We Can't Dance
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| We Can't Dance | ||
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| Studio album by Genesis | ||
| Released | November 11, 1991 | |
| Recorded | March - September 1991 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock/Pop rock | |
| Length | 71:23 | |
| Label | Atlantic | |
| Producer(s) | Genesis, Nick Davis | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Genesis chronology | ||
| Invisible Touch (1986) |
We Can't Dance (1991) |
Live/The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts (1992) |
We Can't Dance is the fourteenth studio album by Genesis, recorded and released in 1991. It was their last studio album featuring vocalist/drummer Phil Collins, who would leave Genesis amicably in 1996 to concentrate on his solo career.
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[edit] History
We Can't Dance was Genesis' first studio album in five years, following the international success of Invisible Touch in 1986. We Can't Dance reached #1 in the UK and #4 in the US, selling several million copies (including 4 million in the US alone).
The album also spawned several hit singles, including "No Son of Mine" , "Hold on My Heart", "I Can't Dance" and "Jesus He Knows Me", the latter two supported by humorous videos.
Following the release of the album, Genesis would spend the majority of 1992 on the road, promoting We Can't Dance on a popular worldwide tour with sold out arenas and stadiums (where they mostly played on the US leg of the tour), providing fans a chance to see the band before Collins departed before the recording of Calling All Stations.
[edit] Style
While there were nods to the band's creative past, this album is in many ways a 'kinder, gentler' version of Invisible Touch. By the time it was released, five years had elapsed from when Genesis' sound seemed to capture the feel of a crucial part of the late 80's. While a song like "Driving the Last Spike" does have some of the long-form feel of the older works, it certainly does so via an 'easy listening' production style, and while a song like "No Son of Mine" was a radio hit, it managed to sound much more like a Collins solo song. The only song which truly evokes Genesis' past is the long form "Fading Lights", a song which sounds more ethereal than 'easy listening' and finds room for the traditional Genesis keyboard solo. Elegiac yet dramatic, this song seems a farewell ode to Genesis' past.
A SACD / DVD double disc set (including new 5.1 and Stereo mixes) is planned for release in June/July 2007.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford.
- "No Son of Mine" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 6:39
- "Jesus He Knows Me" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 4:16
- "Driving The Last Spike" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 10:08
- "I Can't Dance" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 4:01
- "Never a Time" (lyrics: Mike Rutherford) – 3:50
- "Dreaming While You Sleep" (lyrics: Mike Rutherford) – 7:16
- "Tell Me Why" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 4:58
- "Living Forever" (lyrics: Tony Banks) – 5:41
- "Hold on My Heart" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 4:38
- "Way of the World" (lyrics: Mike Rutherford) – 5:38
- "Since I Lost You" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 4:09
- "Fading Lights" (lyrics: Tony Banks) – 10:16
[edit] Personnel
- Phil Collins - drums, percussion, vocals
- Tony Banks - keyboards
- Mike Rutherford - guitars, bass guitar
| Genesis |
| Tony Banks | Phil Collins | Mike Rutherford |
| Peter Gabriel | Steve Hackett | Anthony Phillips | John Mayhew | John Silver | Chris Stewart | Bill Bruford | Daryl Stuermer | Chester Thompson | Ray Wilson |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: From Genesis to Revelation | Trespass | Nursery Cryme | Foxtrot | Selling England by the Pound | The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | A Trick of the Tail | Wind & Wuthering | ...And Then There Were Three... | Duke | Abacab | Genesis | Invisible Touch | We Can't Dance | Calling All Stations |
| Live Albums: Genesis Live | Seconds Out | Three Sides Live | Live/The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts | Live/The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs |
| Compilations: Turn It On Again: The Hits | Platinum Collection |
| Box sets: Genesis Archive 1967-75 | Genesis Archive 2: 1976-1992 | Genesis 1976 -1982 |
| EPs: Spot the Pigeon | 3 X 3 |
