Tracklist
Abacab | |||
No Reply At All | |||
Me And Sarah Jane | |||
Keep It Dark | |||
Dodo / Lurker | |||
Who Dunnit? | |||
Man On The Corner | |||
Like It Or Not | |||
Another Record |
Credits (9)
- Mike RutherfordBass, Guitar
- Bill Smith (19)Cover
- Phil CollinsDrums, Vocals
- Hugh PadghamEngineer
- Tony BanksKeyboards
- GenesisProducer
Notes
As the cover of this release is available in different color schemes, please add the main colors from the top left in clockwise order with single letters first plus the complete color names afterwards to the format free text field to identify your copy.
Example: GYMC - Grey/Yellow/Magenta/Cyan Cover should all appear in the FTF.
The different possibilities are :
- YRGG - Yellow/Red/Grey/Green Cover ("A" on USA/Canada spine)
- GYMC - Grey/Yellow/Magenta/Cyan Cover ("B" on USA/Canada spine)
- RBYG - Red/Blue/Yellow/Grey Cover ("C" on USA/Canada spine)
- CORG - Cyan/Orange/Red/Green Cover ("D" on USA/Canada spine)
Album Sales: 2,000,000+
First Release Date: September 1981
Abacab is the eleventh from fifteen Genesis studio albums (1969 to 1997). It went platinum twice in the US, making this one of the band's best-selling albums there, while it went gold in the UK.
The album was released with four different embossed covers simultaneously across the country, all depicting the same collage but with the paper shapes in different colors. The four different cover variants are usually identified by the color of the largest upper shape adjacent to the title lettering; this shape being colored navy blue, red, peach, and yellow.
"Abacab" was a number one album in the UK, while it reached number 7 in the US, and produced four singles:
"Abacab"
"No Reply At All"
"Keep It Dark"
"Man On The Corner"
Example: GYMC - Grey/Yellow/Magenta/Cyan Cover should all appear in the FTF.
The different possibilities are :
- YRGG - Yellow/Red/Grey/Green Cover ("A" on USA/Canada spine)
- GYMC - Grey/Yellow/Magenta/Cyan Cover ("B" on USA/Canada spine)
- RBYG - Red/Blue/Yellow/Grey Cover ("C" on USA/Canada spine)
- CORG - Cyan/Orange/Red/Green Cover ("D" on USA/Canada spine)
Album Sales: 2,000,000+
First Release Date: September 1981
Abacab is the eleventh from fifteen Genesis studio albums (1969 to 1997). It went platinum twice in the US, making this one of the band's best-selling albums there, while it went gold in the UK.
The album was released with four different embossed covers simultaneously across the country, all depicting the same collage but with the paper shapes in different colors. The four different cover variants are usually identified by the color of the largest upper shape adjacent to the title lettering; this shape being colored navy blue, red, peach, and yellow.
"Abacab" was a number one album in the UK, while it reached number 7 in the US, and produced four singles:
"Abacab"
"No Reply At All"
"Keep It Dark"
"Man On The Corner"
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Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
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Abacab LP, Album, Stereo, C/RBYG - Red, Blue, Yellow, Gray Cover | Atlantic – SD 19313 | US | 1981 | US — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Stereo, RBYG - Red, Blue, Yellow, Grey Cover | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Scandinavia | 1981 | Scandinavia — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, RBYG - Red/Blue/Yellow/Grey Cover | Charisma – CBR 102 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, GYBR (Grey, Yellow, Magenta, Cyan) Embossed Cover | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Germany | 1981 | Germany — 1981 | |||||
Abacab LP, Album, CORG - Cyan/Orange/Red/Green Cover | Atlantic – XSD 19313 | Canada | 1981 | Canada — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, GYBR (Grey, Yellow, Blue, Red) Embossed Cover | Vertigo – 6302 162 | France | 1981 | France — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Stereo, YRGG - Yellow/Red/Grey/Green Cover | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Netherlands | 1981 | Netherlands — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab Cassette, Album | Atlantic – XCS 19313 | Canada | 1981 | Canada — 1981 | |||||
Abacab Cassette, Album | Atlantic – CS 19313 | US | 1981 | US — 1981 | |||||
Abacab LP, Album, Stereo | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Italy | 1981 | Italy — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Gatefold | Vertigo – 6302162, Vertigo – 6031 | Argentina | 1981 | Argentina — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, CORG - Cyan/Orange/Red/Green Cover | Charisma – CBR 102 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Stereo, RBYG - Red/Blue/Yellow/Grey Cover | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Germany | 1981 | Germany — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, RBYG - Red/Blue/Yellow/Grey Cover | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Netherlands | 1981 | Netherlands — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, GYMC - Gray/Yellow/Magenta/Cyan Cover, Embossed Cover | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Netherlands | 1981 | Netherlands — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, RBYG - Red/Blue/Yellow/Grey Cover Emb. | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Netherlands | 1981 | Netherlands — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, BYRG - Blue Yellow Red Green | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Netherlands | 1981 | Netherlands — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Embossed GYMC - Grey, Yellow, Magenta, Cyan Sleeve | Charisma – CBR 102 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 | |||||
