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We Can't Dance
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Studio album by Genesis
Released 11 November 1991 (1991-11-11)[1]
Recorded March–September 1991 at The Farm in Surrey, England
Genre Rock, pop rock, progressive rock
Length 71:30
Label Atlantic, Virgin
Producer Genesis, Nick Davis
Genesis chronology
Invisible Touch
(1986)		 We Can't Dance
(1991)		 The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts
(1992)
Singles from We Can't Dance
  1. "No Son of Mine"
    Released: 21 October 1991
  2. "I Can't Dance"
    Released: 30 December 1991
  3. "Hold on My Heart"
    Released: 6 April 1992
  4. "Jesus He Knows Me"
    Released: 13 July 1992
  5. "Never a Time"
    Released: 5 November 1992
  6. "Tell Me Why"
    Released: 8 February 1993

We Can't Dance is the fourteenth studio album by the band Genesis, released on 11 November 1991 through Atlantic (United States) and Virgin (Europe). It was released as a single album on CD and Cassette, and as a double album on vinyl. The album reached No.1 in the UK, where it remained on the charts for 61 weeks. It was the band's final studio album featuring vocalist/drummer Phil Collins, who would eventually leave Genesis in 1996 to focus on his solo work.

Contents

History [link]

We Can't Dance was Genesis' first studio album in five years, following the international success of Invisible Touch in 1986. We Can't Dance reached No.1 in the UK and No.4 in the US, selling several million copies (including 4 million in the US alone). The album also spawned several hit singles, including "No Son of Mine", "Hold on My Heart", "I Can't Dance" and "Jesus He Knows Me", the latter two supported by humorous videos. Two songs were cut from the album, because "there wasn't enough room on the record." These two songs are "On the Shoreline", and "Hearts on Fire". Both songs were released as B-Sides.

Contrary to popular belief, "Since I Lost You" is not about a broken relationship. The lyrics were written by Phil Collins for friend Eric Clapton. On 20 March 1990, Clapton's four-year-old son Connor died after falling from the 53rd-story window of his mother's friend's New York City apartment, landing on the roof of an adjacent four-story building. Collins played it to him before putting it on the album to get his O.K. At the same time Clapton played Collins "Tears in Heaven".

Most of the songs were created/written by improvisation at Genesis' Fisher Lane Farm ("The Farm") studio.

Following the release of the album Genesis spent 13 weeks on the road playing 55 concerts between May and July 1992, with a 15 date UK tour in October/November.[2] The popular worldwide tour sold out arenas and stadiums (where they mostly played on the US leg of the tour). This proved to be Collins' last tour with Genesis until the band reunited in 2007.

During the recording of We Can't Dance a 40 minute documentary called No Admittance was produced and broadcasted on the Disney Channel. It has since been included in the bonus DVD released in 2007.

The album was re-released as a SACD/DVD double disc set (including new 5.1 and Stereo mixes) in October 2007.

Reception [link]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
allmusic 3/5 stars [3]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [4]

Rolling Stone chiefly commented on the album's lyrics. They criticized "Tell Me Why" and "Way of the World" for being soulless and impersonal social commentaries, but regarded most of the songs as outstanding, and summarized "Although We Can't Dance doesn't quite achieve the vulnerable grace of Duke or the exuberance of Abacab, Genesis has nevertheless delivered an elegantly spare – and even adventurous – album."[4]

Allmusic similarly criticized the lyrics of "Tell Me Why" and "Way of the World", calling them "paeans for world understanding that sound miles away from any immediacy." However, they praised the album for returning to a less pop-oriented direction, and especially complimented the grittiness of "No Son of Mine", "Jesus He Knows Me", and "I Can't Dance".[3]

Track listing [link]

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

CD [link]

  1. "No Son of Mine" – 6:39
  2. "Jesus He Knows Me" – 4:16
  3. "Driving the Last Spike" – 10:08
  4. "I Can't Dance" – 4:01
  5. "Never a Time" – 3:50
  6. "Dreaming While You Sleep" – 7:16
  7. "Tell Me Why" – 4:58
  8. "Living Forever" – 5:41
  9. "Hold on My Heart" – 4:37
  10. "Way of the World" – 5:38
  11. "Since I Lost You" – 4:09
  12. "Fading Lights" – 10:16

LP [link]

Side One
  1. "No Son of Mine" – 6:39
  2. "Jesus He Knows Me" – 4:16
  3. "Driving the Last Spike" – 10:08
Side Two
  1. "I Can't Dance" – 4:01
  2. "Never a Time" – 3:50
  3. "Dreaming While You Sleep" – 7:16
Side Three
  1. "Tell Me Why" – 4:58
  2. "Living Forever" – 5:41
  3. "Hold on My Heart" – 4:37
Side Four
  1. "Way of the World" – 5:38
  2. "Since I Lost You" – 4:09
  3. "Fading Lights" – 10:16

B-sides [link]

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "On the Shoreline"   (Banks, Collins, Rutherford) 4:45
2. "Hearts on Fire"   (Banks, Collins, Rutherford) 5:15
  1. "On the Shoreline" from the single "I Can't Dance"
  2. "Hearts on Fire" from the single "Jesus He Knows Me"

Working titles for the album [link]

Before We Can't Dance was released, all songs had working titles. Below is a list of the original song working titles and finalised song titles (in parentheses):

