A single from the album, ” Congo ” reached the top 30 in the UK and Genesis completed a European tour from January to May 1998, adding Zidkyahu on drums and Irish guitarist Anthony Drennan .
In 1998, Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Phillips, Rutherford and Silver gathered for a photo session and dinner to celebrate the release of the four-disc box set, Genesis Archive 1967–75 . The set features “Supper’s Ready” and “It” with new overdubs by Gabriel and Hackett.
Calling All Stations was released in September 1997. It was a commercial and critical success in Europe, where it reached No. 2 in the UK, but the album only reached No. 54 in the US, their lowest charting album there since Selling England by the Pound .
Wilson was announced as the new Genesis singer in June 1997. Though much of the album was already written by the time he joined, Banks was pleased with his contributions to the album, which included writing the lyrics to “Small Talk” and riffs on ” Not About Us ” and…
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In March 1996, Collins announced his departure from Genesis. In a statement, he said, “Having been in Genesis for 25 years, I felt it time to change direction in my musical life. For me now, it will be music for movies, some jazz projects and of course my solo career.…
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Shortly after Banks and Rutherford decided to continue Genesis in 1996, they went to The Farm to start writing Calling All Stations . Rutherford initially found the sessions difficult as he saw Collins as “the guy in the middle” who made Banks and himself work better. Their best ideas developed…
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In 1993, We Can’t Dance was nominated for a Brit Award for Best British Album.
Banks, Rutherford and Collins performed at Cowdray Castle , Midhurst in September 1993 for a money-raising event with Pink Floyd touring guitarist Tim Renwick and drummer Gary Wallis and Queen drummer Roger Taylor . Rutherford also played bass on Pink Floyd’s set at the same concert.
The We Can’t Dance tour visited North America and Europe from May to November 1992 with each concert attended by an average of 56,000 people. The tour spawned two live albums; The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts reached No. 3 in the UK and The Way We Walk,…
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In 1991 Genesis recorded their fourteenth album, We Can’t Dance , from March to September with their new engineer and co-producer, Nick Davis . The band took advantage of the increased capacity the CD offered and released over 71 minutes of new music across 12 tracks. Collins wrote the lyrics…
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