Duke (album)

Name	Duke
Type	studio
Artist	Genesis
Cover	Duke_Genesisalbum.jpg |
Released	28 March 1980
Recorded	October–December 1979Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Progressive rock, Rock
Length	55:06
Label	Charisma, Virgin, Atlantic
Producer	David Hentschel and Genesis
Last album	…And Then There Were Three…(1978)
This album	Duke(1980)
Next album	Abacab(1981)

Duke is the tenth studio album by British band Genesis, released in March 1980.

Overview

The release of Duke followed solo albums by Genesis members Tony Banks (A Curious Feeling) and Mike Rutherford, (Smallcreep's Day).

Phil Collins, meanwhile, had taken an extended leave of absence of the band in order to try and save his first marriage. During this time he wrote a number of songs on his own. These songs would make up the bulk of his first solo album, Face Value, released in 1981, after the release of Duke. Banks and Rutherford picked two Collins songs, "Please Don't Ask" and "Misunderstanding", for inclusion on the album.

Once Duke was released, the song "Turn It on Again" became the band's second UK Top 10 hit, while "Misunderstanding" reached the Top 20 in the US.

Duke was originally meant to include a roughly 30-minute suite featuring songs in the order of "Behind The Lines/Duchess/Guide Vocal/Turn It On Again/Duke's Travels/Duke's End," ultimately telling the story of fictional character "Albert." While the band separated these songs on the record to prevent comparisons to the band's most recognizable epic, "Supper's Ready," Genesis did perform the suite live on the "Duke Tour" in 1980, with Collins introducing it with "The Story of Albert."

This album is widely considered their final progressive rock release, as their next album, Abacab, would take on a much more radio friendly approach. This change in sound would ultimately stay with the band on other releases in the future.

A digitally remastered version was released on CD in 1994 on Virgin in Europe and Atlantic in the US and Canada. The remastered CD's booklet features all of the original album's artwork and complete lyrics.

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

Track listing

All songs written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford, except where noted.

Side A

#"Behind the Lines" (Lyrics Mike Rutherford) – 5:31 #"Duchess" (Lyrics Tony Banks) – 6:26 #"Guide Vocal" (Banks) – 1:35 #"Man of Our Times" (Rutherford) – 5:34 #"Misunderstanding" (Collins) – 3:13 #"Heathaze" (Banks) – 4:59

Side B

#"Turn It On Again" (Lyrics Mike Rutherford) – 3:50 #"Alone Tonight" (Rutherford) – 3:56 #"Cul-de-sac" (Banks) – 5:05 #"Please Don't Ask" (Collins) – 4:01 #"Duke's Travels" (Lyrics Tony Banks) – 8:40 #"Duke's End" – 2:08

B Sides

# Open Door from the single Duchess # Evidence of Autumn from the single Misunderstanding

DVD

#"Turn It on Again" – 3:50

Phil Collins would re-record "Behind the Lines" for his debut 1981 solo album Face Value.

For their 2007 , Genesis played a medley of "Behind the Lines" and "Duke's End".

For their 2007 Turn It on Again: The Tour, Genesis played a medley of a segue version of "Duke's Travels" as a transition in the medley of "In the Cage". The 2007 Version of the "In the Cage" Medley includes: "In the Cage"/"The Cinema Show"/"Duke's Travels"/"Afterglow"

Working titles for the album

Before Duke was released, some songs had working titles. Below is a list of the original songs working title and finalized song title (in parentheses):

The Duke (Behind The Lines)

Bring Out Your Dead (Evidence of Autumn)

Jazz (Duke's Travels/Duke's End)

Remastered

# Behind the Lines 5.31 # Duchess 6.37 # Guide Vocal 1.21 # Man of Our Times 5.35 # Misunderstanding 3.16 # Heathaze 5.00 # Turn It On Again 3.52 # Alone Tonight 3.58 # Cul-de-sac 5.05 # Please Don't Ask 4.02 # Duke's Travels 8.41 # Duke's End 2.10

2007 SACD/CD/DVD Release

A new version of Duke was released in the UK and Japan on 2 April 2007. It was released in the US and Canada as part of the Genesis 1976-1982 box set on 15 May 2007. This includes the entire album in remixed stereo, the entire album in surround sound, and related video tracks.

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.

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

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 , Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound, and Dolby Digital stereo. The DTS surround sound is a slightly compressed version of the surround sound on the SACD, and the Dolby surround sound is of slightly inferior quality to the DTS.

Disk 2 also includes the following video tracks:

#Band interview about this album (2006). #Promotional videos: "Duchess", "Misunderstanding", "Turn it on Again". #Live At The Lyceum, London 1980. Songs include "Behind the Lines", "Duchess", "Guide Vocal", "In the Cage", "Afterglow", "Dance on a Volcano" and "Los Endos". #World Tour program, from 1980 tour (16 page gallery).

Personnel

Phil Collins – percussion, drums, vocals, drum machine

Tony Banks – keyboards, vocals, background vocals, 12 string guitar

Mike Rutherford – basses, guitars, background vocals

Additional personnel

David Hentschel – vocals, background vocals

Production

Recorded at Polar Studios, Stockholm Sweden

Trivia

Banks and Collins are credited with playing the "Duck" – they were once asked what this meant on a call-in talk show, and explained they played a duck call through a vocoder to get a horn sound.

The track "Duchess" is the first Genesis song with a drum machine, the Roland CR-78.

Duke was the last album with producer David Hentschel, and the only album where David Hentschel served as a backup singer (most notably on the song "Man of Our Times").

At the end of "Duke's Travels," there is a reference to the King Crimson song "The Court of the Crimson King".

In the film American Psycho Patrick Bateman states that he has been a Genesis fan since the release of Duke, since their earlier albums were "too artsy, too intellectual" and that Duke "enhances and enriches the meaning of the previous three albums."

Tour

Genesis toured in support of the Duke album between March and July 1980. The video of the tour was released as Genesis Live in London 1980 in 2007. The tour marked the debut of the "Cage" medley, which would be featured on every following tour in one form or another except for the 1992 We Can't Dance Tour and the 1998 tour with Ray Wilson.

Setlist

#Deep In the Motherlode* #Dancing With the Moonlit Knight (intro only) #The Carpet Crawlers (dropped for U.S. leg) #Squonk #One for the Vine #Behind the Lines/Duchess/Guide Vocal #Turn It On Again #Duke's Travels/Duke's End #Say It's Alright Joe (dropped at end of May 1980 in favour of "Misunderstanding") #The Lady Lies #Ripples #Misunderstanding #In the Cage #The Colony of Slippermen (c) The Raven [excerpt] #Afterglow #Follow You Follow Me* #Dance On a Volcano #Drum Duet #Los Endos

Encore: #I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) #Back in N.Y.C. (briefly opened shows on the UK leg and was part of the encore in New York in July 1980) #The Knife (performed occasionally in the UK leg) #The Musical Box (performed once in Philadelphia-June 16/80 & Toronto-June 24/80)

Tracks 6-8 comprise Duke's "Hidden Suite", performed on the tour.

Personnel

Phil Collins - Lead Vocals, Drums, Percussion

Tony Banks - Keyboards, Vocals

Mike Rutherford - Electric six and Twelve String Guitars, Bass guitar, bass pedals, vocals

with

Daryl Stuermer - Guitars, Bass guitar*

Chester Thompson - Drums, percussion

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

References

Category:1980 albums Category:Genesis (band) albums Category:Albums released in Super Audio Category:Albums produced by David Hentschel Category:Atlantic Records albums Category:Charisma Records albums Category:Albums in 5.1