  • "Elephantus" ("No Son of Mine") – 6:39
  • "Do the New One" ("Jesus He Knows Me") – 4:16
  • "Irish" ("Driving the Last Spike") – 10:08
  • "Blue Jeans", "Heavy A Flat" ("I Can't Dance") – 4:01
  • "B. B. Hit", "Still Throwing It All Away" ("Never a Time") – 3:50
  • "Rolling Toms" ("Dreaming While You Sleep") – 7:16
  • "Rickenbacker" ("Tell Me Why") – 4:58
  • "Hip Hop Brushes" ("Living Forever") – 5:41
  • "Burt Bacharach" ("Hold on My Heart") – 4:37
  • "Spaghetti West" ("Way of the World") – 5:39
  • "Song for Connor" ("Since I Lost You") – 4:09
  • "Nile" ("Fading Lights") – 10:17

Tour [link]

The "We Can't Dance" tour featured shows in large arenas and stadiums throughout North America and Europe. It would be the band's final full-length tour until the 2007 Turn it On Again reunion tour. The tour is captured live on the albums The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts, The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs and the concert video The Way We Walk - Live in Concert.

The set list featured much of the "We Can't Dance" album as well as the "Invisible Touch" and "Genesis" albums. The only material from the 1970s played on a regular basis was featured in a new "Old Medley" of songs which replaced the "Cage" medley of past tours.

Typical set list:

  • Land of Confusion
  • No Son of Mine
  • Driving the Last Spike
  • Old Medley: Dance on a Volcano / The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway / The Musical Box (Closing Section) / Firth of Fifth / I Know What I Like / That's All / Illegal Alien / Your Own Special Way / Follow You Follow Me / Stagnation / I Know What I Like (Reprise)
  • Fading Lights
  • Jesus He Knows Me
  • Dreaming While You Sleep or Throwing It All Away
  • Home by the Sea
  • Hold on My Heart
  • Domino
  • The Drum Duet
  • I Can't Dance

Encore:

  • Tonight, Tonight, Tonight / Invisible Touch

Encore #2:

  • Turn It on Again

Also played on the tour were "Throwing it All Away", "Mama" (during the first few shows in North America) and "The Carpet Crawlers" (one time only in Southampton, England). Both "Way of the World" and "Living Forever" were rehearsed for inclusion in the tour set list but ultimately didn't make it with "Way of the World" being dropped only four days before the first show of the tour.

Personnel [link]

Charts [link]

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1991 The Billboard 200 4

Certifications [link]

Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
Germany 5× Platinum[5]

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1991 "I Can't Dance" Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
"No Son of Mine" Adult Contemporary 8
Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
The Billboard Hot 100 12
1992 "Driving the Last Spike" Mainstream Rock Tracks 25
"Hold on My Heart" Adult Contemporary 1
The Billboard Hot 100 12
"I Can't Dance" Adult Contemporary 26
The Billboard Hot 100 7
"Jesus He Knows Me" Adult Contemporary 27
Mainstream Rock Tracks 24
The Billboard Hot 100 23
Top 40 Mainstream 12
"Never a Time" Adult Contemporary 4
The Billboard Hot 100 21
Top 40 Mainstream 12

See also [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ "Official Genesis Website". Genesis-music.com. https://www.genesis-music.com/discog/?v=a&a=4&id=18. Retrieved 2012-01-12. 
  2. ^ genesis-movement.co.uk
  3. ^ a b Orens, Geoff. Album review, Allmusic.
  4. ^ a b Manning, Kara (January 9, 1992). Album Review, Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Genesis; 'We Can't Dance')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. https://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=We+Can%27t+Dance&strInterpret=Genesis&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=unchecked. 

External links [link]

Preceded by
Shepherd Moons by Enya		 UK number one album
23 November 1991 – 29 November 1991		 Succeeded by
Dangerous by Michael Jackson
Preceded by
Welcome to Wherever You Are by INXS		 UK number one album
22 August 1992 – 28 August 1992		 Succeeded by
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Studio albums
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Singles and EPs
Box sets
Live videos
Tours
  • The Early Gigs
  • Nursery Cryme Tour
  • Foxtrot Tour
  • Selling England by the Pound Tour
  • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour
  • A Trick of the Tail Tour
  • Wind & Wuthering Tour
  • And Then There Were Three Tour
  • Duke Tour
  • Abacab Tour
  • Three Sides Live Encore Tour
  • Mama Tour
  • Invisible Touch Tour
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    We Can't Dance

    by: Genesis

    If you take the tears from crying eyes
    Will the hurt just disappear
    Put a weapon in the hand of a frightened man
    Will he show no fear
    So we stand and we watch while the city lights go out one by one
    Mother Nature sits on the other side with a loaded gun
    Why is there blue sky
    Why is there red sky
    Now's the time to ask the reason
    Should the blue sky
    Meet the red sky
    Should the rules have to change at all
    We all know whatever they say
    Time is on our side
    This world has been here before just going round and round and round
    We all agree as far as we can see
    It's just the way of the world
    That's how it's meant to be
    There's right and there's wrong
    There's weak and there's strong
    It's just the way of the world
    And that's how it's meant to be
    Take the motion from a spinning wheel and watch it stop
    Take the danger out of a naked flame and what have you got
    If you take the anger out of a broken heart, you feel no pain
    Could you swear if you had that second chance you wouldn't do it again
    Why is there blue sky
    Why is there red sky
    Now's the time to ask the reason
    Should the blue sky
    Meet the red sky
    Should the rules have to change at all
    We all know whatever they say
    Time is on our side
    This world has been here before just going round and round and round
    We all agree as far as we can see
    It's just the way of the world
    That's how it's meant to be
    There's right and there's wrong
    There's weak and there's strong
    It's just the way of the world
    And that's how it's meant to be




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