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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely Turn Them On Again!, September 10, 2007
When it comes to classic rock today, it really has made a great comeback to the stage. With great and well-dedicated reunions from British Rock dominating this past year, like The Police, many have really been welcomed to a whole new audience. That also has been the same with the surprise reunion of Genesis, who earlier this year performed during VH1's Rock Honors benefit. Undoubtingly, for Genesis who just saw the success of their Phil Collins' era re-released from Rhino, a celebration of songs came around, with another greatest hits album. This time, its definitely worth turning onto the songs again, with a great reunion tour, and a chance to re-introduce the songs that made them legends.
The 2007 Genesis Turn It On Again The Hits: The Tour Edition expands and improves well from what was left put from the 1999 single disc edition of Turn It On Again. The double album contain 34 great Genesis tracks, spanning the groups three decades of Rock & Pop music. When you hear this collection, you're really reminded of how well Genesis crafted their sounds brilliantly. The collection has been remastered very well, and improves from what was mostly left out from the groups two previous hits records, 1999 Turn It On Again, and the 2005 Platinum Collection. The collection includes all of the tracks from the original Turn It On Again like Invisble Touch, Abacab, Hold On My Heart, and Throwing It All Away. Also, it expands nicely by bringing in a lot of the overlooked songs from before during the groups 70's era like Trick Of The Tail, Your Own Special Way, Counting On Time, and Many Too Many, as well as some of the 80's tracks that were left out before like the haunting Duchess, the upbeat Paperlate, the somber Man On The Corner and No Reply At All. While not every hit was highlighted on the album though. The collection does overlook a few songs like The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Ripples and the dark and haunting Home By The Sea, in favor of lesser-known tracks like Tell Me Why from We Can't Dance and Piegons.
Still, Turn It On Again The Hits: The Tour Edition from Genesis is a much better hits record than the previous two because it is well-dedicated to more of the major hits that were overlooked before at a well-affordable price. If you're a die hard fan of Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford & Tony Banks, and all those great songs, or if you haven't even yet heard the Genesis experience, than I really recommend you buy this album. You can definitely say I Can Dance to this great album.
Album Cover: B+
Songs: B+
Price: B+
Remastering: A-
Overall: B+
Track List Disc 1: Turn It On Again, No Son Of Mine, I Can't Dance, Hold On My Heart, Jesus He Knows Me, Tell Me Why, Invisible Touch, Land Of Confusion, Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, In Too Deep, Throwing It All Away, That's All, Mama, Illegal Alien, Abacab, No Reply At All, The Carpet Crawlers (1999 recording)
Disc 2: Paperlate, Keep It Dark, Man On The Corner, Duchess, Misunderstanding, Follow You Follow Me, Many Too Many, Your Own Special Way, Afterglow, Piegons, Inside & Out, Trick Of the Tail, Counting On Time, I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), Happy the Man, The Knife Part 1, Congo (from the groups 1997 final studio album Calling All Stations).
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ALMOST PERFECT..., September 11, 2007
Great remastering though. I would say it's a big improvement over both the original "Turn It On Again: The Hits" collection, and the triple "Platinum Collection". If anything, the only glaring ommissions are 1983's #50 charting "Taking It All Too Hard" from the "Shapes" album and the final single from 1991's "We Can't Dance" called "Never A Time", a #21 charter. Sure, it doesn't have the title track from "Lamb" or "Home By The Sea" or "Supper's Ready" or "Behind The Lines", but those are not as glaring as the tunes missing from "The Platinum Collection".
This Tour Edition is a very good hits collection...it has the single versions as well, so it works as a companion piece to the albums and doesn't have too many duplicate versions. PLUS, being it has rare singles and EP tracks like "Paperlate" and "Pigeons" as well, people who don't have the "1976-1982" box, just the deluxe reissues of the 5 albums included, need this too, and won't have to shell out the buckos for that box for those songs.
I also like the fact it finishes with "Congo", their lone hit from their final album, 1997's "Calling All Stations"...if people find that album unnecessary to own (no Phil, instead then-new replacement singer Ray Wilson) and just want that song, there ya go, problem solved...I might be in the minority, but I LOVE "Congo"...it's got a GREAT chorus, cool atmospherics and 3rd world touches...doesn't really sound like GENESIS per se, but I love that new sound they were trying to achieve 10 years ago...Ray sounds like the late great Paul Young (from Mike's sideband Mike & The Mechanics), and the song is sorta Peter Gabriel-ish...so in a way, it does, just in a long-way-around way...
Anyhoo, I'm babbling...this is a great collection, so is that "1976-1982" box (it's really necessary if you're a Genesis fan), and I'm waiting for the next 3 boxes ("1983-1998" and "1968(7)-1975" and "Live 1967-2007").
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I Know What I Like...., December 22, 2007
After having just seen Genesis for the last World Tour, I couldn't resist buying this CD and I was not disappointed. It is a nice compilation of the songs that they did in concert although it is not a "live" version of the concert. But as far as I can remember, they did all these songs at the concert...
So, if you want to have a good selection of Genesis hits (and some songs that never made it to the Top of the Charts...) this two-disc collection is a good choice. You get a really nice selection of songs... well worth having in your collection of Genesis CD's...
I know what I like... and I like this set!!!!
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