Abacab GOLD CD by Genesis

Abacab GOLD CD

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Abacab GOLD CD

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Genesis released their lucky thirteenth album entitled Abacab in September of 1981. The Abacab album was the band's first to be self-produced and was their collaboration with engineer Hugh Padgham(whom worked with Peter Gabriel and The Police at that point) whom drummer/vocalist Phil Collins collaborated with on his Top 10 Multi-Platinum solo effort Face Value. Also, Genesis built their own studio The Farm in Surrey and Abacab was the first album to be recorded at the band's own studio. The album Abacab showcased the band writing all but three songs together as a band which was something they had not done since Peter Gabriel left. The lone solo songwriting credit for keyboardist Tony Banks was the excellent and proggish Me and Sarah Jane. Also, guitarist and bass player Mike Rutherford had one of his best pieces Like it or Not. The album also contains Phil's atmospheric Top 40 hit Man On the Corner which its lyric theme predated the concept of Phil's solo hit Another Day in Paradise by eight years about a homeless man. Now for the songs that all three Genesis members wrote together starting with the 7 minute opening Top 40 charting title cut which is an awesome rocker which turns into a killer 3 and a half instrumental jam at son'gs end. We follow that with the US Top 30 hit No Reply at All which featured the Earth Wind and Fire horn section. Other highlights are the British hit Keep it Dark which is a silly but great song, the seven and a half minute prog-rocker Dodo/Lurker medley, the silly Who Dunnit and the classic finale Another Record. The Abacab album was Genesis' first US Top 10 album and first Platinum seller for the band. I first bought this CD on a whim in August of 1997 when I bought the remastered edition and it is hands down one of the best efforts of the three piece era efforts. Highly recommended!

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