Track Listing
“Watcher of the Skies” (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford) – 8:40
“Dance on a Volcano” (Banks, Collins, Hackett, Rutherford) – 7:28
“Valley of the Kings” (Hackett) – 6:30
“Déjà Vu” (Gabriel, Hackett) – 5:55
“Firth of Fifth” (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) – 9:40
“For Absent Friends” (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) – 3:02
“Your Own Special Way” (Rutherford) – 4:19
“The Fountain of Salmacis” (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) – 9:54
“Waiting Room Only” (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford, Roger King) – 6:53
“I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)” (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) – 5:37
“Los Endos” (Banks, Collins, Hackett, Rutherford) – 8:51
Some versions included “Riding The Colossus” instead of Los Endos
Genesis Revisited also known as Watcher Of The Skies (Genesis Revisited) was released in the UK on the 22nd September 1997.
Japan & SE: Asia Mercury Records cat. no. PHCR1454
Argentina: Big Bear Records cat. no. KUDOSCD003
Europe: Reef Recordings cat no. SRECD704
SA & Canada: Guardian Records cat. no. 7243 8 21943-2 3
Re released on Snapper Classics cat.no SDPCD126 in the latter part of 2003.
Personnel
Steve Hackett – guitar (1-11), vocals (2, 8, 10), harmonica (9), percussion (11), backing vocals (1, 5), orchestration (1, 4, 5, 6, 8)
John Wetton – vocals (1, 5), bass (5)
Bill Bruford – drums (1, 5), percussion (5)
Tony Levin – bass (1)
Julian Colbeck – keyboards (1, 2, 8)
Roger King – additional programming (1, 4, 5, 8), keyboards (4, 9, 10, 11), orchestration (4, 5), programming (9, 11)
Ben Fenner – additional programming (1, 4, 8), keyboards (5), orchestration (4, 5, 6), programming (5)
Chester Thompson – drums (2, 8), additional drums (11)
Alphonso Johnson – bass (2, 8)
Will Bates – saxophone (2, 9, 10)
Nick Magnus – keyboards (3), programming (3)
Jerry Peal – keyboards (3), programming (3)
Hugo Degenhardt – drums (3, 4, 9, 11)
Paul Carrack – vocals (4, 7)
Pino Palladino – bass (4, 11)
The Sanchez/Montoya Chorale (4, 9)
Colin Blunstone – vocals (6)
Aron Friedman – orchestration (6, 7), keyboards (7, 10), programming (7), piano forte (10)
Richard MacPhail – backing vocals (7)
Jeanne Downs – backing vocals (7)
Richard Wayler – backing vocals (7)
John Hackett – flute (8)
Tarquin Bombast – drums (10)
‘Spats’ King – vibes (10)
Ian McDonald – saxophone (11), flute (11)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Production
Arranged By, Conductor [The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] – Matt Dunkley
Composed By – Genesis (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 8, 10)
Engineer – Ben Fenner, Roger King
Engineer [Add’l Engineering] – Gerry O’Riordan, Jerry Peal
Mixed By – Roger King (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 11)
Producer – Steve Hackett
Recording Information
Recorded and mixed in The Basement, Twickenham
Additional recording at Westside, Matrix, RG Jones & The Farm, Nashville.
Album Artwork design
Artwork By [Cover Artwork, Genesis Revisited’] – Kim Poor
Artwork By [Design] – Lippa Pearce
Photography [Additional] – Paul Clark
Notes: A small tour of Japan in December 1996 was used to promote the album, this was released later as “The Tokyo Tapes” in 1998.
