| Artist: | Genesis |
| Studio: | 15 |
| Live: | 6 |
| Compilation: | 4 |
| Option Name: | Box sets |
| Option: | 10 |
| Ep: | 4 |
| Singles: | 49 |
| Video: | 16 |
| Music Videos: | 31 |
The discography of the British band Genesis contains 15 studio albums, 6 live albums, 3 compilation albums, and 10 box sets. They have sold over 100 million albums worldwide, including around 21.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the United States[1] [2] [3]
Genesis were formed by lead singer Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist / guitarist Mike Rutherford, guitarist Anthony Phillips and drummer Chris Stewart at the Charterhouse School, where they drew on contemporary pop, soul, classical and church music influences to write their own songs. They attracted the interest of former pupil Jonathan King, who signed them to a contract in 1967. Following the failure of the first few singles, and an album, From Genesis to Revelation, the group split from King in 1969, signing with Charisma Records the following year. From then to 1974, Genesis released a studio album around once a year. After several line-up changes, the band stabilised in 1971 after drummer Phil Collins and guitarist Steve Hackett joined Gabriel, Banks and Rutherford. The group established commercial success in the UK with Foxtrot (1972), and with the following year's Selling England by the Pound charting at No. 3.
Genesis survived Gabriel's departure in 1975, with Collins taking over as lead singer, releasing the top three album A Trick of the Tail the following year. Hackett left in 1977, reducing the group to a trio of Banks, Rutherford and Collins. They became more commercially successful in the 1980s and began to have hit singles, reaching a peak with Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance, which both topped the UK charts. After Collins left the band in 1996, the group released one more album, Calling All Stations, before disbanding. They have since reformed for several tours and live albums, most recently in 2021-2022.[4]
All of the group's work since signing to Charisma (since acquired by Virgin Records and then EMI) has been remastered and re-released, and is available on various compilation albums such as and Platinum Collection. The sole exception is pre-Charisma album From Genesis to Revelation, whose copyright is owned by King, which has been reissued several times independently of the rest of the band's releases.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] | AUS [6] | AUT [7] | GER [8] | IT [9] [10] | NL [11] | NOR [12] | NZ [13] | SWE [14] | US [15] | ||||
| From Genesis to Revelation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 170 | |||
| Trespass | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Nursery Cryme |
| 39 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Foxtrot |
| 12 | — | — | 45 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| |
| Selling England by the Pound |
| 3 | 52 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 70 | ||
| The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | 10 | 80 | — | — | 14 | — | — | 34 | — | 41 |
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| A Trick of the Tail |
| 3 | 93 | — | 43 | 4 | 7 | — | 4 | 17 | 31 |
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| Wind & Wuthering |
| 7 | 57 | — | 19 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 26 |
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| ...And Then There Were Three... |
| 3 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 14 | ||
| Duke |
| 1 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
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| Abacab |
| 1 | 18 | — | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 11 | 7 | ||
| Genesis |
| 1 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||
| Invisible Touch |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| We Can't Dance |
| 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Calling All Stations |
| 2 | — | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | — | 11 | 54 |
| |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | GER | IT [31] | NL | NOR | NZ | SWE | US | ||||
| Genesis Live |
| 9 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 105 | ||
| Seconds Out |
| 4 | 74 | — | 17 | 7 | 19 | — | 14 | 26 | 47 |
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| Three Sides Live |
| 2 | 53 | — | 22 | 12 | 6 | 14 | — | 49 | 10 |
| |
| 3 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 18 | — | 2 | 40 | 35 |
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| 1 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 33 | 20 |
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| Live over Europe 2007 |
| 51 | 47 | 47 | 1 | — | 70 | — | — | — | — |
| |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | GER | IT | NL | NOR | NZ | SWE | US | ||||
