Genesis discography

Genesis discography
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Studio albums	15
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	2
Video albums	8
EPs	2
Singles	42
Box sets	8

The following is the discography of the band Genesis. Genesis are a British progressive rock band comprising Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks (with touring members Chester Thompson and Daryl Stuermer) and previously including Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Anthony Phillips, John Mayhew and Ray Wilson, in various periods of their history. Genesis' first album, From Genesis to Revelation, was released in March 1969 and reached its international peak of #170 on the United States' Billboard 200 albums chart. Over the next five years, Genesis released albums in the second half of every year, including two in 1973, as one was a live album. Over this period, the group's fame rose, as did their charting positions. Over time, the group has broken up, changed lineups and taken both short and extended hiatuses.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart position										Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	NLD [6]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	US [10]
1969	From Genesis to Revelation Released: 7 March 1969 Label: Decca Formats: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	170
1970	Trespass Released: 23 October 1970 Label: Charisma Formats: CD, CS, LP	98	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1971	Nursery Cryme Released: 12 November 1971 Label: Charisma Formats: CD, CS, LP	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	FRA: Gold UK: Silver
1972	Foxtrot Released: 6 October 1972 Label: Charisma Formats: CD, CS, LP	12	—	—	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	FRA: Gold UK: Gold
1973	Selling England by the Pound Released: 12 October 1973 Label: Charisma Formats: CD, CS, LP	3	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	70	FRA: Gold UK: Gold US: Gold
1974	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Released: 18 November 1974 Label: Charisma Formats: CD, CS, LP	10	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	41	FRA: Gold UK: Gold US: Gold
1976	A Trick of the Tail Released: 2 February 1976 Label: Charisma Formats: CD, CS, LP	3	93	—	—	43	7	—	17	8	31	FRA: Gold UK: Gold US: Gold
	Wind & Wuthering Released: 27 December 1976[11] Label: Charisma Formats: CD, CS, LP	7	57	—	—	19	15	12	21	7	26	FRA: Gold UK: Gold US: Gold
1978	...And Then There Were Three... Released: 24 March 1978 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, CS, LP	3	12	17	—	2	8	7	22	3	14	FRA: Gold GER: Gold UK: Gold US: Platinum
1980	Duke Released: 28 March 1980 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, CS, LP	1	22	14	4	2	12	4	9	3	11	FRA: Gold UK: Platinum US: Platinum
1981	Abacab Released: 14 September 1981 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, CS, LP	1	18	—	—	6	6	4	11	4	7	FRA: Gold GER: Gold UK: Gold US: 2× Platinum
1983	Genesis Released: 3 October 1983 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, CS, LP	1	41	2	5	1	2	2	12	2	9	FRA: Platinum GER: Platinum UK: 2× Platinum US: 4× Platinum
1986	Invisible Touch Released: 9 June 1986 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, CS, LP	1	3	5	8	2	2	3	4	4	3	FRA: Platinum GER: Platinum UK: 4× Platinum US: 6× Platinum
1991	We Can't Dance Released: 11 November 1991 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, CS, LP	1	8	1	2	1	1	1	4	1	4	FRA: 2× Platinum GER: 5× Platinum UK: 5× Platinum US: 4× Platinum
1997	Calling All Stations Released: 1 September 1997 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, CS, LP	2	—	6	5	2	9	2	11	3	54	FRA: Gold GER: Gold UK: Gold

Live albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart position										Certifications (sales thresholds) [12]
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	NLD [6]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	US [10]
1973	Genesis Live Released: 3 August 1973 Label: Charisma	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	105
1977	Seconds Out Released: 21 October 1977 Label: Atlantic	4	74	—	—	17	19	—	26	12	47	UK: Gold
1982	Three Sides Live Released: 1 June 1982 Label: Atlantic	2	53	—	—	22	6	14	49	20	10	UK: Gold US: Gold
1992	The Way We Walk, Vol I: The Shorts Released: 16 November 1992 Label: Atlantic/Virgin	3	37	8	3	2	18	—	40	4	35	UK: 2× Platinum US: Gold
1993	The Way We Walk, Vol II: The Longs Released: 11 January 1993 Label: Atlantic/Virgin	1	32	12	3	2	5	17	33	3	20	UK: Gold US: Gold
2007	Live over Europe 2007 Released: 26 November 2007 Label: Atlantic/Virgin	51	—	47	93	1	70	—	—	62	—	UK: Silver GER: Gold

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK	GER	US
1991	Turn It on Again - Best of '81-'83 Released: 1991 Label: PolyGram International Format: CD	-	-	-
1999	Turn It On Again: The Hits Released: 25 October 1999 Label: Virgin Format: CD	4	1	65
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK	GER	US
1998	Genesis Archive 1967–75 Released: 22 June 1998 Label: Virgin Format: CD	35	75	—
2000	Genesis Archive 2: 1976–1992 Released: 6 November 2000 Label: Virgin Format: CD	103	—	—
2004	Platinum Collection Released: 29 November 2004 Label: Virgin Format: CD	21	15	100
2007	Genesis 1976–1982 Released: 2 April 2007 Label: EMI Format: CD	—	—	—
	Genesis 1983–1998 Released: 1 October 2007 Label: EMI Format: CD	—	57	—
2008	Genesis 1970–1975 Released: 10 November 2008 Label: EMI Format: CD	151	22	—
2009	Genesis Live 1973–2007 Released: 14 September 2009 Label: Virgin Format: CD	—	42	—
2014	R-Kive Released: 22 September 2014 Label: UMC Format: CD	7	23	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Release date	Album title	UK peak
20 May 1977	Spot the Pigeon	14
10 May 1982	3X3	10

