Platinum Collection
Compilation album by
Released29 November 2004 (UK)
13 September 2005 (US)
Recorded1970–1997
Genre
Length214:29
LabelVirgin (UK)
Atlantic/Rhino (US)
Producer
Genesis chronology
Genesis Archive 2: 1976–1992
(2000)
Platinum Collection
(2004)
Genesis 1976–1982
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Platinum Collection is a career-spanning compilation album by British veteran rock band Genesis. It was released on 29 November 2004 in the UK and 13 September 2005 in the US. In both countries it was issued on the same day as The Video Show DVD.

The set consists of three CDs that serve as an overview of Genesis' career from their early years with Peter Gabriel as lead singer and Anthony Phillips, followed by Steve Hackett, on guitar, continuing through the era with drummer Phil Collins as lead singer, with Hackett departing early in this period, to their most recent recordings with Ray Wilson as lead singer. The collection is mostly sequenced in reverse chronological order except for the most recent track, the title track of the Calling All Stations album, being placed at the end of the first disc. The majority of the tracks were newly remixed by studio collaborator Nick Davis.

Featuring at least one track from every studio album (with the exception of their 1969 debut From Genesis to Revelation) from 1970's Trespass to 1997's Calling All Stations, Platinum Collection stands as the most comprehensive Genesis retrospective available. Upon its release, it reached No. 21 in the UK and No. 100 in the US.

From left to right, the cover features pictures used on the albums We Can't Dance (1991), Nursery Cryme (1971), A Trick of the Tail (1976), Foxtrot (1972), Duke (1980), and Invisible Touch (1986).

A Phil Collins solo career compilation album, also titled Platinum Collection and also consisting of three CDs, had been released earlier in 2004.


Track listing

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

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original recordLength
1."No Son of Mine" We Can't Dance (1991)6:36
2."I Can't Dance" We Can't Dance4:01
3."Jesus He Knows Me" We Can't Dance4:18
4."Hold on My Heart" We Can't Dance4:38
5."Invisible Touch" Invisible Touch (1986)3:28
6."Throwing It All Away" Invisible Touch3:50
7."Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" Invisible Touch (edited version first released on Turn It On Again: The Hits (1999))4:30
8."Land of Confusion" Invisible Touch4:46
9."In Too Deep" Invisible Touch4:57
10."Mama" Genesis (1983)6:49
11."That's All" Genesis4:25
12."Home by the Sea" Genesis5:08
13."Second Home by the Sea" Genesis6:06
14."Illegal Alien" (Nick Davis remix) Genesis5:17
15."Paperlate" (Nick Davis remix) 3×3 (1982)3:24
16."Calling All Stations"Calling All Stations (1997)5:45
Total length:79:16
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original recordLength
1."Abacab" (Nick Davis remix) Abacab (1981)6:55
2."Keep It Dark" (Nick Davis remix) Abacab4:35
3."Turn It On Again" (Nick Davis remix) Duke (1980)3:51
4."Behind the Lines" Duke5:43
5."Duchess" (Nick Davis remix) Duke6:07
6."Misunderstanding" (Nick Davis remix)Phil CollinsDuke3:14
7."Many Too Many" (Nick Davis remix)Banks...And Then There Were Three... (1978)3:35
8."Follow You Follow Me" (Nick Davis remix) ...And Then There Were Three...4:09
9."Undertow" (Nick Davis remix)Banks...And Then There Were Three...4:47
10."...In That Quiet Earth" (Nick Davis remix)
Wind & Wuthering (1976)4:56
11."Afterglow" (Nick Davis remix)BanksWind & Wuthering4:09
12."Your Own Special Way"RutherfordWind & Wuthering6:19
13."A Trick of the Tail" (Nick Davis remix)BanksA Trick of the Tail (1976)4:36
14."Ripples" (Nick Davis remix)
  • Banks
  • Rutherford
A Trick of the Tail8:08
15."Los Endos" (Nick Davis remix)
  • Banks
  • Collins
  • Hackett
  • Rutherford
A Trick of the Tail5:47
Total length:74:11
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Original recordLength
1."The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" (Nick Davis remix)
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)4:50
2."Counting Out Time" (Nick Davis remix)
  • Banks
  • Collins
  • Gabriel
  • Hackett
  • Rutherford
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway3:36
3."The Carpet Crawlers" (Nick Davis remix)
  • Banks
  • Collins
  • Gabriel
  • Hackett
  • Rutherford
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway5:01
4."Firth of Fifth" (Nick Davis remix)
  • Banks
  • Collins
  • Gabriel
  • Hackett
  • Rutherford
Selling England by the Pound (1973)9:29
5."The Cinema Show" (Nick Davis remix)
  • Banks
  • Collins
  • Gabriel
  • Hackett
  • Rutherford
Selling England by the Pound10:49
6."I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" (Nick Davis remix)
  • Banks
  • Collins
  • Gabriel
  • Hackett
  • Rutherford
Selling England by the Pound3:54
7."Supper's Ready"
  • Banks
  • Collins
  • Gabriel
  • Hackett
  • Rutherford
Foxtrot (1972)22:52
8."The Musical Box" (Nick Davis remix)
  • Banks
  • Collins
  • Gabriel
  • Hackett
  • Rutherford
Nursery Cryme (1971)10:24
9."The Knife" (Nick Davis remix)
Trespass (1970)8:53
Total length:77:48

Personnel

Genesis
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[2] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3] 60
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 15
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 27
Italian Albums (FIMI)[7] 52
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8] 24
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[9] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 72
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 21
US Billboard 200[12] 100

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[13] Gold 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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