Reviews of all kinds of Genesis releases
They are well-known, those words from The Musical Box, one of the songs that made Genesis famous. During the first half of the 1970s Genesis became a cult band – not least because of their live shows. Paul Russell’s book covers this period.
Four sold-out nights at the venerable Wembley Stadium brought Genesis an entry into the Guinness Book Of Records. In 2003 they released the video footage of the shows on DVD. Daniel Schwarz has watched it for you.
The film that covers the six sold-out shows at Earl’s Court in 1992 was finally released on DVD on 2001. Genesis presented themselves for the first time in sumptuous 5.1 sound on the rather new DVD medium. Alexander Pfaff has checked it out for you.
Robin Platts published a compact biography about Genesis in 2001. Volker Stöckemann had a closer look at it …
Ten years after the A History video from 1991 Genesis have published the more compact and up-to-date Genesis Songbook. Whether the new approach in this documentary lives up to the first attempt from 1991 is something Christian Gerhardts considers in this review.
The successful first Archive set was followed by a second archive covering the years from 1976 to 1992. Tom Morgenstern and Helmut Janisch discuss whether the new box is a worty successor to the first.
Alan Hewitt’s book offers a rapid introduction to the world of Genesis. He introduces the major events as well as all members of the band, providing a relatively comprehensive biography. A special feature of this book is a table of tour dates as they were known at the time the book was prepared for printing.
It took Genesis more than 30 years to release a real Hits compilation. They had earned the right long ago, but in the end they probably were more of an album band. Read here to find out what Hits means and whether it is worthwhile getting.
In 1998, Genesis finally released their boxset Genesis Archive 1967-1975. Read more in our in-depth review about the boxset.
Besides the eleven tracks on the album itself Calling All Stations spawned seven more new tracks that were released on a number of singles.
