Genesis Revisited

Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited
Studio album by Steve Hackett
Released	1996
Recorded	1995–96
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	76:43
Label	Camino Records Snapper Music Guardian Records (US)
Producer	Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett chronology
Blues with a Feeling (1995) Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited (1996) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997)

Genesis Revisited, called Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited in the US, was a project put together by Steve Hackett to pay tribute to his former band Genesis. It features songs originally released by Genesis during Hackett's tenure with the group (1971–77). The track "Déjà Vu" was co-written with Peter Gabriel in 1973 during the Selling England by the Pound sessions but not finished and Hackett completed the song for this album. "Waiting Room Only" is a complete reworking of "The Waiting Room", an instrumental from 1974's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. There is also a completely new Hackett song, co-written with keyboardist Jerry Peal: "Valley of the Kings".

Track listing

1. "Watcher of the Skies" (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford) – 8:40
2. "Dance on a Volcano" (Banks, Collins, Hackett, Rutherford) – 7:28
3. "Valley of the Kings" (Jerry Peal, Hackett) – 6:30
4. "Déjà Vu" (Gabriel, Hackett) – 5:55
5. "Firth of Fifth" (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) – 9:40
6. "For Absent Friends" (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) – 3:02
7. "Your Own Special Way" (Rutherford) – 4:19
8. "The Fountain of Salmacis" (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) – 9:54
9. "Waiting Room Only" (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford, Roger King) – 6:53
10. "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) – 5:37
11. "Los Endos" (Banks, Collins, Hackett, Rutherford) – 8:51

Personnel

• Steve Hackett – guitar (1–11), vocals (2, 8, 10), harmonica (9), percussion (11), backing vocals (1, 5), orchestration (1, 4, 5, 6, 8)
• John Wetton – vocals (1, 5), bass (5)
• Paul Carrack – vocals (4, 7)
• Colin Blunstone – vocals (6)
• John Hackett – flute (8)
• Will Bates – saxophone (2, 9, 10)
• Ian McDonald – saxophone (11), flute (11)
• 'Spats' King – vibes (10)
• Julian Colbeck – keyboards (1, 2, 8)
• Roger King – additional programming (1, 4, 5, 8), keyboards (4, 9, 10, 11), orchestration (4, 5), programming (9, 11)
• Ben Fenner – additional programming (1, 4, 8), keyboards (5), orchestration (4, 5, 6), programming (5)
• Nick Magnus – keyboards (3), programming (3)
• Jerry Peal – keyboards (3), programming (3)
• Aron Friedman – orchestration (6, 7), keyboards (7, 10), programming (7), piano forte (10)
• Tony Levin – bass (1)
• Alphonso Johnson – bass (2, 8)
• Pino Palladino – bass (4, 11)
• Bill Bruford – drums (1, 5), percussion (5)
• Chester Thompson – drums (2, 8), additional drums (11)
• Hugo Degenhardt – drums (3, 4, 9, 11)
• Tarquin Bombast – drums (10)
• Richard MacPhail – backing vocals (7)
• Jeanne Downs – backing vocals (7)
• Richard Wayler – backing vocals (7)
• The Sanchez/Montoya Chorale (4, 9)
• Anton De Bruck : chorale director
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

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