Could the troops to "Superstar" Phil Collins with the musical reorientation and "rebirth" `Duke` achieve initial success in several countries, thus succeeded in autumn '83 with the selbsbetitelten album the first great success of Genesis, of up to" We can 't dance "should last eight years later. The pop sound was now an integral part of the simple, now hittauglicheren song structures and passages. I like "Genesis" (the album) and in turn better than "Abacab", since progressive elements have been incorporated into the song again, and the work in my opinion no lengths and - overall - has to offer better songs.
With `Mama`,` That's all`, the two-part 'Home by the Sea` and `Second Home by the sea` and` `Illegal Alien` and it's gonna get better` several songs are the same become classics that at that time no concert were missing. All band members to shine at their respective instruments completely here. `Silver Rainbow`,` Just a job to do` and `Taking it all to hard` other hand, however, are only be described as average, as they too lax and weak (sometimes even boring) sound. But has `Silver Rainbow` to offer a great, strong guitar riff.
"Genesis" is another, slightly underrated album of the progressive post-Gabriel era. The final re-orientation of the group would be perfect, but there are the pieces mentioned above also less successful songs. The album is nevertheless become a huge hit, especially `Mama` is still up and down played today. Since not all songs have become strong and the production a little rougher * * should have been represented here are 4 stars. Three years later came out with `Invisible Touch` again on the world stage, and the result was then - at last - also perfect.
Conclusion: classics of the group with slight weaknesses. 4 stars!
