Genesis Platinum Collection CD

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 Transendence
I've seen a lot of division between fans of this groups. I know people who would prefer the later day works to that of the Gabreil era, and vice versa. Only track that I've don't really like was Jesus He Knows Me, and should have been filled in with a second track from Calling All Stations. Although it wasn't their best disc, Ray Wilson did a good job. Otherwise, the collection is well chosen, strongly reprsenting what has been done under the Genesis banner. It's not for a fan locked in one era of the band's history
Submitted by Gary (Montreal)
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 Buyer Beware!
Great collection or not - of the 40 songs, a great many are "remixed" by Nick Davis - 23 to be exact. And most of them are the older tracks. It seems disingenuous to call these "original versions", even if they are not re-recordings. (Davis co-produced the "We Can't Dance" album.) This is not mentioned in the CD description above, but I think it should be noted.
Submitted by Buzz (Houston TX)
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 Three of a Perfect Pair!
A Great Disc! A Good Disc! And a FREE Frisbee! Not in that order! What more could one ask for?
Submitted by mheinen3 (Oklahoma City, OK, USA)
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 Good...
Well done job, all 3 CDs are great, the remixes are well done, but the error? the songs, why an Edit of Tonight, Tonight, Tonight and not the complete?, why that sh*t of Calling All Stations and not Down and Out? why Many Too Many and not Silver Rainbow? why A Trick of the Tail and not Dreaming While You Sleep? and why Carpet Crawlers and not In The Cage? all these songs are garbage, crap, specially Calling All Stations and the tired voice of Ray Wilson, it will be better if the songs I said were puted there instead of the others, but anyway there are good songs like No Son of Mine, I Can't Dance, Land of Confusion, Home By The Sea, Second H.B.T.S., Illegal Alien, Paperlate, Keep It Dark, Turn It On Again, In That Quiet Earth, Ripples, Firth of Fifth and The Musical Box, so, buy it anyway if you are a fan of the band and you want to hear some good songs on 3 CDs.
Submitted by joseigna13n (Los Angeles, Chile)
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 A BETTER GENESIS?
I have just read the review submitted by "bettergenesis" regarding the Genesis triple C.D, The platinum Collection. Why can't people let bands evolve into other directions?. I loved the Gabriel era of Genesis, but I didn't like everything they did with him in the band.Likewise with Phil Collins. I absolutely loved the albums, A Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering. But I would never expect them to keep pumping out similar sounding albums one after the other.When Steve Hackett left, obviously their sound would have to change! Its all part of growing! No, I don't like ALL the songs they have put out since DUKE. However, I can appreciate that they wanted to explore other sounds and styles. The Invisible Touch C.D is a powerful and diverse selection of music! For me I Can't Dance is nowhere near as strong, but has some tracks that I always play! Calling All Stations deserved more attention and air play, than what it got. I guess at the end of the day, the C.D buying public by this stage, thought that Phil Collins WAS Genesis, and vise versa! To those who wanted Genesis to always stay locked in the 1970's, I say this. Get over it! That was then, and this is now! The band has given its listeners a panorama of musical feasts over the years, and we should be grateful that they were not prepared to be pigeon-holed into just one musical catagory. If I had been putting together this three C.D set. I would have omitted Illegal Alien, Jesus he Knows Me,and Paperlate.In their place I would have had, Match of the Day, Its Yourself and Not About Us. Apart from that, this selection gives our ears a good idea of what Genesis were about, over All those years!
Submitted by glenn (SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA)
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