LIVE OVER EUROPE - 2007

Disc 1

1 -"Duke's Intro" (Behind the Lines/Duke's End) – Manchester – 3:48

2 - "Turn It on Again" – Amsterdam – 4:26

3 -"No Son of Mine" – Amsterdam – 6:57

4 - "Land of Confusion" – Helsinki – 5:11

5 - "In The Cage"/"The Cinema Show"/"Duke's Travels" – Manchester – 13:30

6 - "Afterglow" – Manchester – 4:27

7 - "Hold on My Heart" – Hanover – 5:58

8 - "Home by the Sea"/"Second Home by the Sea" – Düsseldorf (2nd Night) & Rome – 11:58

9 - "Follow You Follow Me" – Paris – 4:19

10 - "Firth of Fifth" [excerpt] – Manchester – 4:39

11 - "I Know What I Like"/"Stagnation"/"I Know What I Like (reprise)" – Manchester – 6:45

Disc 2

1 - "Mama" – Frankfurt – 6:57

2 - "Ripples" – Prague – 7:57

3 - "Throwing It All Away" – Paris – 6:01

4 - "Domino" – Rome – 11:34

5 - "Conversations With 2 Stools" – Munich – 6:48

6 - "Los Endos" – Twickenham – 6:24

7 - "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" [excerpt] – Rome – 3:49

8 - "Invisible Touch" – Rome – 5:35

9 - "I Can't Dance" – Munich – 6:11

10 - "The Carpet Crawlers" – Manchester – 6:00

All songs written by Banks/Collins/Rutherford, except for:

"In the Cage", "The Cinema Show", "Firth of Fifth", "I Know What I Like" and "The Carpet Crawlers" written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford.

"Stagnation" written by Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford.

"Afterglow" written by Banks.

"Ripples" written by Rutherford/Banks.

"Conversations with Two Stools" written by Collins/Thompson.

"Los Endos" written by Banks/Collins/Hackett/Rutherford.

GENESIS:

Phil Collins – lead vocals, percussion, drums

Tony Banks – keyboards, background vocals

Mike Rutherford – bass, 12-string guitar, guitar, background vocals

Daryl Stuermer – guitar, bass, background vocals

Chester Thompson – percussion, drums

By D. Davis (Austin, TX) 

These guys just keep on going! I had the privilege to see them in San Jose during the TIOA tour and they displayed just as much power and majesty as ever before. This newest live album, which is culled from various European gigs, shows just how incredible the guys are, and although they're getting on in years (aren't we all?) their sound is still energetic and timeless.

Notable highlights are Gabriel-era classics such as "In the Cage" and "I Know What I Like", and mainstream hits like "Land of Confusion" and "I Can't Dance." There are even snippets of "Duke's Travels / Duke's Ends" scattered throughout a couple of the medley songs, which was a personal treat for me since "Duke" is one of my favorite albums. The mix is spot on (good rich bass and keys) and Phil's vocals sound as crisp and clear as ever. Tony's keys are still swirling and thundering, and we all know how Mike and Daryl can crank out the guitar magic. Pay close attention to Chester's drumming during "In The Cage", he's hitting those toms like a mad man!

The tour itself was quite magical, as Genesis sold out many dates in Europe and packed houses in the states as well. I'm not sure if we'll see a "Live Over America" album or not, but for those who witnessed the tour this new live album will bring back tons of memories. 2007 has been a great year for Genesis fans: a new tour, this new live album, Encore CD releases, the first of three boxsets released, new books, etc. Hopefully Phil and company will realize the demand for their music is as high as ever, and perhaps another album and / or tour will occur in the future.....:-)

By Chris Jones/BBC - 2007-11-26

For Genesis fans the world over, this year's 'reunion' tour either fulfilled dreams or left them feeling distinctly short-changed. There's an undeniable schism between those who hold the Gabriel-era years as the band's apogee and those who either came to them in their later, commercially successful, period, or just weren’t bothered. Leaving all this aside, Live Over Europe at least attempts to placate both camps, containing as it does a fair smattering of earlier gems amongst the 'hits'.

Covering an age-defying 23 dates in the space of five weeks, Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford (joined by old hands Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson) were never going to be a shabby bunch, musically speaking. This is, after all, still prog, even if it manages to rein itself in for singles such as ''Turn It On Again'', ''Land Of Confusion'' or ''Throwing It All Away'' (a truly underrated piece of pop glory). Covering material from Selling England By The Pound toWe Can't Dance (what, no Calling All Stations?); the band manage to cherry pick just about everything the crowd wanted to hear while shying away from the more gauche excesses of, say, a 20-minute ''Supper’s Ready''. Still, one can't help wonder at the somewhat snide decision that went into choosing to perform what was ex-guitarist Steve Hackett's defining moment on the excerpt from ''Firth Of Fifth''. Old school fans will be wondering what could have been had the 'classic' five piece settled their differences.

Collins' voice seems to have aged well and the playing’s as polished as you could hope for. What then is slightly mysterious is the production. Nick Davis' mixing perhaps strives too hard for audio verité in capturing the sound in all its echo-ey, stadium-filling glory. While good as a live souvenir for someone who was at any of the gigs, for anyone who wasn’t it just sounds a little too muddy and undefined for music this dependent on the skills on offer.

Still, for anyone who saw the spectacle, Live Over Europe will make a fine end-of-year souvenir to find in his or her Xmas stockings.