Genesis discography


The discography of the English rock band Genesis contains 15 studio albums, six live albums, three compilation albums and 10 box sets. They have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including about 21.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the United States
Genesis were formed by lead singer Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist / guitarist Mike Rutherford, guitarist Anthony Phillips and drummer Chris Stewart at the Charterhouse School, where they drew on contemporary pop, soul, classical and church music influences to write their own songs. They attracted the interest of former pupil Jonathan King, who signed them to a contract in 1967. Following the failure of the first few singles, and an album, From Genesis to Revelation, the group split from King in 1969, signing with Charisma Records the following year. From then to 1974, Genesis released a studio album around once a year. After several line-up changes, the band stabilised in 1971 after drummer Phil Collins and guitarist Steve Hackett joined Gabriel, Banks and Rutherford. The group established commercial success in the UK with Foxtrot and Selling England by the Pound, with the latter charting at No. 3 and producing their first hit single, "I Know What I Like ".
Genesis survived Gabriel's departure in 1975, with Collins taking over as lead singer, releasing the top three album A Trick of the Tail the following year. Hackett left in 1977, reducing the group to a trio of Banks, Rutherford and Collins. They became more commercially successful and began to have further hit singles, with "Follow You Follow Me" their first UK top ten hit and first US top 40 hit. Beginning with Duke, they had five consecutive studio albums which topped the UK charts, reaching a peak with Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance. After Collins left in 1996, the band released one more album, Calling All Stations, before disbanding. The trio lineup reformed for Turn It On Again: The Tour in 2007 and a farewell tour, The Last Domino? Tour, from 2021 to 2022.
All of the group's work since signing to Charisma was remastered and re-released and is available on various compilation albums such as Turn It On Again: The Hits and Platinum Collection. The sole exception is pre-Charisma album From Genesis to Revelation, whose copyright is owned by King and has been reissued several times independently of the rest of the band's releases.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Box sets

EPs

Singles

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Other charted songs

Videos

Video albums

Music videos

All the music videos are included on the 2004 DVD The Video Show, along with a 1982 Top of the Pops performance of "Paperlate".
TitleYearDirector
"Robbery, Assault and Battery"1976Bruce Gowers
"A Trick of the Tail"1976Bruce Gowers
"Ripples"1976Bruce Gowers
"Follow You Follow Me"1978B. Rymer
"Many Too Many"1978Ken O'Neill
"Turn It On Again"1980Stuart Orme
"Duchess"1980Stuart Orme
"Misunderstanding"1980Stuart Orme
"Abacab"1981B. Rymer
"No Reply at All"1981Stuart Orme
"Keep It Dark"1981Stuart Orme
"Man on the Corner"1981Stuart Orme
"Mama"1983Stuart Orme
"Illegal Alien"1983Stuart Orme
"That's All"1983Jim Yukich
"Home by the Sea / Second Home by the Sea"1984Jim Yukich
"Invisible Touch"1986Jim Yukich
"In Too Deep"1986Jim Yukich
"Throwing It All Away"1986Jim Yukich
"Land of Confusion"1986Jim Yukich, John Lloyd
"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"1987Jim Yukich
"Anything She Does"1987Jim Yukich
"No Son of Mine"1991Jim Yukich
"I Can't Dance"1991Jim Yukich
"Hold on My Heart"1992Jim Yukich
"Jesus He Knows Me"1992Jim Yukich
"Tell Me Why"1993Jim Yukich
"Congo"1997Howard Greenhalgh
"Shipwrecked"1997Greg Masuak
"Not About Us"1998Mike Kaufman
"The Carpet Crawlers 1999"1999Tom Baxandall