De 3CD set R-Kive (spreek uit: Archive) is de eerste complete, career-spanning compilatie van Genesis. Met zowel tracks uit de vroegere jaren met Peter Gabriel als zanger, als de periode met de vele hits. Toen Phil Collins naast de drums ook de zang voor zijn rekening nam. Zelfs het eenmalige uitstapje met Ray Wilson als zanger wordt niet overgeslagen.
Naast een bloemlezing uit het gehele Genesis oeuvre, die ruim vier decennia beslaat, bevat deze release ook solo tracks van alle 5 de originele leden.
De originele incarnatie van Genesis kenmerkte zich door de extravagante en theatrale verschijning van Peter Gabriel, in combinatie met de zeer bekwame muzikale kwaliteiten van Collins, Banks, Rutherford en Hackett. Toen Phil Collins de rol van frontman overnam na het vertrek van Gabriel en de band gereduceerd was tot een trio bereikte de band zijn commerciele hoogtepunt met hits als Mama, That’s All, Land Of Confusion en I Can’t Dance.
Los van het succes met Genesis hadden de leden ook individueel succes, met name Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins en Mike Rutherford (met zijn Mike + The Mechanics) wisten een flinke serie succesvolle solo albums en hits op hun naam te zetten..
Tracklist
1-1 –Genesis The Knife 8:54
1-2 –Genesis The Musical Box 10:25
1-3 –Genesis Supper's Ready 23:04
1-4 –Genesis The Cinema Show 10:50
1-5 –Genesis I Know What I Like (In The Wardrobe) 4:09
1-6 –Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4:54
1-7 –Genesis Back In N.Y.C 5:39
1-8 –Genesis Carpet Crawlers 5:15
1-9 –Steve Hackett Ace Of Wands
Bass – Mike Rutherford
Drums, Percussion – Phil Collins
Producer, Engineer, Keyboards – John Acock
Producer, Flute, Synthesizer – Steve Hackett
5:24
2-1 –Genesis Ripples 8:04
2-2 –Genesis Afterglow 4:11
2-3 –Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill
Bass, Tuba, Leader [Of The Barbershop Quartet] – Tony Levin
Drums – Allan Schwartzberg
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar – Steve Hunter
Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Banjo – Robert Fripp
Engineer – Brian Christian
Keyboards – Jozef Chirowski
Percussion, Effects [Synthibam], Bones – Jimmy Maelen
Producer – Bob Ezrin
Synthesizer, Programmed By – Larry Fast
Vocals, Keyboards, Flute, Recorder, Piano – Peter Gabriel
4:23
2-4 –Genesis Follow You Follow Me 4:00
2-5 –Tony Banks For A While
Drums, Percussion – Chester Thompson
Engineer – David Bascombe
Producer – Tony Banks
Producer, Engineer – David Hentschel
Vocals – Kim Beacon
3:39
2-6 –Steve Hackett Every Day
Bass, Vocals – Dik Cadbury
Drums, Percussion – John Shearer
Keyboards – Nick Magnus
Producer – Steve Hackett
Producer, Engineer – John Acock
Vocals – Pete Hicks
6:11
2-7 –Peter Gabriel Biko
Bass – John Giblin
Drums, Percussion – Jerry Marotta
Engineer – Hugh Padgham
Guitar, Backing Vocals – David Rhodes
Percussion – Morris Pert
Producer – Steve Lillywhite
Surdo [Surdu] – Phil Collins
Synthesizer – Larry Fast
Vocals [Screeches] – Dave Ferguson*
Vocals, Piano, Synth, Drum [Pattern], Percussion – Peter Gabriel
7:28
2-8 –Genesis Turn It On Again 3:51
2-9 –Phil Collins In The Air Tonight
Bass – John Giblin
Guitar – Daryl Stuermer
Producer – Phil Collins
Producer [Assisted], Engineer – Hugh Padgham
Violin – L Shankar*
5:30
2-10 –Genesis Abacab 7:01
2-11 –Genesis Mama 6:48
2-12 –Genesis That's All 4:25
2-13 –Phil Collins Easy Lover
Bass – Nathan East
Guitar – Daryl Stuermer
Keyboards – Lesette Wilson
Producer – Phil Collins
Vocals – Philip Bailey
5:02
2-14 –Mike + The Mechanics* Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
Drums – Peter Van Hooke
Keyboards – Adrian Lee
Producer – Christopher Neil
Vocals – Paul Carrack, Paul Young (2)
5:47
3-1 –Genesis Invisible Touch 3:29
3-2 –Genesis Land Of Confusion 4:46
3-3 –Genesis Tonight Tonight Tonight 8:52
3-4 –Mike + The Mechanics* The Living Years
Drums – Peter Van Hooke
Keyboards – Adrian Lee
Producer – Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford
Vocals – Paul Carrack, Paul Young (2)
5:24
3-5 –Tony Banks Red Day On Blue Street
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar – Daryl Stuermer
Percussion – Luis Jardim
Producer – Tony Banks
Producer, Engineer – Nick Davis
Saxophone – Martin Robertson
Vocals – Nick Kershaw*
5:49
3-6 –Genesis I Can't Dance 4:01
3-7 –Genesis No Son Of Mine 6:39
3-8 –Genesis Hold On My Heart 4:36
3-9 –Mike + The Mechanics* Over My Shoulder
Drums – Gary Wallis
Producer – Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford
Vocals – Paul Young (2)
Vocals, Keyboards – Paul Carrack
3:35
3-10 –Genesis Calling All Stations 5:46
3-11 –Peter Gabriel Signal To Noise
Arranged By [Strings] – Will Gregory
Dhol [Drums] – The Dhol Foundation
Drums – Steve Gadd
Engineer – Richard Chappell
Guitar, Backing Vocals – David Rhodes
Orchestrated By – Nick Ingham*
Producer, Arranged By [Strings], Vocals, Sampler [Oxford Backwards Samples], Sampler [MPC Groove], Mellotron, Effects [Sansamp], Keyboards [Bass Keys] – Peter Gabriel
Programmed By – Richard Chappell
Strings – The London Session Orchestra
Vocals [Additional] – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
7:32
3-12 –Phil Collins Wake Up Call
Engineer, Mixed By – Allen Sides
Guitar – Tim Pierce
Producer – Rob Cavallo
Programmed By [Additional] – James Sanger
5:14
3-13 –Steve Hackett Nomads
Bass – Chris Squire, Nick Beggs
Engineer, Keyboards, Programmed By – Roger King
Producer – Steve Hackett
4:39
3-14 –Tony Banks Siren
Conductor – Paul Englishby
Engineer – Nick Wollage
Orchestra – The City Of Prague Philharmonic
Producer – Tony Banks
Producer, Engineer – Nick Davis
Saxophone – Martin Robinson*
8:49
