Here's what I think CAS should have been: 1. The title track 2. Congo 3. Sign Your Life Away 4. Shipwrecked 5. Run Out Of Time 6. Phret 7. 7/8 8. Nowhere Else To Turn 9. One Man's Fool 10. The Dividing Line
@SPeacock It would just take some work to get them to fit on there. Probably something like: 1. CAS 2. Congo 3. Sign Your Life Away 4. Alien Afternoon 5. Not About Us 6. Phret 7. 7/8 8. There Must Be Some Other Away 9. Nowhere Else To Turn 10. One Man's Fool 11. Run Out Of Time 12. The Dividing Line
This song sounds like something that belongs as a lost track on BANKSTATEMENT, Tony Banks' little-known solo album. This song shows how Banks and Rutherford contributed to the overall sound, but the crisp snare beats and overall studio excellence that Collins brought to the mix is sorely missed on Calling All Stations. As much as I am not a fan of post-Abacab Genesis, Collins' pop sensibility did add to the band's overall sound.
What a stupid comment! There are lots of great music on the Calling all stations album. The title track is one of their very best songs. They needed to get rid of P. Collins to write a song like that.
I find it interesting that the most guitar-centric songs recorded for CAS - "Anything Now" and "Sign Your Life Away" - were left off the album. I felt, while CAS was a good album with good songs, it was too keyboard heavy, particularly for the time it was released. It sounded dated as a result. The discarded tracks would have given the album better balance, and would have fit in better with the music of the late 90's. As it is, CAS sounds like a perfectly good album - from the 1980's.......
In my opinion, they should have left off some of the tunes like "Small Talk" which I think was pretty crappy. If they had opted instead for tracks like "Sign your life away", "Anything Now" and put an instrumental in the mix for good measure...my favorite from the recording sessions being "7/8", I think CAS would have been a much stronger album. Would it have gotten them the sales they needed in the US? Probably not, but I think it would be more highly regarded.
Agreed on "Small Talk," as it was a bit too eighties sounding for my taste. Leave off "Small Talk" and "One Man's Fool" (a track even Tony Banks admitted suffered a bit) and include the unreleased material, and CAS becomes stronger. But no, it wouldn't have affected US sales, as the band had become quite unfashionable around that time, as their manager Tony Smith admitted.
One must sometimes question song choices for Genesis albums. How this and Do The Neurotic could be left off a record is something I'll never comprehend.
I totally agree, I feel this way with Paperlate and You Might Recall not being on Abacab. I mean, they chose Who Dunnit over Paperlate or You Might Recall? This song is definatley better than alot on Calling All Stations...I love Congo and The Dividing Line most of all from that short era
It's got great keyboard sounds on it & that kick-ass drum loop. I like those other songs too, but you can't have "Abacab" without "Who Dunnit?" It holds the album together & makes it what it is!
To put it in Genesis-ese: "Abacab" without "Who Dunnit?" would be like "Supper's Ready" without "How Dare I Be So Beautiful?" Or "One For The Vine" without the boring sections.
I don't really know or care about Ray Wilson stuff, but don't go trash-talking "Who Dunnit?"
A little story on how "Who Dunnit" was included on "ABACAB" - it was Atlantic Records head Ahmet Ertegun who suggested adding the song to the album at the last second. "You Might Recall" had been intended for "ABACAB," but it was bumped in favor of one of the more polarizing songs in Genesis history. For the record - it's intended to be humorous, and on tour Tony Banks would wear a snorkel while playing it on his Prophet 5 synth. The synth sounds on that track are just......nasty! In a good way!
that song is great! why they include it on the cd, it would give a little harder rock, more like earlier ray wilson songs.
maciekskw1 7 months ago
Like much of the stuff from these sessions, sounds more like Mike and the Mechanics than Genesis.
