Platinum Collection [Import]

Genesis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 15, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000679QK2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,866 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. No Son of Mine

2. I Can't Dance

3. Jesus He Knows Me

4. Hold on My Heart

5. Invisible Touch

6. Throwing It All Away

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Abacab

2. Keep It Dark

3. Turn It on Again

4. Behind the Lines

5. Duchess

6. Misunderstanding

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

2. Counting Out Time

3. The Carpet Crawlers

4. Firth of Fifth

5. The Cinema Show

6. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

See all 9 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The Platinum Collection is a three CD set that celebrates the last 30 years of the legendary band from their first single, 'The Knife' through 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' featuring Peter Gabriel and on to the big hits with Phil Collins on vocals such as 'Invisible Touch' and 'Turn It On Again'. Charisma. 2004. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Genesis Collection!, December 26, 2004

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D. Negrin "World of Genesis.com" (New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

What Genesis' single disc greatest hits, Turn It On Again: The Hits, accomplishes for passive Genesis fans, this massive 3-CD set, The Platinum Collection, achieves for the true Genesis enthuasist. Culling material from 1970's Trespass through 1997's Calling All Stations, this 40-song retrospective is as thorough as almost any fan could want.

All tracks featured are the original studio album versions with the exception of the single edit version of "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight." In some cases, some tracks have been newly remixed for this collection by long-time Genesis Engineer/Producer Nick Davis and sound incredible! To be honest, I've been an avid Genesis fan for 25 years, and I find it difficult to find a bad word to say about this set. Yes, it is missing a few songs I would have included like "In The Cage", "Watcher of The Skies", "Deep In The Motherlode", "Man on The Corner" and "No Reply At All," but the group's back catalog is so extensive, that there really isn't anything I would cut from this set to makes those songs fit if I could (with the possible exception of "Undertow" from And Then There Were Three). In fact, I think most people who would consider themselves "fans" would probably ditch most of their old Genesis CDs after buying this one. It's just that good! It's fairly comprehensive, sounds great, and is filler-less! This one is a MUST OWN for any serious Genesis fan!

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Platinum is wonderful; please add Bronze, Silver and Gold!, December 31, 2004

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rsub8a (Philadelphia area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

The liner notes state that die-hard Genesis fans likely won't have all the tracks in this compilation. That's a bold statement, bolstered by the observation that there are three stratified legions of Genesis fans, delineated by two milestones: Peter Gabriel's departure in 1975 and the advent of the hitmaking Genesis of the 1980s-1990s. Consequently, most folks aren't conversant with the group's entire output. In that spirit, however, this review focuses on pre-1980 material: specifically, the remixes, which are of greatest attraction to die-hard fans.

First, cuts from And Then There Were Three, Wind And Wuthering and Trick of the Tail, not lacking sonically in the least, now are opened up to IMAX proportions. That was an unexpected bonus.

There is a bobble at "Lamb:" the remixes seem strident and too much "in your face," lacking the enveloping warmth of the original. Minus one star. Hopefully, the upcoming, promised re-release of The Lamb won't succumb to this problem.

Continuing along, the remixes improve inversely with the age of the material. Previous releases were sonically compressed; here, they are given a new life. Songs from "Selling England," in original recordings, didn't lack for dynamics, but now are jaw-droppingly etched and three-dimensional. Guitar is treated lovingly in the mix. This trend is amplified with The Musical Box and The Knife. Peter Gabriel's vocals are crisp and clear, and the entire band finally is in the room. Lyrics in The Knife are intelligible and riveting, and the last few phrases of that song stand prescient and chilling, given current events.

The songs were remixed at The Farm, Tony Banks' studio; songs chosen for remixing, not surprisingly, also feature prominent keyboard parts. That said, if this compilation is successful, hopefully those involved will consider remixing and rereleasing the entire back catalog, in segments matching the above fan stratification. Call them Bronze, Silver and Gold, if you like.

If you are an earlier-era Genesis fan, and would like a new take on old recordings, this compilation won't disappoint. The later material is a bonus, and I suspect a sneaky motivation for this release is to unite the above factions, and allow all folks to gain a better appreciation of this band's decades-long and considerable musical accomplishments.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars to remix, or not to remix?, September 3, 2005

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Cesar "juliomontoya2000" (San José, Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

I bought this collection because something called my attention: more than 50 % of the songs were indicated as "Newly Remixed by Nick Davis". "Newly remixed?" I thought..."did they do to other songs what they did to 'Carpet Crawlers' in the last collection?" I asked myself. Then I remembered that 'Carpet Crawlers' was then RE-RECORDED, not just remixed, so this new collection would possibly retain the spirit of the original songs, making them more polished. So I took the risk.
(The remixed songs are, from the first CD, Illegal Alien and Paperlate; from the second CD, ALL except Behind the lines and Your own special way; and from the third CD, ALL except Supper's Ready).

Overall, I was pleased to hear that most of the original sound was respected, in the sense that you don't hear different rhytms or shortened or extended parts. And my expectations were met about the better sound: in most remixes, you hear a clearer voice (specially in "Follow you follow me" and "Carpet crawlers"), and from there you have more clarity in all the instrumentation.

Of course, any remix have the risk of enhancing instruments that were not as sharp in the original mix, and lower some others that were more present before. So there might be a possibility that for those very familiar with the original songs, you will identify something that was not originally clear, while miss something that originally was.

That would be the reason why purists will reject "remixes". Why change things? Why not to leave the sound alone, as part of the history? A classic old painting might look dark to some, but nobody will ever dare to suggest to release it with enhanced colors and contrasts just to make it "look better".

And the remixing proccess has another consequence: the sound of the songs is kind of leveled, very alike. But if you are familiar with a group, you know that part of its history is not only the style, but also the recording sound of the time in which the songs were recorded. If you take a song like "The musical box" from the early 70's, and remix it now, no matter how close to the original sound you stay, there's no doubt that you are "modernizing" it.

Is that allright for you? If so, you would like this collection. It didn't bother me a lot: in a time in which songs and complete CDs are remixed in five channels for DVD audio, SACD, DVD video and others, I'm more than used to rediscover, through a new mix, the sound of a song or cd that I knew. And I'm disappointed when they sound almost the same.

When you hear the oldest songs, like "Musical Box", "The Knife" of "Firth of fifth", you have to admit that the clarity provided by the new mix really does them a favor. But there are exceptions of course: "A trick of the tail" and "Ripples" come from the CD "A trick of the tail" from 1976. If you take the REMASTERED version of that cd, you have to say that there's nothing wrong with the sound, it couldn't be better. So, why remix those songs for this collection?. The truth is that in these two cases, and "Illegal alien", the sound is "overloaded": instead of give clearity to the sound and instruments, everything is in a high level. That "overload" is more favorable to a song like "Los Endos" because of its rockish sound.

But as I said, I was overall pleased with this collection of alternate sound songs. At least, they provide something different. If you don't like it, just stick to the originals, or better, the remastered versions. I've got nothing against them, for nostalgia's sake.

I give only 4 stars because of the "Illegal-Trick-Ripples" flaw, and also beacause songs like "Man on the corner" "Robbery assault and Battery", "In the cage" or "Dance with the Moonlit knight" are missing.