Singles

1960s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Year	Single	Peak chart positions										Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	CAN [13]	FRA [4]	GER [14]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	US [10]
1968	"The Silent Sun"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	From Genesis to Revelation
	"A Winter's Tale"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
1969	"Where the Sour Turns to Sweet"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	From Genesis to Revelation

1970s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Year	Single	Peak chart positions											Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	CAN [13]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	US [10]	US CB[15]
1971	"The Knife" (Part 1)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Trespass
1972	"Happy the Man"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
1974	"I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Selling England by the Pound
	"Counting Out Time"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1975	"The Carpet Crawlers"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976	"Entangled"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	A Trick of the Tail
	"A Trick of the Tail"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	"Your Own Special Way"	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	62	87	Wind & Wuthering
	Spot the Pigeon (EP)[note 1]	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	—	—	Spot the Pigeon
1978	"Follow You Follow Me"	7	16	15	25	—	8	—	—	5	23	22	...And Then There Were Three...
	"Many Too Many"	43	—	—	—	—	41	—	—	—	—	—
	"Go West Young Man (In the Motherlode)"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1980s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Year	Single	Peak chart positions											Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	CAN [13]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	US [10]	US CB [15]
1980	"Turn It On Again"	8	2	—	—	—	66	—	—	—	58	55	Duke
	"Duchess"	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Misunderstanding"	42	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	14	14
1981	"Abacab"	9	35	—	11	—	28	8	—	—	26	40	Abacab
	"No Reply at All"	—	74	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	29	28
	"Keep It Dark"	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982	"Man on the Corner"	41	—	—	28	—	—	—	—	—	40	45
	"Paperlate"[note 2]	10	73	—	25	—	36	—	—	—	32	31	3X3
1983	"Mama"	4	45	10	43	3	4	3	2	2	73	60	Genesis
	"That's All"	16	62	19	14	—	27	—	—	15	6	10
	"Home by the Sea"	—	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	"Illegal Alien"	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	49
	"Taking It All Too Hard"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50	49
1986	"Invisible Touch"	15	3	—	6	—	16	—	—	13	1	1	Invisible Touch
	"Throwing It All Away"	22	91	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	4	3
	"Land of Confusion"	14	21	27	8	—	7	—	10	8	4	5
1987	"In Too Deep"	19	17	—	15	—	55	—	—	—	3	4
	"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"	18	93	—	19	—	23	—	—	—	3	3

1990s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Year	Single	Peak chart positions											Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	CAN [13]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	US [10]	US CB [15]
1991	"No Son of Mine"	6	29	7	1	13	3	4	13	8	12	6	We Can't Dance
	"I Can't Dance"	7	7	2	3	9	4	—	13	8	7	3
1992	"Hold on My Heart"	16	63	—	1	19	45	—	—	—	12	11
	"Jesus He Knows Me"	20	56	26	11	27	13	—	38	—	23	16
	"Never a Time"	—	—	—	9	—	56	—	—	—	21	19
	"Invisible Touch" (Live)	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts
1993	"Tell Me Why"	40	—	—	—	27	51	—	—	—	—	—	We Can't Dance
1997	"Congo"	29	—	35	28	—	31	—	—	32	—	—	Calling All Stations
	"Shipwrecked"	54	—	—	—	—	82	—	—	—	—	—
1998	"Not About Us"	66	—	—	—	—	81	—	—	—	—	—
1999	"The Carpet Crawlers 1999"	—	—	—	—	—	72	—	—	—	—	—	Turn It On Again: The Hits

2000s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Year	Single	Peak chart positions										Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	CAN [13]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	US [10]
2006	"The Silent Sun 2006"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single

1. Spot the Pigeon was a 3-track EP containing the songs "Match of the Day", "Pigeons" and "Inside and Out".
2. In the United Kingdom, "Paperlate" was the lead track on the 3×3 EP. The record appeared in the UK singles chart as 3×3 (EP) and Paperlate (EP).

Video albums

Year	Title
1976	Genesis: In Concert
1982	Three Sides Live
1984	The Mama Tour
2002	The Way We Walk – Live in Concert
2003	Genesis Live at Wembley Stadium
2004	The Video Show
2008	When in Rome 2007
2009	Genesis The Movie Box

References

1. "Artist Chart History: Genesis". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
2. Genesis chart positions in Australia:
   • Pre-1989 positions and below top 50 peaks after 1989: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
   • All top 50 positions after 1989: "Discography Genesis" (ASP). Australian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
3. "Austria Album Chart". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
4. "French Album Chart". lescharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
5. "Chartverfolgung / GENESIS / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
6. "Dutch Album Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
7. "Norwegian Album Chart". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
8. "Swedish Album Chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
9. "Swiss Album Chart". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
10. "Artist Chart History - Genesis". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
11. Gallo, Armando (1980). I Know What I Like. Los Angeles: D.I.Y Books. p. 161. ISBN 0-283-98703-0.
12. "RIAA Gold & Platinum Awards". riaa.com. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
13. "RPM Search Engine" (PHP). Library and Archives Canada. 31 March 2004.
14. "Chartverfolgung / GENESIS / Single". Music Line (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
15. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Joe Whitburn's Cash Box Pop Hits, 1952-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 158. ISBN 0-89820-209-4.