Phil Collins left Genesis following the We Can't Dance tour and many observers expected Tony Banks and Michael Rutherford to finally call it a day. They decided to persevere instead, hiring former Stiltskin vocalist Ray Wilson to replace Collins. Given that Stiltskin was a European neo-prog band, it isn't a total surprise that Genesis returned to their art rock roots on Calling All Stations, their first album with Wilson. The music on Calling All Stations is long and dense, but it's given the same immaculate, pristine production that was the hallmark of their adult contemporary work with Collins. It wants to be an art rock album while still appealing to the pop audience, even if the group didn't really write pop songs for Calling All Stations. That may be because Wilson's voice isn't suited for pop, but works well with languid, synthesized prog settings.
I lost track of Genesis after, I think, the "Then There Were Three" album. I felt that after that they just lost their grit. We now know, of course, that it was Phil Collins' direction into pop land that really sent Genesis almost over the cliff.My favorite album is probably "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway," with all others pre Invisible Touch coming in as close seconds.But in 1996 they gained the ...
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Written by Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. Another song from the "Calling All Stations" release and one that few other than those that own this CD have probably heard. In my opinion "Calling All Stations" is better musically and lyrically than many of their later Phil Collins lead releases, it is really to bad that they didn't follow this up with another try with Ray Wilson as lead singer. GEN...
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| 1 Calling All Stations |
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| 2 Congo |
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| 3 Shipwrecked |
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| 4 Alien Afternoon |
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| 5 Not About Us |
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| 6 If That's What You Need |
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| 7 The Dividing Line |
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| 8 Uncertain Weather |
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| 9 Small Talk |
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| 10 There Must Be Some Other Way |
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| 11 One Man's Fool |
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| 12 [Untitled Track] [CD-ROM Track] |
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