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GENESIS
THE ABACAB SESSIONS
Compact Disc
Item no. :ZCCD141 Barcode :0823564039510 Artist :GENESIS Product type :Compact Disc Label :ZIP CITY Release Date :01 August 2025
DESCRIPTION TRACK LIST
In November 1980, Genesis bought Fisher Lane Farm, a farmhouse with an adjoining cowshed near Chiddingfold, Surrey, as their new rehearsal and recording facility. The building was remodelled into a studio in four months before recording for Abacab - the band’s 11th studio album - began in March 1981. The new environment had a productive effect on the writing process as the band wrote enough for a double album, but they discarded one hour's worth of songs that sounded too similar to their past albums. Production duties were solely credited to the band for the first time with Hugh Padgham as their engineer. The album is formed of group written material with an individual song from each member. "No Reply at All" features the Phenix Horns, the horn section of American band Earth, Wind & Fire.
Abacab was released in September 1981 and reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 7 in the US. Genesis recorded Abacab in 14 weeks, and they typically worked between 12 and 14 hours a day while making it. The home studio allowed the group to stop working on a track if a rehearsal failed to produce any desired results and switch to another, which was not possible at a professional facility due to the limited time available.
The band recorded all their rehearsals prior to deciding on a finished version of each song. The rehearsals were often handed to a local radio station who would air such cuts, and the audience’s reaction went some way to the band finalising each tracks potential for the finished and released album.
1 Abacab 7:02
2 Nationwide (No Reply At All) 4:43
3 Spike (Me & Sarah Jane) 6:01
4 Odd (Keep It Dark) 4:35
5 German I & II (Dodo/Lurker) 7:28
6 Weirdsynth (Who Dunnit/) 3:39
7 Lonely Man (Man On The Corner) 4:28
8 Don (Like It Or Not) 4:57
9 Westside (Another Record) 4:43
10 Jangley (You Might Recall) 5:35
11 Sub (Submarine) 4:21
12 Vocal 3/4 (Naminanu) 3:52
13 Chunkey (Me & Virgil) 6:24
14 Paperlate 3:38
15 Abacab (Single Version) 4:13
