TALK TO ME,
YOU NEVER TALK TO ME
OOOH, IT SEEMS THAT I CAN SPEAK,
BUT I CAN HEAR
MY VOICE SHOUTING OUT
BUT THERE'S
NO REPLY AT ALL
Abacab
is the eleventh
studio album
by the English
rock band
released on
September, 18th 1981
by Charisma Records.
After their 1980 tour
in support of their
previous album,
Duke
(1980),
the band took a break
before they reconvened in 1981
to write and record a new album.
Abacab
is the first
Genesis album
recorded at The Farm,
a recording studio
bought by the group
in Chiddingfold, Surrey.
It marked the band's
development from their
progressive roots
into more accessible
and pop-oriented songs,
and their conscious decision
to write songs
unlike their
previous albums.
Abacab
enjoyed a mostly positive reception
from critics and was a
commercial success
for the band,
becoming their
second No. 1 LP
on the
UK Albums Chart
and their first
to reach the top ten
of the US
Billboard 200,
peaking at No. 7.
Genesis
released four singles
from the album,
the most successful being
"Abacab"
and
"No Reply at All".
The album was
certified gold
in the UK
and double platinum
by the Recording Industry
Association of America
for selling two million copies
in the US.
The Abacab Tour
visited North America
and Europe in 1981,
recordings from which
formed most of their
1982 live album
and concert video
Three Sides Live.
Three tracks
left off the album
were released on
the EP 3×3.
Background
In June 1980,
the Genesis line-up of
drummer and singer
Phil Collins,
keyboardist
Tony Banks,
and
guitarist/bassist
Mike Rutherford,
with touring drummer
Chester Thompson
and guitarist and bassist
Daryl Stuermer,
wrapped their
1980 tour of
the United Kingdom
and
North America
in support of their
tenth album,
Duke
(1980).
Following a period of rest,
in November 1980
the band bought
Fisher Lane Farm,
a farmhouse with an
adjoining cowshed
near Chiddingfold, Surrey,
as their new private
rehearsal and recording facility.
In the process of
remodelling the building
into a studio,
the trio reconvened
in the farm house
to write and rehearse
new material,
which initially took place
in the living room,
and they started
recording the album
in March 1981
once the studio
was operational.
Abacab
marks the first
Genesis album
that was recorded in
England
since
A Trick of the Tail
(1976).
The success of Collins's
debut solo album
Face Value
(1981)
had gained momentum
by the recording stage;
Banks claimed it did little
to alter the sound or style
of
Abacab
or the relationship
towards him
or Rutherford
as they had
been friends
for a long time
TRACKLIST
Abacab
No Reply At All
Me And Sarah Jane
Keep It Dark
Dodo - Lurker
Who Dunnit
Man On The Corner
Like It Or Not
Another Record
You Might Recall [*]
Paperlate [*]
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
(Just Vocals) [*]
Abacab
(Torisutan Extended) [*]
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