The Way We Walk Volume One: The Shorts
	Produced by Nick Davis, Robert Colby & Genesis
	Released on November 17, 1992
	UK CHART POSITION #3 . . . US CHART POSITION #35 . . . GOLD RECORD (1/13/93)
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A precious pair of postscripts to a brilliant career or two final tugs on the udder before putting the cash cow out to pasture? It’s hard to know what to make of The Way We Walk, in part because it divides Genesis’ final We Can’t Dance tour into two separate parts: the “shorts” and the “longs.” Historically, it’s in line with the band’s earlier live releases, the double-album Seconds Out and the live/studio hybrid Three Sides Live, both of which featured Daryl Steurmer on guitar and Chester Thompson on drums. The decision to not only re-enlist the services of Daryl and Chester but to credit them as members on the album artwork is a classy gesture and one likely to placate longtime fans. However, there’s no getting around the fact that Volume One: The Shorts is designed for latter-day Genesis fans. The set list digs back as far as their eponymous 1983 album only once, for the moody “Mama.” Otherwise, this performance is comprised of material from Invisible Touch and We Can’t Dance, two well-crafted albums with plenty of hits, but not the sort of music that prog fans were itching to hear live. The band does a fine job of rendering the studio versions live, aided by the fact that the original sounds were only a pre-programmed button away from resurrection. Phil’s voice is right on target, but his audience interaction is a little wooden here, from the awkward opening of “Jesus He Knows Me” to a really, really, really annoying call-and-response segment during “Throwing It All Away.” Highlights to my mind include “Mama” (of course), “I Can’t Dance” and “No Son of Mine.” Because these live versions are remarkably faithful to the originals, The Way We Walk Vol. One does function as a sort of greatest hits collection, assuming you pulled those hits from their last two albums. Ultimately, a nice walk down short-term memory lane, but not a necessary trip.

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TRACK LISTING

1. LAND OF CONFUSION
2. NO SON OF MINE
3. JESUS HE KNOWS ME
4. THROWING IT ALL AWAY
5. I CAN'T DANCE
6. MAMA
7. HOLD ON MY HEART
8. THAT'S ALL
9. IN TOO DEEP
10. TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT
11. INVISIBLE TOUCH
    
    All songs written by Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Mike Rutherford
    

CREDITS

TONY BANKS -- keyboards & vocals
PHIL COLLINS -- vocals & drums
MIKE RUTHERFORD -- guitar, bass & vocals
DARYL STEURMER -- guitar, bass & vocals
CHESTER THOMPSON -- drums
Nick Davis -- engineer
Geoff Callingham -- engineer
Genesis and Icon -- design
Lewis Lee and Cesar Vera -- photography

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