Genesis is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released on 3 October 1983 by Charisma and Virgin Records. Following the band’s tour in support of their 1982 live album Three Sides Live, Genesis took an eight-month break before they regrouped in the spring of 1983 to record a new studio album, their first since Abacab (1981). It marks their first written, recorded, and mixed in its entirety at their own recording facility named The Farm. Its title derives from the fact that the album was written collectively. According to AllMusic, the album established that Genesis were “now primarily a pop band”, although “art rock functions as coloring”.<\/p>\n
Genesis was a commercial success upon its release. The album reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 9 on the US Billboard 200, where it sold over 4 million copies. Five singles were released between 1983 and 1984, with “Mama” being the band’s highest-charting single in the UK at \u2009No.\u2009 4. Genesis was remastered in 2007 with new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes as part of the Genesis 1983\u20131998 box set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Genesis is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released on 3 October 1983 by Charisma and Virgin Records. Following the band’s tour in support of their 1982 live album Three Sides Live, Genesis took an eight-month break before they regrouped in the spring of 1983 to record a new studio album, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":8682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[1,18],"class_list":["post-8681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesis","tag-international-rock","tag-progressive-rock"],"yoast_head":"\n