Abacab LP, Album, YRGG - Yellow/Red/Grey/Green Cover | Vertigo – 25PP-32 | Japan | 1981 | Japan — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, A | Atlantic – SD 19313 | US | 1981 | US — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab Cassette, Album | Vertigo – 7144 162 | Scandinavia | 1981 | Scandinavia — 1981 | |||||
Abacab LP, Album, YRGG-Yellow, Red, Gray, Green Cover | Charisma – CBR 102 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Stereo, D | Atlantic – SD 19313 | US | 1981 | US — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Stereo, A/YRGG - Yellow, Red, Grey, Green Cover | Atlantic – SD 19313 | US | 1981 | US — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, YRGG Yellow/Red/Grey/Green | Atlantic – XSD 19313 | Canada | 1981 | Canada — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, GYMC - Grey/Yellow/Magenta/Cyan Cover, Embossed | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Australasia | 1981 | Australasia — 1981 | New Submission | ||||
Abacab LP, Album | Vertigo – 63 02 162 | Spain | 1981 | Spain — 1981 | |||||
Abacab LP, Album, GYMC - Grey/Yellow/Magenta/Cyan Cover | Charisma – CBR 102 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Stereo, B/GYRB - Grey, Yellow, Red, Blue Cover | Atlantic – SD 19313 | US | 1981 | US — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album | Philips – 40.286 | Venezuela | 1981 | Venezuela — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Portugal | 1981 | Portugal — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab Cassette, Album | Charisma – CBRC 102 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Club Edition, CORG - Cyan/Orange/Red/Green Cover | Vertigo – 91 577 | Austria | 1981 | Austria — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, RBYG Red/Blue/Yellow/Grey Cover | Atlantic – XSD 19313 | Canada | 1981 | Canada — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, GYPB Grey/Yellow/Pink/Blue Cover | Atlantic – XSD 19313 | Canada | 1981 | Canada — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Stereo, BORG - Blue/Orange/Red/Green Cover | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Netherlands | 1981 | Netherlands — 1981 | |||||
Abacab Cassette, Album | Vertigo – 7144 162 | Australia | 1981 | Australia — 1981 | |||||
Abacab LP, Album, BORG - Blue/Orange/Red/Green Cover | Vertigo – STAR 5220 | South Africa | 1981 | South Africa — 1981 | New Submission | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, BYRG - Blue Yellow Red Green | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Singapore, Malaysia & Hong Kong | 1981 | Singapore, Malaysia & Hong Kong — 1981 | Recently Edited | ||||
Abacab LP, Album, Stereo, RBYG - Red/Blue/Yellow/Grey Cover | Vertigo – 6302 162 | Europe | 1981 | Europe — 1981 | New Submission |
Recommendations
Reviews
referencing Abacab (LP, Album, Stereo, D) SD 19313
The vinyl sounds ok. Nothing to give a big speech over or anything Worth the $5!referencing Abacab (CD, Album, Reissue) CD 19313
Lower output edition has a lot of kick once it gets the power it needs.- Was never a fan of this album, but hearing this pressing changed that and put the music for me in a whole new and fresh perspective. The vinyl is flat, quiet and very dynamic. This is a fantastic sounding album.
- Quiet pressing Retains the Prog/Art rock leanings of earlier Genesis. Don't believe the haters that post Peter Gabriel Genesis is awful.
- Edited one year ago
referencing Abacab (CD, Album, Reissue) 848 899-2
I don't know if it's this pressing, or if it's something that affects all the early pressings, but this CD sounds very narrow and thin. I took some time to make sure it wasn't my ripping software, and even tried different players, and they all sound just as bad! First time I encounter something like this. - This sounds amazing. I can’t compare to originals but this sounds as good as could have hoped for. Pressing is perfect and at this price it’s a steal
referencing Abacab (SACD, Album, Hybrid, Multichannel, Reissue, DVD, DVD-Video, PAL, Multichannel) 0946 385183 2 7
I really wish these 2007 reissues could be tagged with a "Remixed" tag in addition to "Remastered," as the entire catalog was remixed by Nick Davis for 2007 and beyond.referencing Genesis (CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo) CDDEA 2249
Such a bad move to call this edition "Genesis" since there is a real album by the band called like that. Imagine wanting to buy the album called Genesis and getting a completely different record.- Edited one year ago
referencing Abacab (CD, Album, Reissue) 800 044-2
This is the copy I have. This CD album was pressed in at least 6 different versions in the first 2 years. Staircase 2 variants, pale blue, Target, Orange/silver Vertigo!
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