Genesis discography

For solo and related bands discographies, see entries on Tony Banks, Brand X, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, GTR, Mike Rutherford and Mike + The Mechanics.

The discography of the English rock band Genesis contains 15 studio albums, six live albums, three compilation albums and 10 box sets. They have sold over 100 million records worldwide, including about 21.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the United States^[1][2][3]

Genesis discography
Genesis live on Turn It On Again: The Tour in 2007
Studio albums	15
EPs	4
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	4
Singles	49
Video albums	16
Music videos	31
Box sets	10

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.^[4] They attracted the interest of former pupil Jonathan King, who signed them to a contract in 1967.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8] 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.^[9] After Collins left the band in 1996, the group released one more album, Calling All Stations, before disbanding.^[10] They have since reformed for several tours and live albums, most recently in 2021-2022.^[11]

All of the group's work since signing to Charisma (since acquired by Virgin Records then EMI) was remastered and re-released and is available on various compilation albums such as Turn It On Again: The Hits and Platinum Collection. The sole exception is pre-Charisma album From Genesis to Revelation, whose copyright is owned by King and has been reissued several times independently of the rest of the band's releases.^[12]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [13]	AUS [14]	AUT [15]	GER [16]	IT [17][18]	NL [19]	NOR [20]	NZ [21]	SWE [22]	US [23]
From Genesis to Revelation	Released: 28 March 1969 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	170[A]
Trespass	Released: 23 October 1970 UK label: Charisma US label: Impulse! Formats: LP, 8-track	98[B]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nursery Cryme	Released: 12 November 1971 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, 8-track	39[C]	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[24]
Foxtrot	Released: 15 September 1972 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC	12	—	—	45	15	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold[24]
Selling England by the Pound	Released: 5 October 1973 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel	3	52	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	70	BPI: Gold[24] FIMI: Gold[25] RIAA: Gold[26]
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway	Released: 22 November 1974 UK label: Charisma US label: Atco/Atlantic Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC, 2x8-track	10	80	—	—	14	—	—	34	—	41	BPI: Gold[24] RIAA: Gold[26]
A Trick of the Tail	Released: 13 February 1976 UK label: Charisma US label: Atco/Atlantic Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	3	93	—	43	4	7	—	4	17	31	BPI: Gold[24] RIAA: Gold[26]
Wind & Wuthering	Released: 17 December 1976 UK label: Charisma US label: Atco/Atlantic Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	7	57	—	19	7	15	12	18	21	26	BPI: Gold[24] RIAA: Gold[26]
...And Then There Were Three...	Released: 31 March 1978 UK label: Charisma US label: Atlantic Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	3	12	17	2	6	8	7	10	22	14	BPI: Gold[24] BVMI: Gold[27] NVPI: Gold[28] RIAA: Platinum[26]
Duke	Released: 24 March 1980 UK label: Charisma US label: Atlantic Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	1	22	14	2	6	12	4	13	9	11	BPI: Platinum[24] FIMI: Gold[29] RIAA: Platinum[26]
Abacab	Released: 18 September 1981 UK label: Charisma US label: Atlantic Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	1	18	—	6	2	6	4	44	11	7	BPI: Gold[24] ARIA: Gold[30] BVMI: Gold[27] FIMI: Gold[29] RIAA: 2× Platinum[26]
Genesis	Released: 3 October 1983 UK label: Charisma/Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel	1	41	2	1	4	2	2	2	12	9	BPI: 2× Platinum[24] BVMI: Platinum[27] NVPI: Gold[28] RIAA: 4× Platinum[26] RMNZ: Platinum[31]
Invisible Touch	Released: 6 June 1986 UK label: Charisma/Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, MC, 8-track	1	3	5	2	6	2	3	1	4	3	BPI: 4× Platinum[24] ARIA: 3× Platinum[32] BVMI: Platinum[27] FIMI: Platinum[33] RIAA: 6× Platinum[26] RMNZ: 4× Platinum[34]
We Can't Dance	Released: 11 November 1991 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC	1	8	1	1	5	1	1	5	4	4	BPI: 5× Platinum[24] ARIA: 2× Platinum[35] BVMI: 5× Platinum[27] GLF: Platinum[36] IFPI AUT: Platinum[37] NVPI: Platinum[28] RIAA: 4× Platinum[26] RMNZ: 4× Platinum[34]
Calling All Stations	Released: 1 September 1997 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, MC, MD	2	—	6	2	7	9	2	—	11	54	BPI: Gold[24] BVMI: Gold[27] FIMI: Gold[38]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [13]	AUS [14]	AUT [15]	GER [16]	IT [17][39]	NL [19]	NOR [20]	NZ [21]	SWE [22]	US [23]
Genesis Live	Released: 20 July 1973 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	9	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	—	105
Seconds Out	Released: 14 October 1977 UK label: Charisma US label: Atlantic Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC, 8-track	4	74	—	17	7	19	—	14	26	47	BPI: Gold[24] BVMI: Gold[27]
Three Sides Live	Released: 4 June 1982 UK label: Charisma US label: Atlantic Formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track	2	53	—	22	12	6	14	—	49	10	BPI: Gold[24] RIAA: Gold[26]
The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts	Released: 16 November 1992 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, MC	3	37	8	2	24	18	—	2	40	35	BPI: 2× Platinum[24] BVMI: 3× Gold[27] NVPI: Gold[28] RIAA: Gold[26] RMNZ: Platinum[40]
The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs	Released: 11 January 1993 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, MC	1	32	12	2	17	5	17	14	33	20	BPI: Gold[24]
Live over Europe 2007	Released: 20 November 2007 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: 2xCD	51	47	47	1	47	70	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[24] BVMI: Gold[27]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [13]	AUS [14]	AUT [15]	GER [16]	IT [39][18]	NL [19]	NOR [20]	NZ [21]	SWE [22]	US [23]
Turn It On Again: Best of '81–'83	Released: 1991 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, LP, MC Not released in the UK	—	—	—	8	—	31	—	—	—	—
Turn It On Again: The Hits	Released: 25 October 1999 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: CD, MC, MD	4	98	6	1	35[D]	9	1	15	15	65	BPI: 2× Platinum[24] BVMI: Platinum[27] NVPI: Gold[28] RIAA: Gold[26] RMNZ: 4× Platinum[41]
Platinum Collection	Released: 29 November 2004 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic/Rhino Formats: 3xCD	21	—	—	15	52	4	15	24	—	—	BPI: Platinum[24] BVMI: Gold[27]
The Last Domino?	Released: 17 September 2021 UK label: Virgin/EMI/UME US label: Atlantic/Rhino Formats: 2xCD, 4xLP, digital download	9	—	36	8	96	68	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		UK [13][42]	AUS [14]	AUT [15]	GER [16]	IT [39]	NL [19]
Genesis Collection Volume One	Released: 11 April 1975 Label: Charisma Formats: 2xLP	—	—	—	—	—	—
Genesis Collection Volume Two	Released: 11 April 1975 Label: Charisma Formats: 2xLP	—	—	—	—	—	—
Genesis Archive 1967–75	Released: 22 June 1998 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: 4xCD	35	—	—	75	—	—
Genesis Archive #2 1976–92	Released: 6 November 2000 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: 3xCD	103	—	—	—	—	—
Genesis 1976–1982	Released: 2 April 2007 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic/Rhino Formats: 6xCD+6xDVD	—	—	—	—	—	—
Genesis 1983–1998	Released: 1 October 2007 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic/Rhino Formats: 5xCD+5xDVD	—	—	—	57	—	—
Genesis 1970–1975	Released: 10 November 2008 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic/Rhino Formats: 7xCD+6xDVD, 6xLP	151	—	—	22	96	65
Genesis Live 1973–2007	Released: 21 September 2009 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic/Rhino Formats: 10xCD+3xDVD	—	—	—	42	—	—
R-Kive	Released: 22 September 2014 UK label: Virgin/UME US label: Rhino Formats: 3xCD, digital download	7	—	—	23	26	12	BPI: Silver[24]
BBC Broadcasts	Released: 3 March 2023 UK label: EMI/UME US label: Rhino Formats: 5xCD, 3xLP	23	—	—	3	90	11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		UK [13]	IRE [43]	SWE [44]
Nursery Cryme	Released: July 1972 Label: Charisma Formats: 7" US-only release	—	—	—
Spot the Pigeon	Released: 20 May 1977 Label: Charisma Formats: 7", 12"	14	—	9
3×3	Released: 10 May 1982 Label: Charisma Formats: 7"	10	10	—
Live at Knebworth	Released: 12 June 2021 Label: Mercury Formats: 12" Record Store Day release	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

