Genesis [Extra tracks, Import]

Talisman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 30, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Rock Treasures
• ASIN: B0000CFYP2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,465 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Time After Time

2. Comin' Home

3. Mysterious (This Time It's Serious)

4. If U Would Only Be My Friend

5. All or Nothing

6. All I Want

7. U Done Me Wrong

8. I'll Set Your House on Fire

9. Give Me a Sign

10. Lovechild

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Time After Time [*]

2. Comin' Home [*]

3. U Done Me Wrong [*]

4. Give Me a Sign [*]

5. Fighting for You Life [*]

6. Time After Time [*][Demo Version]

7. Give Me a Sign [*][Demo Version]

8. Angel

9. Lovechild [*][Demo Version]

10. Rainbows End [*]

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of the Swedish heavy metal act's 1993 album. 11 tracks including 'Time After Time'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential melodic rock album, essential reissue, August 10, 2007

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Genesis (Audio CD)

Swedish/American melodic rock band Talisman delivered their second album - Genesis - in 1993, after singer Jeff Scott Soto's brief detour with Eyes. The journeyman vocalist (previously with Yngwie Malmsteen and Axel Rudi Pell) rejoined bassist Marcel Jacob (RIP) to try and recapture the melodic rock magic of the Talisman debut.

Hearing Genesis, you have to wonder why this band wasn't huge. Even in the grunge-drenched `90s a band this good should have broke through to the masses. Genesis is just a fantastic example of hard-hitting but very accessible melodic rock. It's extremely well written and avoids a lot of the arena rock clichés that date so many `80s albums. Guitarist Fredrik Akesson really shines here as well, especially paired with Marcel Jacob's funky bass style. And of course Soto gives an incredible performance full of his trademark power and soul.

Talisman incorporated the best elements of 80's AOR and early 90's "hair metal", and did so at a time when mainstream musical tastes no longer cared much for this kind of music. If you love bands like Journey, Foreigner, Bad English, Europe, Winger, and Bon Jovi, but have not yet heard Talisman, you need to pick up this disc right now. You'll want to kick yourself for not finding it earlier. Genesis is the very definition of a must-have melodic rock album.

Edition Notes: In addition to the cover of Bad Company's "Run With the Pack," which was previously available only on an expensive Japanese import, the 2003 Rock Treasures reissue of Genesis features digitally remastered sound and a second disc full of demos, live tracks, and multimedia content. It's well worth replacing your older version. The weird thing is that the album covers are slightly different. You have to see them side by side to notice, though.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST GLAM HARD ROCK/METAL BAND OUT THERE, December 6, 2004

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carlos canales (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Genesis (Audio CD)

That people give names such as Bon Jovi, Poison, Cinderella or The Darkness as an example of good glam rock instead of just saying: Talisman is beyond me!
This is a glam band with big hooks reminicent of Yngwie Malmsteen circa Eclipse cd but ten times better.For instance: here the bassist is EXTREMELY prominent in the sound, unlike in Yngwie's works.Besides that the songs are different from one another and the hooks are fat and melodic, let alone choruses with cathy sounds galore!!
Buy this to listen to fun, extremely melodic, masterfully done glam rock/metal.Highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jeff Scott Soto has a great time on this release...fantastic, November 10, 2001

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Joseph Wallace "josewall" (Savannah, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Genesis (Audio CD)

anyone who knows Jeff Scott Soto knows he's sang for numerous bands...most noted for his work with my personal fav guitarist,Yngwie Malmsteen...with Talisman,Jeff creates a circus of sound that reminds me of the more commercial Ynwie (ie:Odyssey)..except jeff adds some blues and a twist of his own in to top things off...great cd from start to finish...can't go wrong with this one folks...would listen to this one time rather then have to listen to Matchbox Twenty 100 times,or any other mtv band...