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1983-1998 Box Set 5CD/5DVD

Genesis - 1983-1998 Box Set 5CD/5DVD Audio CD

A fair review of the Genesis "1983-1998 Box Set 5CD/5DVD" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Genesis reviews here, or go back to the Genesis tabs.

Band: Genesis
Title: 1983-1998 Box Set 5CD/5DVD
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Release Date: 2007-11-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Mama 2: That's All 3: Home by the Sea 4: Second Home by the Sea 5: Illegal Alien 6: Taking It All Too Hard 7: Just a Job to Do 8: Silver Rainbow 9: It's Gonna Get Better 10: Mama [Dolby Digital Surround Sound] 11: That's All [Dolby Digital Surround Sound] 12: Home by the Sea [Dolby Digital Surround Sou 13: Second Home by the Sea [Dolby Digital Surro 14: Illegal Alien [Dolby Digital Surround Sound 15: Taking It All Too Hard [Dolby Digital Surro 16: Just a Job to Do [Dolby Digital Surround So 17: Silver Rainbow [Dolby Digital Surround Soun 18: It's Gonna Get Better [Dolby Digital Surrou 19: Mama [Dolby Digital Surround Sound] 20: That's All [Dolby Digital Surround Soun 21: Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea [ [DTS Surround Sound] 22: Illegal Alien [Dolby Digital Surround S 23: Mama Tour Rehearsal 1983: Dodo/Carpet Crawlers/That's All/Mama/Illegal 24: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD] [DTS Surround Sound] [Dolby Digital Surroun 25: Invisible Touch 26: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight 27: Land of Confusion 28: In Too Deep 29: Anything She Does 30: Domino: In the Glow of the Night/The Last Domino 31: Throwing It All Away 32: Brazilian 33: Invisible Touch [Dolby Digital Surround Sou 34: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight [Dolby Digital Su 35: Land of Confusion [Dolby Digital Surround S 36: In Too Deep [Dolby Digital Surround Sound] 37: Anything She Does [Dolby Digital Surround S 38: Domino: In the Glow of the Night/The Last Domino [DTS Surround Sr 39: Throwing It All Away [Dolby Digital Surroun 40: Brazilian [Dolby Digital Surround Sound] 41: Invisible Touch [Dolby Digital Surround 42: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight[Dolby Digita 43: Land of Confusion [Dolby Digital Surrou 44: In Too Deep [Dolby Digital Surround Sou 45: Anything She Does [Dolby Digital Surrou 46: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD] [DTS Surround Sround] [Dolby Digital Surroun 47: No Son of Mine 48: Jesus He Knows Me 49: Driving the Last Spike 50: I Can't Dance 51: Never a Time 52: Dreaming While You Sleep 53: Tell Me Why 54: Living Forever 55: Hold on My Heart 56: Way of the World 57: Since I Lost You 58: Fading Lights 59: No Son of Mine [Dolby Digital Surround Sound 60: Jesus He Knows Me [Dolby Digital Surround So 61: Driving the Last Spike [Dolby Digital Surrou 62: I Can't Dance [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 63: Never a Time [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 64: Dreaming While You Sleep [Dolby Digital Surr 65: Tell Me Why [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 66: Living Forever [Dolby Digital Surround Sound 67: Hold on My Heart [Dolby Digital Surround Sou 68: Way of the World [Dolby Digital Surround Sou 69: Since I Lost You [Dolby Digital Surround Sou 70: Fading Lights [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 71: No Son of Mine [Dolby Digital Surround S 72: Jesus He Knows Me [Dolby Digital Surroun 73: I Can't Dance [Dolby Digital Surround So 74: Tell Me Why [Dolby Digital Surround Soun 75: Hold on My Heart [Dolby Digital Surround 76: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD] 77: Calling All Stations 78: Congo 79: Shipwrecked 80: Alien Afternoon 81: Not About Us 82: If That's What You Need 83: Dividing Line 84: Uncertain Weather 85: Small Talk 86: There Must Be Some Other Way 87: One Man's Fool 88: Calling All Stations [Dolby Digital Surround 89: Congo [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 90: Shipwrecked [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 91: Alien Afternoon [Dolby Digital Surround Soun 92: Not About Us [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 93: If That's What You Need [Dolby Digital Surro 94: Dividing Line [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 95: Uncertain Weather [Dolby Digital Surround So 96: Small Talk [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 97: There Must Be Some Other Way [Dolby Digital 98: One Man's Fool [Dolby Digital Surround Sound 99: Congo [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][*][Multimedia Track] 100: Shipwrecked [ [Dolby Digital Surround Sound] 101: Not About Us [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 102: Calling All Stations Epk 1998 [Dolby Digital 103: Calling All Stations [Dolby Digital Surround 104: There Must Be Some Other Way/The Dividing Line [DTS Surround Soun 105: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD] [DTS Surround Sound] [Dolby Digital Surround 106: On the Shoreline [*] 107: Hearts on Fire [*] 108: Do the Neurotic [*] 109: Feeding the Fire [*] 110: I'd Rather Be You [*] 111: Anything Now [*] 112: Sign Your Life Away [*] 113: Run out of Time [*] 114: On the Shoreline [Dolby Digital Surround Sou 115: Do the Neurotic [Dolby Digital Surround Soun 116: Feeding the Fire [Dolby Digital Surround Sou 117: I'd Rather Be You [Dolby Digital Surround So 118: Anything Now [Dolby Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track] 119: Sign Your Life Away [Dolby Digital Surround 120: Run out of Time [Dolby Digital Surround Soun 121: Dance on a Volcano/The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway/The Musical Box/Firth 122: Invisible Touch/Follow You Follow Me/I Can't Dance/Turn It on Again [DV 123: [Bonus Material] [DVD] [*]

