Genesis: Calling All Stations

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: I noticed in the credits for Calling All Stations that Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford were named as Anthony Banks and Michael Rutherford. It's almost as if they didn't want to be associated with the album, in the same way as Mike Oldfield distanced himself from his inferior Heaven's Open album by naming himself Michael Oldfield on the album cover.  just checked the CD and it says Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. I don't know what you mean.  If you take a look at the credits at the end of the Shipwrecked video above, it says Anthony Banks and Michael Rutherford.  I don't watch videos so... They used their full names in the past, I don't think it because they want to detach themselves from the album.

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I think Rutherford and Banks only carried on because Genesis was being perceived as 'The Phil Collins Band' . Ironically carrying on only cemented that idea. Really they had enough money but their egos just made them carry on one album too far.  For me the last proper Genesis album was Abacab. It was a very patchy effort but at least they were actually trying something and not totally stagnating.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ I love From Genesis to Revelation! That was my favourite Genesis album at one time, mainly for the Poptastic orchestral production by Jonathan King.  My answer was to you, but Brandan posted first.  I'm talking about WCD, you about FGTR...  ...And my answer was to Necrotica, but you posted first.

If I had this album as a setlist to perform on stage, I think I would be sniffing my armpits and putting on five more pairs of pants.

^ I love From Genesis to Revelation! That was my favourite Genesis album at one time, mainly for the Poptastic orchestral production by Jonathan King. 

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Necrotica wrote: Calling All Stations isn't even my least favorite Genesis album  I'm guessing We Can't Dance is your least favourite Genesis album, just as it is for me, where the album is only partially saved by the final 10-minute song, Fading Lights...

Calling All Stations isn't even my least favorite Genesis album 

dougmcauliffe wrote: There's something comical about progarchives starting a thread on the worst, most bottom of the barrel, no semblance of prog, Genesis album rather than discussing some new and exciting prog releases. Anyways, anyone here check out the new Ocean Collective album? Pretty good stuff.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - June 23 2022 at 02:33

I agree with the consensus here that it was a HUGE mistake releasing CAS as a Genesis album. By doing that, expectations were set way too high for what otherwise is not a bad album. Not great, but not bad. Had there been a second album with Ray Wilson FULLY involved in the writing and arranging of the songs from the beginning they might have stood a chance. As it is now though, we can only speculate on what might have been. Another missed chance.

I liked the album for what it was.  It seemed to me to be a cross between some of the stuff Mike had done with the Mechanics and Bankstatement.  One thing I found disappointing on the album was the lack of some real keyboard solos (There Must Be Some Other Way had a brief solo), nothing like Fading Lights or Duke's Travels or Second Home By The Sea.  But as a Mike & Tony 90s collaboration based on some of the stuff they had done solo, it was a pretty good album.  I never saw it as a grunge album or even a pure pop album.  Just 80s/90s AOR.