Re-arrange Genesis albums

    Quote from chema

    invisible touch -the song- is disliked by some genesis fans. i'm not one of them, for sure. but i think the perception of this song would be different if it:

    - had been placed somewhere else on the album, not as the opening track.

    - hadn't been chosen as the first single.

    - the album hadn't been called after invisible touch.

    I can't speak for others but my dislike for that song is really not determined by where it was placed on the album or when it was released as a single. You are perhaps right in saying that something like LOC would have probably been a less bitter pill to swallow but I would still find IT abysmal. I found it bad at that time, I find it even worse today.

    Calling All Stations :


    1 Calling All Stations Banks, Rutherford 00:05:43
    2 Congo Banks, Rutherford 00:04:51
    3 There Must Be Some Other Way Banks, Rutherford, Wilson 00:07:54
    4 Alien Afternoon Banks, Rutherford 00:07:51
    5 Sign Your Life Away Banks, Rutherford 00:04:45
    6 Not About Us Banks, Rutherford, Wilson 00:04:38
    7 The Dividing Line Banks, Rutherford 00:07:45
    8 Uncertain Weather Banks, Rutherford 00:05:29
    9 Run Out of Time Banks, Rutherford 00:06:31
    10 One Man's Fool Banks, Rutherford 00:08:58
    11 Anything Now Banks, Rutherford 00:07:00






    		TOTAL 01:11:25



    I think the album would have been better that way... Less uniformity, I think. Recently, I came across "Sign Your Life Away", I think this is one of their best songs from that period, very punchy. I like "Anything Now", especially the surprising piano solo. And "Run Out Of Time" is a hidden treasure.

    Feeding the Fire (Changed album title):

    Side One:

    Tonight, Tonight, Tonight

    Land of Confusion

    Throwing It All Away

    The Brazilian


    Side Two:

    Domino I & II

    In Too Deep

    Feeding the Fire

    Do the Neurotic

    I'd merge Abacab and Shapes:

    Side A of Shapes, plus perhaps Silver Rainbow. Then, Me&Sarah Jane, Man on the Corner, Dodo/Lurker and Keep it Dark. Quite the album.

    Calling All Stations, Highlights Version:


    Calling All Stations

    Congo

    Shipwrecked

    Alien Afternoon

    The Dividing Line

    Small Talk

    There must be some other way


    Or:


    Calling All Stations

    Congo

    Shipwrecked

    Alien Afternoon

    Not About Us

    The Dividing Line

    Small Talk

    One Man's Fool


    :S


    I think with this album, even "Domino" would have been a strong Album Name

    Quote from Fabrizio

    I can't speak for others but my dislike for that song is really not determined by where it was placed on the album or when it was released as a single. You are perhaps right in saying that something like LOC would have probably been a less bitter pill to swallow but I would still find IT abysmal. I found it bad at that time, I find it even worse today.

    IT for me is the 2nd worst song on the album after Anything She Does.


    But it is a great Song for radio back then and it's got the energy that made it popular.