1960s

Single	Year	Album
"The Silent Sun"	1968	From Genesis to Revelation
"A Winter's Tale"		Non-album single
"Where the Sour Turns to Sweet"	1969	From Genesis to Revelation

1970s

Single	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK [13]	AUS [14]	AUT [15]	CAN [45]	GER [16]	IRE [43]	NL [46]	NZ [21]	SWI [47]	US [48]
"The Knife"	1971	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Trespass
"Happy the Man"	1972	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Watcher of the Skies" [E]	1973	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Foxtrot[F]
"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" [G]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		From Genesis to Revelation
"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" [H]	1975	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
"The Carpet Crawlers"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"A Trick of the Tail"	1976	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		A Trick of the Tail
"Ripples" [I]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Entangled" [J]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"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	BPI: Silver[24]	...And Then There Were Three...
"Many Too Many"		43	—	—	—	41	—	—	—	—	—
"Go West Young Man (In the Motherlode)" [K]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1980s

Single	Year	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Albums
		UK [13]	AUS [14]	AUT [15]	CAN [45]	GER [16]	IRE [43]	NL [46]	NZ [21]	SWI [47]	US [48]	US Main [49]
"Turn It On Again"	1980	8	—	—	49	66	12	[L]	—	—	58	—		Duke
"Duchess"		46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Misunderstanding"		42	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	14	—
"Abacab"	1981	9	35	—	11	28	16	25	50	—	26	4		Abacab
"No Reply at All" [M]		—	74	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	29	2
"Keep It Dark"		33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Man on the Corner"	1982	41	—	—	28	—	—	—	—	—	40	14
"Paperlate" [N]		—	73	—	25	36	—	40	—	—	32	2		Three Sides Live
"Turn It On Again" (live) [O]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Mama"	1983	4	45	10	43	4	5	7	27	2	73	5	BPI: Silver[24]	Genesis
"That's All"		16	62	19	14	27	6	37	—	15	6	2	BPI: Silver[24]
"Home by the Sea" [P]		—	80	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	24
"Illegal Alien"	1984	46	—	—	41	—	21	61	—	—	44	21
"Taking It All Too Hard" [Q]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50	41
"Invisible Touch"	1986	15	3	—	6	16	7	28	8	13	1	1	BPI: Gold[24]	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.