| Turn It On Again: Best of '81–'83 |
| — | — | — | 8 | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | 98 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 65 |
| ||
| Platinum Collection |
| 21 | — | — | 15 | 52 | 4 | 15 | 24 | — | — |
| |
| The Last Domino? | 9 | — | 36 | 8 | 96 | 68 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [34] | AUS | AUT | GER | IT | NL | ||||
| Genesis Collection Volume One |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Genesis Collection Volume Two |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Genesis Archive 1967–75 |
| 35 | — | — | 75 | — | — | ||
| Genesis Archive #2 1976–92 |
| 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Genesis 1976–1982 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Genesis 1983–1998 |
| — | — | — | 57 | — | — | ||
| Genesis 1970–1975 |
| 151 | — | — | 22 | 96 | 65 | ||
| Genesis Live 1973–2007 |
| — | — | — | 42 | — | — | ||
| R-Kive |
| 7 | — | — | 23 | 26 | 12 |
| |
| BBC Broadcasts |
| 23 | — | — | 3 | — | 11 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | IRE [35] | SWE [36] | |||
| Nursery Cryme |
| — | — | — | |
| Spot the Pigeon |
| 14 | — | 9 | |
| 3×3 |
| 10 | 10 | — | |
| Live at Knebworth |
| — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
| Single | Year | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Silent Sun" | 1968 | From Genesis to Revelation | |
| "A Winter's Tale" | |||
| "Where the Sour Turns to Sweet" | 1969 | From Genesis to Revelation |
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | CAN [37] | GER | IRE | NL [38] | NZ | SWI [39] | US [40] | |||||
| "The Knife" | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Trespass | ||
| "Happy the Man" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Watcher of the Skies" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Foxtrot | ||
| "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" | 1974 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Selling England by the Pound | ||
| "Counting Out Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | |||
| "In the Beginning" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | From Genesis to Revelation | |||
| "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | ||
| "The Carpet Crawlers" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "A Trick of the Tail" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Trick of the Tail | ||
| "Ripples" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Entangled" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Your Own Special Way" | 1977 | 43 | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | Wind & Wuthering | ||
| "Follow You Follow Me" | 1978 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 23 |
| ...And Then There Were Three... | |
| "Many Too Many" | 43 | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Go West Young Man (In the Motherlode)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Albums | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | CAN | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | SWI | US | US Main [41] | ||||
| "Turn It On Again" | 1980 | 8 | — | — | 49 | 66 | 12 | — | — | — | 58 | — | Duke | |
| "Duchess" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Misunderstanding" | 42 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | |||
| "Abacab" | 1981 | 9 | 35 | — | 11 | 28 | 16 | 25 | 50 | — | 26 | 4 | Abacab | |
| "No Reply at All" | — | 74 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 2 | |||
| "Keep It Dark" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Man on the Corner" | 1982 | 41 | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 14 | ||
| "Paperlate" | 10 | 73 | — | 25 | 36 | — | 40 | — | — | 32 | 2 | 3×3 | ||
| "Turn It On Again" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Three Sides Live | ||
| "Mama" | 1983 | 4 | 45 | 10 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 73 | 5 |
| Genesis |
| "That's All" | 16 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 37 | — | 15 | 6 | 2 | |||
| "Home by the Sea" | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 24 | |||
| "Illegal Alien" | 1984 | 46 | — | — | 41 | — | 21 | — | — | — | 44 | 21 | ||
| "Taking It All Too Hard" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 41 | |||
| "Invisible Touch" | 1986 | 15 | 3 | — | 6 | 16 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Invisible Touch |
| "Throwing It All Away" | 22 | 91 | — | 12 | — | 24 | 37 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| "In Too Deep" | 19 | 17 | — | 15 | 55 | 12 | — | 30 | — | 3 | 25 | |||
| "Land of Confusion" | 14 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 11 | |||
| "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" | 1987 | 18 | 93 | — | 19 | 23 | 9 | — | 42 | — | 3 | 9 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | CAN | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | SWI | US | US Main [42] | |||
