Reviews of Genesis music releases and background info
Genesis Live was the band’s first live album. It has gained enormous respect amongst fans. In 2009 it has been rereleased in the Live Boxset, complete with surround sound and bonus tracks.
When Peter Gabriel left the band in 1975 Genesis had to reorientate and restructure. Though it was developed by a provisional band line-up, as it were, it is an album that has gained great recognition by fans and critics alike.
Read all the information about the content and bonus material of the live album CD/DVD box set 1973-2007 here.
In 1986 Genesis released their most successful album, Invisible Touch. Find our more about the albums and how it ranks in Genesis history here.
The band shrunk to its core when Steve Hackett left, but it was the core that would enjoy tremendous success in the years to follow. It was also an unmistakable musical metamorphosis.
Great events loom long on the horizon. The release of the 1970-1975 boxset is one of the events fans had to be very patient for. Newly mixed, brushed up, and with an optional 5.1 mix – the Gabriel era returns in full splendour. The promo sampler have now been delivered.
Between 1979 and 1981 all three members of Genesis released their first solo albums. After that they met again to record Abacab, an album that would chance everything…
After their Top Ten success in 1973 Genesis went on to produce their most ambitious work in 1974 – a production that brought out big rifts in the band.
In the course of the re-releases of the Genesis backcatalogue Duke came out in late March 2007 on an SACD hybrid / DVD double disk. All about the content and the music here.
After their first major successes Genesis produced an album in 1973 that is generally considered one of the best they ever recorded. Steve Hackett describes it as his favourite Genesis album, and some songs from it were still played on the 2007 tour.
