Abacab

{| align=right border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=225 !align="center" bgcolor="orange" style="color:black"; colspan="3"|''Abacab'' |- |align="center" colspan="3"| |- !align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by Genesis (band) |- !align="left" valign="top"|Released |align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|September 14, 1981 |- !align="left" valign="top"|Recorded |align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|May-June 1981 |- !align="left" valign="top"|Musical genre |align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|Progressive Rock |- !align="left" valign="top"|Length |align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|47 Minutes 04 Seconds |- !align="left" valign="top"|Record label |align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|Atlantic Records |- !align="left" valign="top"|Record producer |align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|Genesis (band) |- !align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews |- !align="left" valign="top"|All Music Guide |valign="top" align=center|4.5/5 |valign="top"|[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2EBB580ECCC8EE56F89067373E89E4A664285E36&uid=MIDMR0410211334&sql=10:qt4uaknk5m3n~T1 link] |- !bgcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"|Genesis Chronology |-align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:80%;" |''Duke (album)''
(1980) |''Abacab''
(1981) |''Three Sides Live''
(1982) |} ''Abacab'' is a 1981 in music studio album by United Kingdom progressive rock band Genesis (band). The album marked a sharp stylistic jump — begun by the band on its preceding album ''Duke (album)'' — away from their progressive rock style of the 1970s and toward a more Music radio-friendly pop music sound. The title track, "No Reply At All", and "Man on the Corner" were all respectable hits as singles. The album hit UK # 1 and US # 7, selling several million copies worldwide. Another noteworthy element of ''Abacab'' is drummer Phil Collins' further refinement of his distinctive drum sound, involving reverberation, noise gates and Audio level compression in order to achieve inordinately loud and authoritative percussion. This continued a trend Collins began on his Solo (music) hit single "In the Air Tonight", as well as the song "Intruder" from former bandmate Peter Gabriel's third album. On ''Abacab'', most of the tracks feature gated drums, and the sound would reach the apex of its expression on the single "Mama" from the followup to this album, 1983 in music's ''Genesis''. Collins' drum sound would become so heavily imitated throughout the 1980s that Collins later would openly express his annoyance over it. The album takes its name from an early arrangement of the musical parts that make up the title track. "There were three bits of music in Abacab, and we referred to them as 'section a', 'section b', and 'section c'...and at different times, they were in different order. We'd start with 'section a' and then have 'section c'...and at one point in time, it spelled Abacab. On the final version, it's not that it all, it's like 'Accaabbaac'." - Mike Rutherford. ==Track listing== #"Abacab" (Banks, Collins, Rutherford) - 7:02 #"No Reply At All" (Banks, Collins, Rutherford) - 4:41 #"Me and Sarah Jane" (Banks) - 6:00 #"Keep It Dark" (Banks, Collins, Rutherford) - 4:34 #"Dodo/Lurker" (Banks, Collins, Rutherford) - 7:30 #"Who Dunnit?" (Banks, Collins, Rutherford) - 3:22 #"Man on the Corner" (Collins) - 4:27 #"Like It or Not" (Rutherford) - 4:58 #"Another Record" (Banks, Collins, Rutherford) - 4:30 ==Personnel== Genesis *Tony Banks - keyboard instrument, vocals *Phil Collins - percussion, drums, vocals *Mike Rutherford - bass guitar, guitar Additional personnel *Earth, Wind & Fire - horns ==Production== *Producer: Genesis *Engineer: Hugh Padgham *Arranger: Tom Tom 84 *Artwork: Bill Smith ==Charts== Album {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|1981 |align="left"|Pop Albums |align="left"|7 |- |align="left"|1984 |align="left"|The Billboard 200 |align="left"|168 |- |} Singles {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|1981 |align="left"|"Abacab" |align="left"|Mainstream Rock |align="left"|4 |- |align="left"|1981 |align="left"|"No Reply At All" |align="left"|Mainstream Rock |align="left"|2 |- |align="left"|1981 |align="left"|"No Reply At All" |align="left"|Pop Singles |align="left"|29 |- |align="left"|1982 |align="left"|"Abacab" |align="left"|Club Play Singles |align="left"|43 |- |align="left"|1982 |align="left"|"Abacab" |align="left"|Pop Singles |align="left"|26 |- |align="left"|1982 |align="left"|"Man On The Corner" |align="left"|Mainstream Rock |align="left"|14 |- |align="left"|1982 |align="left"|"Man On The Corner" |align="left"|Pop Singles |align="left"|40 |- |} Genesis albums1981 albums Atlantic Records albums

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