| "No Son of Mine" | 1991 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 8 | 12 | 3 | We Can't Dance |
| "I Can't Dance" | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | ||
| "Hold on My Heart" | 1992 | 16 | 63 | — | 1 | 45 | 20 | 13 | — | — | 12 | — | |
| "Jesus He Knows Me" | 20 | 56 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 35 | — | 23 | 24 | ||
| "Never a Time" | — | — | — | 9 | 56 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | ||
| "Tell Me Why" | 40 | 110 | — | — | 51 | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Invisible Touch" (live) | 7 | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts | |
| "Congo" | 1997 | 29 | — | — | 28 | 31 | — | — | — | 32 | — | 25 | Calling All Stations |
| "Shipwrecked" | 54 | — | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Not About Us" | 1998 | 66 | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Carpet Crawlers 1999" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Turn It On Again: The Hits |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | US Main [43] | ||||
| "You Might Recall" | 1982 | — | 40 | Three Sides Live | |
| "It's Gonna Get Better" | 1983 | — | 16 | Genesis | |
| "Just a Job to Do" | — | 10 | |||
| "The Last Domino" | 1986 | — | 29 | Invisible Touch | |
| "Anything She Does" | — | 40 | |||
| "Driving the Last Spike" | 1992 | 51 | 25 | We Can't Dance | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
| Title | Album details | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Sides Live | Filmed live at Nassau Coliseum, The Savoy and Birmingham International Arena, November–December 1981. | ||
| The Mama Tour |
| Filmed live at the Birmingham NEC, February 1984. | |
| Visible Touch | Music videos for Invisible Touch album. | ||
| Genesis Videos Volume 1 |
| Compilation of music videos. | |
| Genesis Videos Volume 2 |
| Compilation of music videos. | |
| Invisible Touch Tour |
| Filmed live at Wembley Stadium, July 1987. | |
| Knebworth '90 |
| Filmed live at the 1990 Knebworth Festival, Phil Collins' solo set from the same show was released separately under the same title. | |
| Genesis: A History |
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| The Way We Walk |
| Filmed live at Earls Court, November 1992. | |
| In Concert 1976 |
| Mix of live footage, filmed at Hammersmith Odeon, June 1976, and stock footage set to the music. Originally released in cinemas in January 1977, it was not released on video album until 1994 only in Japan. | |
| The Genesis Songbook |
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| The Way We Walk |
| Re-release, first time on DVD. | |
| Live at Wembley Stadium |
| Re-release of Invisible Touch Tour, first time on DVD. | |
| The Video Show |
| Compilation of music videos. | |
| When in Rome 2007 |
| Filmed live at Circus Maximus, Rome, Italy, July 2007. | |
| The Movie Box 1981–2007 |
| Box set of Three Sides Live (first time on DVD), The Mama Tour (first time on DVD), Live at Wembley Stadium, The Way We Walk and When in Rome 2007. |
| Title | Year | Director | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Robbery, Assault and Battery"< | --This was the first one filmed--> | 1976 | Bruce Gowers | ||||||||||
| "A Trick of the Tail" | |||||||||||||
| "Ripples" | |||||||||||||
| "Follow You Follow Me" | 1978 | B. Rymer | |||||||||||
| "Many Too Many" | Ken O'Neill | ||||||||||||
| "Turn It On Again" | 1980 | Stuart Orme | |||||||||||
| "Duchess" | |||||||||||||
| "Misunderstanding" | |||||||||||||
| "Abacab" | 1981 | B. Rymer | |||||||||||
| "No Reply at All" | Stuart Orme | ||||||||||||
| "Keep It Dark" | |||||||||||||
| "Man on the Corner" | |||||||||||||
| "Mama" | 1983 | ||||||||||||
| "Illegal Alien" | |||||||||||||
| "That's All" | Jim Yukich | ||||||||||||
| "Home by the Sea / Second Home by the Sea" | 1984 | ||||||||||||
| "Invisible Touch" | 1986 | ||||||||||||
| "In Too Deep" | |||||||||||||
| "Throwing It All Away" | |||||||||||||
| "Land of Confusion" | Jim Yukich, John Lloyd | ||||||||||||
| "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" | 1987 | Jim Yukich | |||||||||||
| "Anything She Does" | |||||||||||||
| "No Son of Mine" | 1991 | ||||||||||||
| "I Can't Dance" | |||||||||||||
| "Hold on My Heart" | 1992 | ||||||||||||
| "Jesus He Knows Me" | |||||||||||||
| "Tell Me Why" | 1993 | ||||||||||||
| "Congo" | 1997 | Howard Greenhalgh | |||||||||||
| "Shipwrecked" | Greg Masuak | ||||||||||||
| "Not About Us" | 1998 | Mike Kaufman | |||||||||||
| "The Carpet Crawlers 1999" | 1999 | Tom Baxandall | |||||||||||
| All the music videos are included on The Video Show along with a 1982 Top of the Pops performance of "Paperlate". | |||||||||||||
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