Genesis 1983-1998 - Genesis

The second of the three Genesis box sets comes out roughly six months after the first one, and is probably the one that will sell the most out of the the three. That's because it contains the most popular albums Genesis has ever sold. They are:

• Genesis - 1983
• Invisible Touch - 1986
• We Can't Dance - 1991
• Calling All Stations - 1997

Well, OK - the last one wasn't one of their most popular, but the other three are. All four are well represented with extra tracks, interviews, etc..

Each of the albums have been remastered and cleaned up with a new 2007 mix. Some audiophiles (or as I call them bitrate bigots) complain about the mixes. Sigh. They've never sounded as good to me. Disc 2 contains a DVD audio 5.1 / DTS mix of the album if you have that kind of equipment to benefit from it. It also has new interview footage, and related video materials for the specific album they appear on.

If you buy the box set as opposed to buying the albums individually, you get an additional booklet which talks about each album, the band, etc... It also has an additional disc which contains a lot of the leftover and oddball tracks from this time. There are eight additional studio tracks on the bonus disc, comprising essentially another album's worth of material.

If you're a Genesis fan, you're probably going to want this, as there's a wealth of extras. Buying the individual discs will get you everything except the last bonus disc & DVD as well as the booklet. If you're a completist, you'll want the box, not the individual releases.

Also, in my CD blog here I list each of the albums individually, despite my getting them in this box set. I did that so I could list remarks about the music from the individual albums themselves, in addition to my comments about the box set itself here.