S�lo para fan�ticos del grupo

Como fan de Genesis lo compr� porque me interesaba especialmente el 5� disco, donde aparecen singles y lados B. Holass::
Esta segunda cajita de la �poca pop del grupo contiene canciones bien elaboradas y otras cercanas al pop radial (es decir, con altibajos). . . en general para conocerlas aunque no encontr� alguna que me haya pegado fuerte, s�lo se dejan escuchar sin mucha trascendencia.
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Genesis' later years given a superb makeover

This 5-CD/5-DVD box set featured the second four titles to be re-released in an exhausting and long Genesis remaster campaign which took place in the last year. Genesis 10-disc box set entitled Genesis 1983-1998, released in November of 2007 here in the US (and a month earlier in Europe) is a MUST for all Genesis fans.
The first inklings that a Genesis catalog overhaul was in the making was the release of the 3-CD Platinum Collection box set in 2005.
The albums in this box set include 1983's self-titled effort a/k/a The Mama Album (see my review of the deluxe edition), 1986's Invisible Touch (see my review of the deluxe edition), 1991's We Can't Dance (see my review of the deluxe edition) and 1997's somewhat weak finale Calling All Stations (see my review of the deluxe edition). Plus a bonus CD/DVD set called Bonus Tracks 1983-1998 which is only available in this box set.
Each album was painstakingly digitally remastered and remixed by longtime Genesis producer Nick Davis. Plus the albums in the set are double disc sets that features a CD (whereas in territories outside the US and Canada have Hybrid SACDs as Warner Music do not support Hybrid SACDs) and a DVD (which has each album in 5. 1 plus interviews with Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Ray Wilson and Nir Z, videos and concert footage/TV documentaries). The discs themselves all look like their original US vinyl album counterparts with the labels (the custom picture labels that each album had).
The bonus CD and DVD on this set is called Bonus Tracks 1983-1998. We have all three B-sides from the Invisible Touch album with "Feeding the Fire", "I'd Rather Be You" and the superb instrumental "Do the Neurotic" (which was left off of the original album in favor of "The Brazilian"). Next is the two studio B-sides from 1991's We Can't Dance which are "On the Shoreline" and "Hearts on Fire" which were all left off of the original CD. There is three B-sides from the Calling All Stations sessions (which should have been on the original album in favor of the three tracks that I didn't like (see review) "Anything Now", "Sign Your Life Away" and "Run Out of Time". I haven't heard the other B-sides left off of CAS which were "Papa He Said", "Banjo Man", "Phret" and "7/8".
The bonus DVD has some extra concert footage from Knebworth 1992 and the Genesis Archive 2 (1976-1992) in addition to the 5. 1 mixes.
Plus, the box contains a 48 page case-bound book with essays (written by longtime video director Jim Yukich) about each album and rare photos.
RECOMMENDED IMMENSELY! .

