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Released
  
1996

Length
  
76:43

Release date
  
1996

Label
  
Mercury Records

Recorded
  
1995–96

Artist
  
Steve Hackett

Producer
  
Steve Hackett

Genre
  
Progressive rock

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Watcher of the Skies Genesis Revisited (1996)
  
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997)

Similar
  
Steve Hackett albums, Progressive rock albums

Steve hackett watcher of the skies


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 mainly features songs originally released by Genesis during Hackett's tenure with the group (1971–77). The previously unreleased song "Déjà Vu" was started by Peter Gabriel in 1973 during the Selling England by the Pound sessions but not finished and Hackett completed the song for this album. There are also two new songs, "Valley of the Kings" and "Waiting Room Only"; the latter is named after and loosely inspired by "The Waiting Room", an instrumental from the 1974 Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

Contents

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" (Hackett, 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 (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)

    • Songs

    1Watcher of the Skies8:40
    2Your Own Special Way4:18
    3Dance on a Volcano7:29

    References

    Genesis Revisited Wikipedia
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