Genesis Files

by Steve Hackett

Genesis Files cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 8 October 2002
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:59:32
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Genesis Files' is a compilation by Steve Hackett, drawing together progressive rock material in a single archival collection. Its writing and arrangement foreground melodic, guitar led playing, keeping the focus on the sound and construction of the material itself.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitars, rhythmic, progressive, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Firth Of Fifth (9:40)
  2. Watcher Of The Skies (8:39)
  3. Riding The Colossus (4:08)
  4. Rise Again (4:26)
  5. Valley Of The Kings (6:31)
  6. Time Lapse At Milton Keynes (3:56)
  7. Your Own Special Way (4:17)
  8. The Fountain Of Salmacis (9:54)
  9. For Absent Friends (3:03)
  10. Twice Around The Sun (7:15)
  11. Horizons (1:44)
  12. Prizefighters (5:16)
  13. Camino Royale (8:46)
  14. I Know What I Like (5:24)
  15. Deja Vu (5:53)
  16. Waiting Room Only (6:51)
  17. Dance On A Volcano (7:28)
  18. The Steppes (5:41)
  19. In That Quiet Earth (3:57)
  20. Los Endos (6:43)

Credits

  • Steve Hackett - primary artist, guitar, vocals, performer [himself], harmonica, percussion
  • John Wetton - bass, vocals
  • Ian McDonald - flute, keyboards, saxophone
  • Roger King - keyboards, programmed by [additional programming], drum programming [virtual drums]
  • Nick Magnus - keyboards, programmed by, drum programming [virtual drums]
  • Jerry Peal - keyboards, programmed by
  • 'Spats' King - vibraphone [vibes]

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