Genesis Boxset 1983-1998

Pristine artwork and presentation. Despite being the most commercial (and pop) era of the band, the audio mix and the extras along with the bonus disk are worth the effort of owning it. A jewel.
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Genesis Box Set 1983-1999
Whereas many people are fighting about compression/loudness/B-sides left off, etc. Genesis 1983-1999 is an excellently remasted look at Genesis at their pop prime. , I will discuss what we have, not wish we had.

I think the older albums -Genesis, Invisible Touch - are the most affected by the remastering process. The newer albums do seem to be a little louder, but I don't percieve any substantial differences in the mixes.

But on those two older albums, the differences were dramatic. Hearing them this way definately is like listening to a new album. All the instruments are clearer, more substantial, and mixed better than the originals. My only quibble is with Illegal Alien - this doesn't sound quite right to me, yet I can't put my finger on it. Everything else is phenomenal.

The extra material is quite nice, not quite as good as the 1976-1982 box set though. There is much less concert footage available in the new set, which is what I thought was great about the last set, and what they have is very choppy and a bit disappointing. The interviews are excellent with all the main participants contributing.

On the whole, If you are a Genesis fan, buy this set. If you are just a casual fan, just pick up the individual albums that you like in this format.

In praise of the Ray Wilson b-sides
To be honest, if you already own the original CDs, and the B-sides via the 2nd Archive box, there is essentially no valid reason for buying this box other than (a) you must own everything these guys release; and (b) you have $90 to burn. If you're reading reviews for this boxed set, you're likely to be a die-hard Genesis fan who has already bought this thing, so I'll save you any specific reviews of the main albums. I'm guilty of both, so I bought it. Annoyingly, throughout the DVD interviews, Banks and Rutherford repeatedly say things like "this album's production was so good to begin with, there wasn't much we could do to improve it" - to which I think to myself "Great - so why did I buy this thing again?"

I really just wanted to add praise toward the three Ray Wilson cuts that have been included here (NOT previously included in the 2nd Archive, so new to my ears). In short, all three of these songs are fantastic. I have to wonder why some or all of them couldn't have replaced some of the weaker cuts on "Calling All Stations". I accept that they were going for a darker feel on CAS, and that "Anything Now" and "Sign Your Life Away" are a bit lighter than what ended up on the album. However, in terms of the quality of the music, I don't think there's an excuse for leaving them off. In my honest opinion, "Sign Your Life Away" was their best hope for a hit single in America in 1997. The chorus in particular is quite strong, and sounds similar in style to other hits of that time (more so than did "Congo" or "Shipwrecked"). "Anything Now" is my favorite Genesis song on which Ray Wilson sings. The main keyboard riff is strong, but is ultimately outdone by the extraordinary counter-melodies that Mr Banks plays throughout. Add this to some creative bass playing by Mr Rutherford, another quality chorus with great contributions from Ray, and a rousing keyboard and guitar break in the middle, and you have everything there is to love about Genesis in just over 7 minutes. I would advise any fan of CAS who doesn't necessarily want to shell out �90 for this box to somehow get your hands on these three tracks - as well as the four additional Ray Wilson cuts (noted by other reviewers) that have been unfortunately excluded from this box.

Enough about this set. Bring on the Holy Grail. The one we've all been waiting for. The one they dare not screw up. 1970-1975 box, due in September 2008. Ah gives me chills just thinking about it. . . .

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