Platinum Collection Genesis

Genesis - Platinum Collection Genesis

Platinum Collection Genesis
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Artist: Genesis
Brand: Rhino
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. No Son of Mine
  2. I Can't Dance
  3. Jesus He Knows Me
  4. Hold On My Heart
  5. Invisible Touch
  6. Throwing It All Away
  7. Tonight Tonight Tonight
  8. Land of Confusion
  9. In Too Deep
  10. Mama
  11. That's All
  12. Home By the Sea
  13. Second Home By the Sea
  14. Illegal Alien
  15. Paperlate
  16. Calling All Stations
Music CD 2
  1. Abacab
  2. Keep It Dark
  3. Turn It On Again
  4. Behind the Lines
  5. Duchess
  6. Misunderstanding
  7. Many Too Many
  8. Follow You Follow Me
  9. Undertow
  10. In That Quiet Earth
  11. Afterglow
  12. Your Own Special Way
  13. A Trick of the Tail
  14. Ripples
  15. Los Endos
Music CD 3
  1. Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
  2. Counting Out Time
  3. Carpet Crawlers
  4. Firth of Fifth
  5. Cinema Show
  6. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
  7. Supper's Ready
  8. Musical Box
  9. Knife

Music reviews of Platinum Collection Genesis

Music Review: Good Collection, Bad "Remixing"
Rating: 4 Stars

"Genesis: The Platinum Collection" is a great value best of. Across three discs, the listener goes backwards through the hits of the 1990s and 1980s all the way back to the band's second album, "Trespass" of 1970. I bought it in a sale, so it was more than worth it for me, but it is a collection flawed in more ways than one.

The first disc spans the hits from the albums "We Can't Dance" (1991), "Invisible Touch" (1986) and "Genesis" (1983). Basically, you could call it "The Best of Phil Collins' Genesis". They're very catchy, very poppy songs. The newcomer will have heard many songs from this disc on the radio. In addition, this disc also contains the horn powered title track of the Paperlate EP (which apparently is pretty rare) and the guitar heavy title track of 1997's "Calling All Stations", with vocals by Ray Wilson. For this era of Genesis, I couldn't be happier with the selection.

The second disc gathers various tracks from "ABACAB" (1981) "Duke" (1980), "And Then There Were Three" (1978), "Wind and Wuthering" (1976) and "Trick of the Tail" (1976). You could call this disc "The Rise of Phil Collins". If you play the tracks in chronological order (the track order backwards) you'll hear Phil's first tracks as official lead singer of the band, and then hear him grow more confident (and commercial sounding) as time goes on, eventually writing song or two all by himself (Misunderstanding being the first). Tracks newcomers may recognise include "ABACAB" and "Follow You, Follow Me". It's a very curious, transitional era. There were a couple of songs from this time that I would have liked to have had included here on this disc, but no matter.

The third disc covers Genesis' classic lineup, that of Peter Gabriel on vocals, Phil Collins on backup vocals and drums, Steve Hackett on guitar, Mike Rutherford on bass and Tony Banks on keyboards, covering the albums "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" (1974), "Selling England By the Pound" (1973), "Foxtrot" (1972), "Nursery Cryme" (1971) and "Trespass" (1970, though Phil Collins isn't drummer and Steve Hackett isn't guitarist here) It could be practically called "The Best of Peter Gabriel's Genesis". This era is pure progressive rock, and an era that many fans (including myself) are very passionate about. If you listen to tracks like "The Musical Box", you'll soon see why. It's a fairly good selection, including classics like "The Knife", "Supper's Ready" and "Carpet Crawlers", though I did find the inclusion of "Counting Out Time", a "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" song all about those 1970s sex self help books rather odd. Its an amusing song, but I would have preferred a whole bunch of songs on that album instead of that (like "The Cage", "The Lamia", "Lilywhite Lilith", etc). I'm also partial to "Harold the Barrel" from "Nursery Cryme", which also isn't here, but anyway, everyone will have their favourites. It's good to see this era properly recognized on a Genesis compilation.

I've got one major gripe, and that's the remixing (not remastering) of many of the tracks in the collection by a chap called Nick Davis, the producer of many of the original Genesis albums. By "remixing", I don't mean he's gone and added a techno beat to "Cinema Show" or anything like that (now there's a disturbing thought!). No, by "remixing" I mean he's gone and tweaked the original volume levels and EQ of the instruments, and he's put a rather heavy audio compression over everything, meaning that everything in the songs is a level volume. Now, I don't know about you, but one thing I like about progressive rock is the dynamic range of the songs, and the way certain instruments sound, the way it was originally released, the levels as they were on the vinyl. Maybe it's just me, but I like the original way the tracks were mixed just as much as I like the melodies and lyrics. On the original "Carpet Crawlers", Peter Gabriel sings the verses and Phil does the chorus, with Peter quitely speaking what Phil is singing. Here, Mr Davis has turned down Phil's chorus a bit, and now Peter is louder, which isn't half as melodic, as he's only speaking, it kind of clashes with the song. There's a few other instances like this and it annoyed me. Plus, with all the compression, the heavier songs don't sound nearly as good turned up in the car. I was quite disappointed, I was. Why do it, Mr Davis? Why?

Mind you, I listened to a few of the tracks on my MP3 player (through the tinny sound you get on those little white earphones that come with the MP3 players) and I couldn't tell the difference between the original and remixed versions, so if you're an portable MP3 kinda person, you're not going to notice much.

Included with the CD is a great little booklet with pictures of all the albums, and liner notes by Hugh Fielder which include comments by Phil Collins about why the band went pop, which I found fascinating.

A good introduction for those new to Genesis, though it's definitely not perfect. If you're curious, do check it out, though a better buy may be "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" (for the progressive era) and "Turn it On Again: The Hits" (for the pop hit era).
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Description of Platinum Collection Genesis

Track listing DISC 1: 1. No Son of Mine 2. I Can't Dance 3. Jesus He Knows Me 4. Hold on My Heart 5. Invisible Touch 6. Throwing It All Away 7. Tonight Tonight Tonight 8. Land of Confusion 9. In Too Deep 10. Mama 11. That's All 12. Home by the Sea 13. Second Home by the Sea 14. Illegal Alien 15. Paperlate 16. Calling All Station DISC 2: 1. Abacab 2. Keep It Dark 3. Turn It on Again 4. Behind the Lines 5. Duchess 6. Misunderstanding 7. Many Too Many 8. Follow You Follow Me 9. Undertow 10. In That Quiet Earth 11. Afterglow 12. Your Own Special Way 13. Trick of the Tail, A 14. Ripples 15. Los Endos DISC 3: 1. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, The 2. Counting Out Time 3. Carpet Crawlers 4. Fifth of Fifth 5. Cinema Show, The 6. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 7. Supper's Ready 8. Musical Box, The 9. Knife, The

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