…And Then There Were Three…

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...And Then There Were Three...
Studio album by Genesis
Released	7 April 1978
Recorded	September - October 1977 at Relight Studios/Hilvarenbeek, NL
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	53:27
Label	Charisma/Virgin (UK) Atlantic (US/Canada)
Producer	David Hentschel and Genesis
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Genesis chronology
Seconds Out (1977) ...And Then There Were Three... (1978) Duke (1980)

...And Then There Were Three... is the ninth studio album by the British band Genesis and was released in 1978.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Album cover 3 Track listing 3.1 Side one 3.2 Side two 4 Production 4.1 2007 SACD/CD/DVD release 5 Personnel 6 Tour 6.1 Setlist 6.2 Personnel 7 Footnotes

[edit] Overview

A pivotal release in the band's history, the title ...And Then There Were Three... is a wry reference to the recent departure of guitarist Steve Hackett, reducing Genesis to a trio (which would result in their longest unchanged line-up, which lasted until 1996). As a result, the roles of the remaining members of Genesis became more sharply defined. Additionally, ...And Then There Were Three... heralded a move towards shorter radio-friendly songs and marked the band's strategic move away from progressive rock at the height of punk rock, and included a song based on the fantastic adventures of comic strip character Little Nemo, ("Scenes From a Night's Dream"). Also a torch song ("Say It's Alright Joe") about a drunk who goes into a drunken stupor. As a more direct and accessible release, this album saw Genesis' fanbase increase considerably. The album reaching #3 on the UK Albums Chart — having been bolstered by the Top 5 success of "Follow You, Follow Me", which also became Genesis' first hit US single. As a result, ...And Then There Were Three... reached #14 on the US chart, becoming their first Gold (eventually Platinum) album there (see RIAA certification).

For many fans of the band's earlier work, this album indicated a crisis in the musical direction in the band, and rumours abounded of Genesis' potential demise. While many of the shorter songs were still clearly avant-garde in terms of instrumentation and lyrical material, few were longer than five minutes in length, and the arrangements went from the more classical, movement-style composition of previous albums to the more standard verse/chorus/bridge/chorus format of popular songwriting.

A digitally remastered version was released on CD in 1994 on Virgin in Europe and Atlantic in the US and Canada. The booklet on the remaster features the lyrics although the gatefold picture was missing.

A SACD / DVD double disc set (including new 5.1 and Stereo mixes) was released on April 2, 2007 (although it is a CD / DVD double disc set for the US and Canada).

[edit] Album cover

The LP sleeve cover was designed by Hipgnosis, the design studio founded by Storm Thorgerson (best known for his work with Pink Floyd). In an interview, Thorgerson called the design a "failure", and described the concept being conveyed:

“

We were trying to tell a story by the traces left by the light trails. It was a torch, a car, and a man with a cigarette. The band was losing members and there were only three of them left. The lyrics of the songs were about comings and goings and we tried to describe this in photographic terms by using time-lapse. So there's a car going off to one side and then the guy gets out of the car, walks over to the front of it, and lights a cigarette. But as he walks he uses a torch and the car he was in leaves. There's a trail left by the car, a trail left by him as he's walking and then he lights a cigarette, which on the cover is where there's a flash of his face.[1]

”

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Down and Out" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Mike Rutherford) – 5:26 (Lyrics Banks)
2. "Undertow" (Tony Banks) – 4:46
3. "Ballad of Big" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Mike Rutherford) – 4:50 (Lyrics Rutherford)
4. "Snowbound" (Mike Rutherford) – 4:31
5. "Burning Rope" (Tony Banks) – 7:10

[edit] Side two

1. "Deep in the Motherlode" (Mike Rutherford) – 5:15
2. "Many Too Many" (Tony Banks) – 3:31
3. "Scenes from a Night's Dream" (Music: Tony Banks/Lyrics: Phil Collins) – 3:30
4. "Say It's Alright Joe" (Mike Rutherford) – 4:21
5. "The Lady Lies" (Tony Banks) – 6:08
6. "Follow You, Follow Me" (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Mike Rutherford)(lyrics:Mike Rutherford) – 3:59

[edit] Production

• Produced By Genesis & David Hentschel
• Engineered & Mixed By David Hentschel & Steve Short

[edit] 2007 SACD/CD/DVD release

A new version of ...And Then There Were Three... was released in the U.K. and Japan on April 2, 2007. It was released in the US and Canada as part of the Genesis 1976-1982 box set on May 15, 2007. This includes the entire album in remixed stereo, the entire album in surround sound, and related video tracks. The only exception is the track "Say It's Alright Joe", which was not remixed because the band was unable to locate the multitrack recordings.^[2]

• Disc 1, in the European and Japanese releases, is a hybrid SACD/CD disk. The stereo layer includes the remixed tracks, and the SACD layer is a multichannel surround sound remix.^[3]

• Disc 1, in the Canadian and U.S. releases, is a standard CD, containing the stereo remixes. No SACD layer is included.^[4]

• Disc 2, in all releases, is a DVD-Video disk containing both audio and video tracks. This DVD includes three audio mixes of the album: DTS 5.1-channel surround sound, Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound, and Dolby Digital stereo.^[5] The DTS surround sound is a slightly compressed version of the surround sound on the SACD,^[6] and the Dolby surround sound is of slightly inferior quality to the DTS.^[7]

• Disk 2 also includes the following video tracks:

1. Band interview about this album (2006).
2. Promotional videos: "Many Too Many" and "Follow You Follow Me".
3. "Three Dates With Genesis" (1978 BBC documentary).
4. Japanese tour program, from 1978 tour (15 page gallery).
5. Knebworth program, from 1978 festival (4 page gallery).
6. German festival program, from 1978 festival (10 page gallery).

[edit] Personnel

• Phil Collins - percussion, drums, vocals
• Tony Banks - keyboards, vocals
• Mike Rutherford - basses, guitars, bass pedals

[edit] Tour

Genesis toured in support of the ...And Then There Were Three.. album between March and November of 1978. This tour marked the debut of Daryl Stuermer as their touring guitarist who would play bass on some of the newer material.

[edit] Setlist

1. Eleventh Earl of Mar
2. In the Cage
3. Burning Rope
4. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight/The Musical Box (closing section) (on the last leg only)
5. Ripples
6. Ballad of Big (only played on the Northeast US leg of the And Then There Were Three tour)
7. The Fountain of Salmacis (played sporadically in Europe, a live version performed at Knebworth 1978 appears on the live album Three Sides Live)
8. Deep In the Motherlode
9. One For the Vine
10. Squonk
11. Say It's Alright Joe
12. Down and Out (performed early on in the tour before being dropped)
13. The Lady Lies
14. The Cinema Show
15. Afterglow
16. Follow You Follow Me
17. Dance On a Volcano
18. Drum Duet
19. Los Endos

Encore:

1. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (Peter Gabriel performed it with the band during its performance in New York)

[edit] Personnel

• Phil Collins - Lead Vocals, Drums, Percussion
• Tony Banks - Keyboards, Vocals, 12-String Guitar
• Mike Rutherford - Electric six and Twelve String Guitars, Bass guitar, bass pedals, vocals
• Daryl Stuermer - Guitars, Bass guitar
• Chester Thompson - Drums, percussion

[edit] Footnotes

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