1990s

Single	Year	Peak chart positions											Album
		UK [13]	AUS [14]	AUT [15]	CAN [45]	GER [16]	IRE [43]	NL [46]	NZ [21]	SWI [47]	US [48]	US Main [49]
"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.

2000s

Single	Year	Album
"The Silent Sun 2006"	2006	Non-album single

Other charted songs

Single	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		CAN [45]	US Main [49]
"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.

Videos

Video albums

Title	Album details	Notes
Three Sides Live	Released: June 1982 UK label: Wienerworld Presentation US label: Thorn EMI Formats: VHS	Filmed live at Nassau Coliseum, The Savoy and Birmingham International Arena, November–December 1981.[50]
The Mama Tour	Released: October 1985 UK label: Virgin Music Video US label: Atlantic Video Formats: VHS, Beta	Filmed live at the Birmingham NEC, February 1984.[50]
Visible Touch	Released: July 1987 UK label: Virgin Music Video US label: Atlantic Video Formats: VHS, LD, CDV	Music videos for Invisible Touch album.[50]
Genesis Videos Volume 1	Released: July 1988 UK label: Virgin Music Video US label: Atlantic Video Formats: VHS	Compilation of music videos.
Genesis Videos Volume 2	Released: July 1988 UK label: Virgin Music Video US label: Atlantic Video Formats: VHS	Compilation of music videos.
Invisible Touch Tour	Released: May 1989 Label: Virgin Music Video Formats: VHS, LD	Filmed live at Wembley Stadium, July 1987.[50]
Knebworth '90	Released: December 1990 Label: Castle Music Pictures Formats: VHS	Filmed live at the 1990 Knebworth Festival, Phil Collins' solo set from the same show was released separately.
Genesis: A History	Released: March 1991 UK label: M.C.E.G. Virgin Vision US label: PolyGram Music Video Formats: VHS, LD
The Way We Walk	Released: March 1993 UK label: PolyGram Music Video US label: Pioneer Artists Formats: VHS, 2xLD	Filmed live at Earls Court, November 1992.
In Concert 1976	Released: 1994 Label: VAP Video Formats: VHS, LD	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	Released: 23 July 2001 Label: Eagle Vision Formats: DVD, VHS
The Way We Walk	Released: 26 November 2001 UK label: Gut Vision US label: Pioneer Artists Formats: 2xDVD	Reissue, first time on DVD.
Live at Wembley Stadium	Released: 17 November 2003 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic Formats: DVD	Reissue of Invisible Touch Tour, first time on DVD.
The Video Show	Released: 29 November 2004 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic/Rhino Formats: DVD	Compilation of music videos.
When in Rome 2007	Released: 23 May 2008 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic/Rhino Formats: 2xDVD, 3xDVD	Filmed live at Circus Maximus, Rome, Italy, July 2007.
The Movie Box 1981–2007	Released: 16 November 2009 UK label: Virgin US label: Atlantic/Rhino Formats: 8xDVD	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.

Music videos

All the music videos are included on the 2004 DVD The Video Show, along with a 1982 Top of the Pops performance of "Paperlate".

Title	Year	Director
"Robbery, Assault and Battery"	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

Notes

1. Charted in 1974.
2. Chart peak upon reissue in 1984.
3. Chart peak upon reissue in 1974.
4. Charted in 2007 after being re-released as Turn It On Again: The Hits – The Tour Edition.
5. "Watcher of the Skies" was only released as a single in the US, Germany, Italy and New Zealand.
6. The single version of "Watcher of the Skies" was a different recording from the Foxtrot version, so it was technically a non-album single.
7. "In the Beginning" was only released as a single in Italy.
8. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" was only released as a single in the US.
9. "Ripples" was only released as a single in Italy.
10. "Entangled" was only released as a single in the US, Canada and France.
11. "Go West Young Man (In the Motherlode)" was only released as a single in the US, Canada and Japan.
12. "Turn It On Again" did not enter the Single Top 100, but peaked at #38 on the Dutch Top 40
13. "No Reply at All" wasn't released as a single in the UK, but was released in numerous other territories.
14. Whilst the EP 3×3 was released in the UK and Ireland, its lead track "Paperlate" was released as a single in various other territories.
15. This live version of "Turn It On Again" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
16. "Home by the Sea" was only released as a single in Australasia and the Netherlands.
17. "Taking It All Too Hard" was only released as a single in the US and Canada.