Genesis Revisited
Studio album by
Steve Hackett
Released1996
Recorded1995–96
GenreProgressive rock
Length76:43
LabelCamino Records
Snapper Music
Guardian Records (US)
ProducerSteve Hackett
Steve Hackett chronology
Blues with a Feeling
(1995) 		Genesis Revisited
(1996) 		A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1997)

Genesis Revisited, called Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited in the US, is the 12th studio album by Steve Hackett, paying tribute to his former band, Genesis. It mainly features songs originally released by Genesis during Hackett's tenure with the group (1971–77). The previously unreleased song "Déjà Vu" was started by Peter Gabriel in 1973 during the Selling England by the Pound sessions but not finished and Hackett completed the song for this album. There are also two new songs, "Valley of the Kings" and "Waiting Room Only"; the latter is named after and loosely inspired by "The Waiting Room", an instrumental from the 1974 Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The original Japanese and Argentinian versions of the album have a slightly different track listing and sequence, dropping "Los Endos" (also featured as a bonus track on the Japanese version of The Tokyo Tapes) and containing one extra song called "Riding the Colossus" (also featured as a bonus track on The Tokyo Tapes, specifically on the 2003, 2008 and 2012 reissues). Later Japanese reissues of the album contain the same track listing as the standard international versions.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, and Phil Collins, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Watcher of the Skies" (John Wetton) Foxtrot8:40
2."Dance on a Volcano" (Steve Hackett)Banks, Collins, Hackett, RutherfordTrick of the Tail7:28
3."Valley of the Kings"Jerry Peal, Hackett 6:30
4."Déjà Vu" (Paul Carrack)Gabriel, Hackett 5:55
5."Firth of Fifth" (John Wetton) Selling England by the Pound9:40
6."For Absent Friends" (Colin Blunstone) Nursery Cryme3:02
7."Your Own Special Way" (Paul Carrack)RutherfordWind and Wuthering4:19
8."The Fountain of Salmacis" (Steve Hackett) Nursery Cryme9:54
9."Waiting Room Only"Hackett, Roger King 6:54
10."I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" (Steve Hackett) Selling England by the Pound5:37
11."Los Endos"Banks, Collins, Hackett, RutherfordTrick of the Tail8:51

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[1] 95
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[2] 28

References

  1. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
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