 | Genesis We Can't Dance
2.6
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| Ranking: #70 for 1991 | |
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| 3.5 great | Resident Metalhead Piranha | March 27th 17 |
"Fading Lights" closes the curtain in appropriate fashion for the Collins-era Genesis and what I believe is a solid effort in their catalog. Surely, they've moved very far from their prog roots even before this point, but this album shows their edge for pop-flared rock tunes such as "No Son of Mine" and "Driving The Last Spike," and tunes like "Dreaming While You Sleep" and "Fading Lights" show us how their talent for crafting long songs never went away. Phil's vocals were also spot-on for the time, perhaps some of his best throughout his lengthy career, and the production values have aged well, carrying off a fairly vibrant sound with nice textures to the unique drum sound and keyboard work. Sure, several of these tunes don't work well ("Since I Lost You," "Tell Me Why," and "Never a Time" in particular), but it still makes for a good swansong to 'Genesis.'
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| 0.0 | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 3.0 good | manosg EMERITUS | June 3rd 19 |
A step down compared to Invisible Touch, but still an enjoyable listen containing solid pop songs. Its biggest flaws are, maybe, its running time and the Genesis moniker on the cover.
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| 3.5 great | mandan | April 24th 13 |
Even if the album has interesting moments, it lacks some of the punch that made earlier Collins-Era works worthwhile. Had this album had fewer balladry and more attitude, it could've been better. Collins did well in leaving the band after this.
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| 2.0 poor | Gerkuman | December 18th 12 |
There are the makings of a good EP in this Album. A very good EP in fact. The first four tracks work well, though most of them don't sound like the Genesis of Abacab, let alone the Genesis of old. Even so, they do their job well and three of them made good singles. But the rest of the album is a boring slush; either toothless ballads or pale imitations of their 80's experimental pop. It might be sensible to boot up iTunes, download the first couple of tracks (and possibly the final track Fading Lights) and pretend that it was released that way.
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| 2.5 average | AvantSeventier | January 2nd 12 |
I don't think that even Genesis' die hard fans like so much this album, I'm SO open-mind when a band have changes in his career (members, sound, lyrics etc.) I don't matter so much if They sound Pop or Progressive, but, definitely "We Can't Dance" is (in my opinion) the worst album in Phil Collins-Genesis' career (If You got the idea). Ballads might catch You and Poppy songs that don't have many sense too. But the rest of album has a 'strange mix up' between "Pop and Progressive" sound. I'm still prefering 80's albums ("Abacab" and "Invisible Touch"). songs as JHKM and NSOM might 'fool' Amateur listeners that think this album would be great.
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| 1.5 very poor | clairvoyant | March 16th 07 |
Nothing but pop boredom on this one. While the 80s output of Genesis was strung with uninspired prog songs and classic pop songs, this whole album in general is a complete reversal of what saw on such albums like Invisible Touch and Abacab. The pop songs here are extremely boring, whereas the very few prog tracks are of a very high quality. We Can't Dance, Hold On My Heart, and Never A Time are all sleepers that couldn't find a catchy hook to save their lives. No Son Of Mine seems like it could improve, but once again falters. Although Jesus He Knows Me is a fun track that is definitely one of the best of the album, it is still no Land Of Confusion or That's All. The shining star here though, is Fading Lights, the best progressive track released by Genesis since 1980's Duke's Travels/Duke's End. I advise staying away from this album, unless you are dying to hear Fading Lights and can't find the song anywhere.
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| 3.0 good | Lani | April 16th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Verdr | March 30th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Rick64 | January 21st 24 |
| 3.0 good | fenman | January 18th 24 |
| 2.0 poor | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | July 5th 23 |
| 3.0 good | coopj | June 18th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Timmy | January 11th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Djokoll | September 14th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 17th 22 |
| 2.5 average | boleyn2 | February 8th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Juuso | February 7th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Maahnt | February 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | CalinD | December 10th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Titan | September 13th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Source | July 4th 20 |
| 3.5 great | gk1979 | June 30th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Gustav | February 29th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Drbebop | December 2nd 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Elynna | November 24th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | Bossie | October 12th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Macck | May 12th 19 |
| 3.0 good | dlbk03 | April 16th 19 |
| 2.5 average | BoiBoi | March 11th 19 |
| 3.0 good | wrax | March 10th 19 |
| 2.5 average | inthox | November 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | nhanna45 | September 29th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Boaz | June 30th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Benman | February 24th 18 |
| 2.5 average | ElSomni | December 19th 17 |
| 3.0 good | wg98 | November 30th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Scoob | September 16th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | bbgames | August 23rd 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | GazAldo | July 23rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | bbejta | June 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | igi78 | April 17th 17 |
| 2.5 average | solrage | December 9th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | KyleW | December 2nd 16 |
| 2.5 average | valis61 | November 14th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Jetrix | November 4th 16 |
| 2.5 average | DaveD | August 18th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Xinlo | July 21st 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Ire | May 12th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Robbit | May 7th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | EBM | April 9th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Sebe | March 27th 16 |
| 3.5 great | DarthGL | December 22nd 15 |
| 2.5 average | btati | November 12th 15 |
| 3.0 good | e210013 | September 28th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Superb | March 11th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Abraxas | January 20th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Beats59 | November 1st 14 |
| 2.5 average | Lassie | October 15th 14 |
| 3.0 good | bjb | October 8th 14 |
| 2.5 average | coolray | August 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | micah68 | July 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | CRX | June 13th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Lilt98 | April 20th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | bing93 | January 19th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Mootgut | December 28th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Nadin3 | November 30th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | denislg | September 25th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Grimsby | September 16th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Diachy | August 14th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Kalhur | August 12th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | YaelPol | August 11th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Ugrak | June 12th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Hsur | May 31st 13 |
| 2.0 poor | ramon | May 15th 13 |
| 2.5 average | goguey | April 18th 13 |
| 3.0 good | kual21 | March 30th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | SmersH | March 5th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | CK | March 4th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Srglvrz | February 5th 13 |
| 3.0 good | JS19 | February 3rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | sodas | January 11th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Minion | November 24th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Drunb | October 17th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | Noakesy | October 15th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Cru | July 7th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Host78 | March 20th 12 |
| 2.5 average | cmclay | February 22nd 12 |
| 3.0 good | Weed | December 6th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | KILL | September 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mvdu | August 18th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Totes | July 20th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Polvo | July 20th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | true | July 13th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | nkbr | April 10th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Jumaos | March 27th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Ricpru | February 19th 11 |
| 2.5 average | iemona | December 5th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Aids | October 11th 10 |
| 3.0 good | mppwns | September 20th 10 |
| 2.5 average | morrissey EMERITUS | August 31st 10 |
| 3.0 good | KP23 | May 18th 10 |
| 3.5 great | FLRTE | March 11th 10 |
| 3.0 good | CutMan | February 21st 10 |
| 3.5 great | lkd | December 25th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | kromml | December 24th 09 |
| 2.5 average | wilde | November 20th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Gbhill | April 11th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Maz | November 29th 07 |
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