Genesis News

Someone in the know from another site says it's just a compilation announcement involving all the members of the band to be released and coincide with the BBC Doc on the group in September. No reunion---no candy floss, toffee apples no clowns---except from the management that think we need re-re released material in another form.

Seriously, I'm going to be so irritatied if this is another compilation release.

tboyd1802 wrote: Logo says to me "Look at us, we're stuck in the 80's"

That's what I get from it too.

Also meaning that if they tour, the music they play will probably be from the 80's. I probably wouldn't be able to afford tickets anyway...

Galactic Melt wrote: Amazon shows the following:http://www.amazon.co.uk/R-Kive-Genesis/dp/B00MV5LR9K/ref=pd_ybh_1Spanning 42 years, this 3-CD, 37-track set documents the band’s history with classic Genesis material compiled alongside selections from the solo careers of Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, and Mike Rutherford / Mike + The Mechanics. Genesis and their associated solo projects have accumulated a remarkable and undiminished series of accomplishments over the years, and have collectively amassed an incredible fourteen chart-topping albums as well as over two dozen more which reached the Top 10. In total, Genesis and the members’ related solo projects have sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. Chronologically ordered, R-Kive features the Genesis’s biggest hits including ‘Invisible Touch’, ‘Turn It On Again’, ‘Land of Confusion’ and ‘I Can’t Dance’. Along the way it also visits Mike + The Mechanics’ classics ‘The Living Years’ and ‘Over My Shoulder’, Collins’s ‘In The Air Tonight’ and his Philip Bailey duet ‘Easy Lover’, and Peter Gabriel’s ‘Solsbury Hill’ and ‘Biko’.              I have no idea if this is what the announcement will be, or if it's unrelated. We'll see....

I would hope the news is more exciting than this. To the hardcore Genesis fans, this would mean almost nothing, as we already have all of this music on the original albums. A career retrospective is less than exciting, unless it were to include a whole lot of previously unreleased material.

Amazon shows the following:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/R-Kive-Genesis/dp/B00MV5LR9K/ref=pd_ybh_1

Spanning 42 years, this 3-CD, 37-track set documents the band’s history with classic Genesis material compiled alongside selections from the solo careers of Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, and Mike Rutherford / Mike + The Mechanics. Genesis and their associated solo projects have accumulated a remarkable and undiminished series of accomplishments over the years, and have collectively amassed an incredible fourteen chart-topping albums as well as over two dozen more which reached the Top 10. In total, Genesis and the members’ related solo projects have sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. Chronologically ordered, R-Kive features the Genesis’s biggest hits including ‘Invisible Touch’, ‘Turn It On Again’, ‘Land of Confusion’ and ‘I Can’t Dance’. Along the way it also visits Mike + The Mechanics’ classics ‘The Living Years’ and ‘Over My Shoulder’, Collins’s ‘In The Air Tonight’ and his Philip Bailey duet ‘Easy Lover’, and Peter Gabriel’s ‘Solsbury Hill’ and ‘Biko’.

I have no idea if this is what the announcement will be, or if it's unrelated. We'll see....

My ear to the ground (a journalist near to one of the band members) thinks that this may well mean a reunion of the three key members but also possibly with Hackett (though probably not Gabriel) with a tour, as Phil Collins has largely overcome his back injury and can gig again.

JD wrote: Meh. As a cover image it might be cool, but as a logo...not so much. A logo should say something about the band, all this says to me is that "Genesis" the band is all about "One Face" (anyone care to guess who??). As with the recent Yes debacle I am soooo wary of my heroes reforming or coming out of retirement that very little of what is said excites me these days. The proof will always be in the pudding. In the last 10 years there has only been two albums from the giants that have really resonated with me. The Keith Emerson Band and King Crimson A Scarcity of Miracles.

Edited by someone_else - August 21 2014 at 09:00

I like the logo!

Logo says to me "Look at us, we're stuck in the 80's"

Meh.

As a cover image it might be cool, but as a logo...not so much. A logo should say something about the band, all this says to me is that "Genesis" the band is all about "One Face" (anyone care to guess who??).

As with the recent Yes debacle I am soooo wary of my heroes reforming or coming out of retirement that very little of what is said excites me these days. The proof will always be in the pudding. In the last 10 years there has only been two albums from the giants that have really resonated with me. The Keith Emerson Band and King Crimson A Scarcity of Miracles.