SECONDS OUT

Probably, my fauvorite GENESIS album after GABRIEL's departure. During this period, the band's singer is PHIL COLLINS.On the previous albums "A trick of the tail" &"Wind & Wuthering", Phil sang while playing the drums. On this live album (and the other live albums from 1977-93), the band hires Chester Thompson as a support drummer, while Phil is singing at the front of the stage. Then, in the instrumental sections (On Robbery Assault & Battery,Firth of Fifth,Musical Box, Supper's ready(Apocalypse in 9/8),Cinema show,Dance on a volcano's drum duet & Los Endos), Phil would jump back to the drums and play along with Chester. Sqonk: A very surprising intro for a concert.It's a lot different on GENESIS LIVE , that has a very good orchestra-like intro, which lasts 2 minutes.This one has just got about 7 seconds of silence, and then "BLOOM" it just starts off! The song's quite similar to the original 1976 version but this one sounds a bit "hevier" , whichis better(That's maybe why I like live albums better than the studio ones.The sound is usually more powerfull). Carpet Crawl is Ok, and I think Collins' vocals are better than Gabriel's , on this song.Phil does a wonderfull drumming on the instrumental middle-section on Robbery,assault and battery.Afterglow is identical to the original, but in the end, it gets more powerfull, and the ending is a "KILLER".Firth of Fifth is very good, Banks' keyboard solo sounds amazing, such as Hackett's guitar solo.I Know What I Like is quite different fom the original 1973 version.It's got a quite long instrumental section in the middle.The Lamb Lies down on Broadway is identical, musically, to the original, but Phil's way of singing is very different. Musical Box is a lot shorter because they only play as from:"She's the lady..." Supper's ready is maybe the highlight on this album.It's a very good prog-rock 24-minute piece.On the section "Apocalypse...", at 17 minutes(more or less) Phil plays along with Chester, and they do an amazing drum-work, together.Cinema Show is quite similar to the original.By the end of the song, Phil plays along with Bill Bruford, the first touring drummer in 1976(This is the only track recorded in 1976).Dance on a Volcano, is a rocker, one of my fauvorites (Well, all of this songs are my fauvorites,really).In the end, a 1 minute drum duet by Phil & Chester(It's really MIND-BLOWING!)The closing song is Los Endos:Very well played , with a very good guitar work by Hackett, and keyboards by Banks. Highly recommended. FIVE STARS!!!!!!!!!