Duke (2007 Remaster) - Genesis

Duke was a really great album, one that I owned on a pre-recorded cassette back in the day. This is an album I liked a lot. It was also the beginning of the time when it was hard to tell a Phil Collins solo song and a Collins penned Genesis song.

If you know the history, it was during this time that Collins' first marriage was breaking up, and when he tried to save it, the band waited on him. When he returned, he wrote the bulk of his first solo album there, along with two songs which ended up on Duke, "Misunderstanding", and "Please Don't Ask".

Misunderstanding is one of my favorite Genesis tracks, as is "Turn it on Again", which speaks to the fact that I seem to enjoy Collins driven Genesis better than the other stuff.

Anyway, it's one of my more favorite Genesis albums, which is odd as the "old sound" is still very much here, too.

The 2007 remaster series has two discs. The second has a DVD Audio 5.1 mix of the album, plus new interviews, videos, live footage, etc. I got this version of the CD in the 1976-1982 Genesis Box Set. You can order that here, but the cover art here links to the individual 2007 remaster version of this album, as it's cheaper to buy them individually, but you don't get the bonus discs in the box set.