trfesok 8 months ago
It kind of sounds like Oasis :)
MoonchildMindaugas2 1 year ago
@stuporduper "The Dividing Line" and the title track weren't bad, either. Come on :)
SPeacock 1 year ago
SPeacock 1 year ago
@SPeacock I agree, except get rid of Shipwrecked and include Not About Us, Alien Afternoon, and There Must Be Other Some Other Way
66hourenergy 1 year ago
@I hadn't thought of that. Good point. :)
SPeacock 1 year ago
66hourenergy 1 year ago
@66hourenergy Damn good list :)
MoonchildMindaugas2 1 year ago
This song sounds like something that belongs as a lost track on BANKSTATEMENT, Tony Banks' little-known solo album. This song shows how Banks and Rutherford contributed to the overall sound, but the crisp snare beats and overall studio excellence that Collins brought to the mix is sorely missed on Calling All Stations. As much as I am not a fan of post-Abacab Genesis, Collins' pop sensibility did add to the band's overall sound.
greglocascio 2 years ago
Somebody please post more cas b sides
phantomalumniandy 2 years ago
Who wrote this song?
66hourenergy 2 years ago
@66hourenergy Ray Wilson mostly - with some contributions from Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. :)
SPeacock 10 months ago
What a stupid comment! There are lots of great music on the Calling all stations album. The title track is one of their very best songs. They needed to get rid of P. Collins to write a song like that.
kaspervzzzbx 2 years ago
It' sounds like "the police" a little bit, with the guitar
genesis23182 2 years ago 2
Genesis have tons of great b sides, most of them should have been on the records!
SNKTHX2000 2 years ago 3
This song is better than much of the stuff on "Calling All Stations."
nsgevo89 2 years ago 5
I find it interesting that the most guitar-centric songs recorded for CAS - "Anything Now" and "Sign Your Life Away" - were left off the album. I felt, while CAS was a good album with good songs, it was too keyboard heavy, particularly for the time it was released. It sounded dated as a result. The discarded tracks would have given the album better balance, and would have fit in better with the music of the late 90's. As it is, CAS sounds like a perfectly good album - from the 1980's.......
robste 2 years ago
In my opinion, they should have left off some of the tunes like "Small Talk" which I think was pretty crappy. If they had opted instead for tracks like "Sign your life away", "Anything Now" and put an instrumental in the mix for good measure...my favorite from the recording sessions being "7/8", I think CAS would have been a much stronger album. Would it have gotten them the sales they needed in the US? Probably not, but I think it would be more highly regarded.
CygnusRoc 2 years ago
Agreed on "Small Talk," as it was a bit too eighties sounding for my taste. Leave off "Small Talk" and "One Man's Fool" (a track even Tony Banks admitted suffered a bit) and include the unreleased material, and CAS becomes stronger. But no, it wouldn't have affected US sales, as the band had become quite unfashionable around that time, as their manager Tony Smith admitted.
robste 2 years ago
One must sometimes question song choices for Genesis albums. How this and Do The Neurotic could be left off a record is something I'll never comprehend.
GrassySound 2 years ago 8
I totally agree, I feel this way with Paperlate and You Might Recall not being on Abacab. I mean, they chose Who Dunnit over Paperlate or You Might Recall? This song is definatley better than alot on Calling All Stations...I love Congo and The Dividing Line most of all from that short era
TheLurMan1 2 years ago 3
No way! I LOVE "Who Dunnit?"
It's got great keyboard sounds on it & that kick-ass drum loop. I like those other songs too, but you can't have "Abacab" without "Who Dunnit?" It holds the album together & makes it what it is!
To put it in Genesis-ese: "Abacab" without "Who Dunnit?" would be like "Supper's Ready" without "How Dare I Be So Beautiful?" Or "One For The Vine" without the boring sections.
I don't really know or care about Ray Wilson stuff, but don't go trash-talking "Who Dunnit?"
idealtypical 2 years ago
A little story on how "Who Dunnit" was included on "ABACAB" - it was Atlantic Records head Ahmet Ertegun who suggested adding the song to the album at the last second. "You Might Recall" had been intended for "ABACAB," but it was bumped in favor of one of the more polarizing songs in Genesis history. For the record - it's intended to be humorous, and on tour Tony Banks would wear a snorkel while playing it on his Prophet 5 synth. The synth sounds on that track are just......nasty! In a good way!
robste 2 years ago