Dolby stereo mix is played. The DTS surround sound is a slightly compressed version of the surround sound on the SACDs, and the Dolby surround sound is a slightly inferior quality to the DTS.Comparison from Sound and Vision magazine article online at http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/musicreviews/2285/genesis-in-surround.html
All of the audio tracks on these CDs were remixed in stereo and surround sound by producer Nick Davis.
The seven letters on the "Genesis" logo contain the album art from the following albums: The "G" is from We Can't Dance. The first "E" is from Genesis. The "N" is from ...Calling All Stations.... The second "E" is from Invisible Touch. The first "S" is from We Can't Dance. The "I" is from ...Calling All Stations.... The second "S" is from Invisible Touch.
Track listing
Genesis
CD
1 "Mama" 6:53 2 "That's All" 4:26 3 "Home by the Sea" 5:07 4 "Second Home by the Sea" 6:07 5 "Illegal Alien" 5:00 6 "Taking It All Too Hard" 3:58 7 "Just a Job to Do" 4:47 8 "Silver Rainbow" 4:31 9 "It's Gonna Get Better" 5:00 Total 45:49
DVD
1 Videos "Mama" 1983 5:15 "That's All" 1983 4:23 "Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea" 1983 11:11 "Illegal Alien" 1984 4:37 2 Reissues Interview 2007 17:07 3 Mama Tour Rehearsal 1983 58:11 "Dodo/Lurker" "The Carpet Crawlers" "That's All" "Mama" "Illegal Alien" "Eleventh Earl of Mar/Ripples/Squonk/Firth of Fifth" "Man on the Corner" Who Dunnit? 4 Genesis Tour Programme 1982 13-page gallery 5 Mama Tour Programme 1983-1984 18-page gallery 6 Six of the Best Programme 1982 10-page gallery Total 1:40:44
Invisible Touch
CD 1 "Invisible Touch" 3:29 2 "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" 8:53 3 "Land of Confusion" 4:47 4 "In Too Deep" 5:03 5 "Anything She Does" 4:20 6 "Domino" 10:45 7 "Throwing it All Away" 3:52 8 "The Brazilian" 4:57 Total 46:06
DVD
1 Videos "Invisible Touch" 1986 4:07 "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" 1987 6:19 "Land of Confusion" 1986 5:30 "In Too Deep" 1987 4:40 "Anything She Does" 1987 6:02 2 Reissues Interview 2007 19:06 3 Visible Touch 1986 16:32 Tour documentary 4 Behind the Scenes: Land of Confusion 1986 8:43 5 OGWT: Rock Around the Clock 1986 25:17 6 Tour Programme 1986 23-page gallery Total 1:36:16
We Can't Dance
CD
1 "No Son of Mine" 6:39 2 "Jesus He Knows Me" 4:16 3 "Driving the Last Spike" 10:09 4 "I Can't Dance" 4:01 5 "Never a Time" 3:50 6 "Dreaming While You Sleep" 7:17 7 "Tell Me Why" 4:59 8 "Living Forever" 5:41 9 "Hold on My Heart" 4:38 10 "Way of the World" 5:40 11 "Since I Lost You" 4:10 12 "Fading Lights" 10:20 Total 1:11:40
DVD
1 Videos "No Son of Mine" 1991 6:38 "Jesus He Knows Me" 1992 5:16 "I Can't Dance" 1991 4:52 "Tell Me Why" 1993 5:02 "Hold on My Heart" 1992 4:39 2 Reissues Interview 2007 15:11 3 No Admittance 1991 46:02 Studio documentary 4 UK Tour Programme 1992 24-page gallery Total 1:27:40
Calling All Stations
CD
1 "Calling All Stations" 5:45 2 "Congo" 4:52 3 "Shipwrecked" 4:24 4 "Alien Afternoon" 7:54 5 "Not About Us" 4:40 6 "If That's What You Need" 5:13 7 "The Dividing Line" 7:45 8 "Uncertain Weather" 5:30 9 "Small Talk" 5:02 10 "There Must Be Some Other Way" 7:55 11 "One Man's Fool" 8:54 Total 1:07:54
DVD
1 Videos "Congo" 1997 3:43 "Shipwrecked" 1997 4:26 "Not About Us" 1998 4:20 2 Reissues Interview 2007 18:05 3 Calling All Stations EPK 1997 10:32 4 Rock Im Park, Germany 1998 6:50 "Calling All Stations" 5 Polish Television 1998 20:53 "There Must Be Some Other Way" "The Dividing Line" 6 Tour Programme 1998 13-page gallery Total 1:08:49
Extra Tracks 1983 to 1998
CD
1 "On the Shoreline" 1991 4:49 B-side on the "I Can't Dance" single 2 "Hearts on Fire" 1992 5:17 B-side on the "Jesus He Knows Me" single 3 "Do the Neurotic" 1986 7:07 B-side on the "In Too Deep" single 4 "Feeding the Fire" 1986 5:54 B-side on the "Land of Confusion" single 5 "I'd Rather Be You" 1986 4:04 B-side on the "Throwing it All Away" single 6 "Anything Now" 1998 7:03 B-side on the "Not About Us" single 7 "Sign Your Life Away" 1998 4:45 B-side on the "Not About Us" single 8 "Run Out of Time" 1998 6:31 B-side on the "Not About Us" single Total 45:30
DVD
1 Reissues Interview 2007 3:21 2 Archive 2: '76 to '92 EPK 2000 18:55 3 Knebworth 1992 40:58 "Old Medley" "Home by the Sea" "Domino (I. In the Glow of the Night/II. The Last Domino)" 4 MMF Awards Ceremony 2000 20:41 "Invisible Touch" "Follow You Follow Me" "I Can't Dance" "Turn It On Again" Total 1:23:55 The Extra Tracks disc omits several songs from the Calling All Stations era: "Papa He Said" and "Banjo Man" (from the "Congo" single), instrumental tracks "Phret" and "7/8" (from the "Shipwrecked" single), and the unreleased "Nowhere Else to Turn".
Personnel Tony Banks – keyboards, background vocals Mike Rutherford – guitars, bass Phil Collins – drums, percussion, lead and backing vocals (except on Calling All Stations and tracks 6–8 of Extra Tracks 1983 To 1998) Ray Wilson – lead vocals, backing vocals (on Calling All Stations and tracks 6–8 of Extra Tracks 1983 To 1998)
Additional personnel
Nir Zidkyahu – drums on all tracks of Calling All Stations except for tracks 4 (first half), 6, 8 and 9; drums on tracks 6–8 of Extra Tracks 1983 to 1998 Nick D'Virgilio – drums on Calling All Stations tracks 4 (first half), 6, 8 and 9
Charts Chart (2007) Peakposition
Formats UK/EU Version: CD/SACD hybrid + DVD (PAL) US/Canadian Version: CD + DVD (NTSC) Japanese Version: CD/SACD hybrid + DVD (NTSC)
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