This is a discography of Genesis albums and includes sales and chart figures. The discography does not include solo efforts and projects outside of the band by individual members.
Album | Year | Worldwide Sales | Charts (album) | Singles | Charts (single) |
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From Genesis to Revelation | 1969 | 2,000,000 | US# 170 | — | — |
Trespass | 1970 | 2,000,000 | UK# 98 | — | — |
Nursery Cryme | 1971 | 3,000,000 | UK# 39 | — | — |
Foxtrot | 1972 | 3,000,000 | UK# 12 | — | — |
Genesis Live | 1973 | 3,000,000 | UK# 9 US# 105 |
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Selling England by the Pound | 1973 | 5,000,000 | UK# 3 US# 70 |
"I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" | UK# 21 |
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | 1974 | 4,000,000 | UK# 10 US# 41 |
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A Trick of the Tail | 1976 | 5,000,000 | UK# 3 US# 31 |
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Wind & Wuthering | 1976 | 4,000,000 | UK# 7 US# 26 |
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Seconds Out | 1977 | 5,000,000 | UK# 4 US# 47 |
"Spot the Pigeon" (non-album EP) | UK# 14 |
...And Then There Were Three... | 1978 | 6,000,000 | UK# 3 US# 14 |
"Follow You Follow Me" | UK# 3 US# 23 |
Duke | 1980 | 8,000,000 | UK# 1 US# 11 |
"Misunderstanding" "Turn It On Again" |
US# 14 UK# 8 |
Abacab | 1981 | 12,000,000 | UK# 1 US# 7 |
"Abacab" "Keep It Dark" "No Reply at All" "Man on the Corner" |
UK# 9, US# 26 UK# 33 US# 29 US# 40 |
Three Sides Live | 1982 | 7,000,000 | UK# 2 US# 10 |
"[3 X 3]" EP "Paperlate" |
UK# 10 US# 32 |
Genesis | 1983 | 18,000,000 | UK# 1 US# 9 |
"Mama" "That's All" |
UK# 4 UK# 16, US# 6 |
Invisible Touch | 1986 | 24,000,000 | UK# 1 US# 3 |
"Invisible Touch" "In Too Deep" "Land of Confusion" "Throwing It All Away" "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" |
UK# 15, US# 1 UK# 19, US# 3 UK# 14, US# 4 UK# 22, US# 4 UK# 18, US# 3 |
We Can't Dance | 1991 | 22,000,000 | UK# 1 US# 4 |
"No Son of Mine" "I Can't Dance" "Hold On My Heart" "Jesus He Knows Me" "Never a Time" "Tell Me Why" |
UK# 6, US# 12 UK# 7, US# 7 UK# 16, US# 12 UK# 20, US# 23 US# 21 UK# 40 |
The Way We Walk, Vol. 1: The Shorts | 1992 | 9,000,000 | UK# 3 US# 35 |
"Invisible Touch (live)" | UK# 7 |
The Way We Walk, Vol. 2: The Longs | 1993 | 4,000,000 | UK# 1 US# 20 |
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Calling All Stations | 1997 | 2,000,000 | UK# 2 US# 54 |
"Congo" | UK# 29 |
Turn It On Again: The Hits | 1999 | 5,000,000 | UK# 4 US# 65 |
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Formats
While pre-compact disc era releases were first issued by Virgin in the UK and Atlantic in the U.S. in the mid 1980s, the remastered CD editions currently available were issued by both labels in 1994. Mixing for SACD editions began in 2003 with The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and continued into 2005, with announcements of further albums to come; however, to date no releases have resulted from this undertaking.
Other releases
- 1975 Voyage of the Acolyte is a Steve Hackett solo album which features Hackett, Rutherford and Collins in addition to John Hackett (flute, ARP synthesizer, bells); Nigel Warren-Green (cello); Robin Miller (oboe, cor anglais); John Acock (Mellotron, harmonium, piano) John Gustafson (bass) and Sally Oldfield (vocals).
- 1977 The Geese and the Ghost is the first solo album by Anthony Phillips, former Genesis member. The album contains songs composed by Phillips and Mike Rutherford, such as the title track. Phil Collins guest sings in a couple of songs and John Hackett plays the flute.
- 1990 Three Anthony Phillips albums, including Private Parts and Pieces I, II, and VI, are reissued on CD with a few bonus tracks of his solo recordings of otherwise rare or unreleased Genesis songs, including "Silver Song". Rutherford shares co-writing credit on two of the pieces.
- 1991 Genesis: A History (Documentary video)
- 1996 Steve Hackett: Genesis Revisited. Another Hackett solo album, but this album consists of several remakes of earlier Genesis songs, one newly recorded song that Hackett co-wrote with Gabriel in 1973, and a few newer songs that Hackett felt were in the spirit of early Genesis. Incorporating an orchestra and some artists affiliated with Genesis and its members in the past (such as Paul Carrack, vocalist in Mike & The Mechanics) the album is a tribute as well as an effort to fresh up some old Genesis songs and present them in a more modern context.
- 1998 Genesis Archive 1967-75. 4 disc Box set featuring previously unreleased live and studio material from the Peter Gabriel era. Also featured is a live version of the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in its entirety, with some 1995 overdubs.
- 2000 Genesis Archive 2: 1976-1992. 3 disc Box set that continues where the previous one left off. This focuses on the Phil Collins era and contains previously unreleased live and studio material.
- 2001 The Genesis Songbook (Documentary DVD)
- 2004 The Platinum Collection. 3 Disc Best Of compilation featuring tracks from their 1970-97 albums. Most of the songs have been remixed.
- 2005 The Video Show (DVD) Remastered video collection (1976-1999), in stereo and 5.1 surround sound.