Live Over Europe 2007 (2008)
Disc 1
1.Duke's Intro
2.Turn it on Again
3.No Son of Mine
4.Land of Confusion
5.In the Cage/The Cinema Show/Duke's Travels
6.Afterglow
7.Hold on my Heart
8.Home By the Sea
9.Follow You, Follow Me
10.Firth of Fifth
11.I Know What I Like
Disc 2
1.Mama
2.Ripples
3.Throwing it All Away
4.Domino
5.Conversations with Two Stools
6.Los Endos
7.Tonight Tonight Tonight
8.Invisible Touch
9.I Can't Dance
10.The Carpet Crawlers
 
Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford wisely
decided to retire the band after attempting to go forward without Phil
Collins on the failed Calling All Stations in
1997. Since then, the band had a brief "non musical" reunion (along with Peter
Gabriel, Steve Hackett, John Silver and Ant Phillips) and actually rerecorded The
Carpet Crawlers for their compilation Turn it On Again: The Hits, but they all
left any future plans up in the air. Rumors, of course were bound to
swirl and that is, in fact, what happened. When a reunion was
finally agreed on, it was decided that the "trio" version of the lineup
with Banks, Collins and Rutherford would embark on a 40 show tour across
Europe and North America.
The tour was a huge success and the complete show is featured on this
two disc compilation. As the title states, they focus on the Europe
shows, pulling in the best performances from different concerts. This
is the whole show minus any between song chatter. Even though Genesis
has been overly generous with releasing live material from their
history, this one is especially welcome since it is a complete
performance, and also the fact that they sound so sharp. True, most of
the material is tuned down a bit to lower keys to better accompany the aged
vocals, but that is only noticed by the trained ear (most people couldn't
care less anyway). They also bring along veterans Daryl Steurmer and
Chester Thompson, the "unofficial" 4th and 5th members of the live band
that have been intact since 1978.
Of course, with no new material, there are no "surprises" here
either. Every song has been released in a live version at some point in
the band's history, although a couple of the medleys have been slightly
modified. This could have been the setlist for the last time the
band played together in 1992. Fortunately, unlike the 1992 tour, the
band digs a bit deeper into their archive to play more of their older
material. Hardcore fans will want to also (or maybe "instead") pick up
the DVD of the tour that was performed in Rome. The stage was truly
incredible and made for a great concert to watch as well as listen.
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