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, paying tribute to his former band,

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. It mainly features songs originally released by Genesis during Hackett's tenure with the group (1971–77). The previously unreleased song "Déjà Vu" was started by Peter Gabriel in 1973 during the ''

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'' sessions but not finished and Hackett completed the song for this album. There are also two new songs, "Valley of the Kings" and "Waiting Room Only"; the latter is named after and loosely inspired by "The Waiting Room", an instrumental from the 1974 Genesis album ''

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''. The Japanese version of the album contains one extra song called "Riding the Colossus".

Track listing

Personnel

*Steve Hackett –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

(1–11),

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

(2, 8, 10), harmonica (9),

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

(11),

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

(1, 5), orchestration (1, 4, 5, 6, 8) *

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– vocals (1, 5), bass (5) * Paul Carrack – vocals (4, 7) *

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– vocals (6) * John Hackett – flute (8) *

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–

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

(2, 9, 10) * Ian McDonald – saxophone (11), flute (11) *"Spats" King – vibes (10) * Julian Colbeck – keyboards (1, 2, 8) *Roger King – additional programming (1, 4, 5, 8), keyboards (4, 9, 10, 11), orchestration (4, 5), programming (9, 11) *Ben Fenner – additional programming (1, 4, 8), keyboards (5), orchestration (4, 5, 6), programming (5) *

Nick Magnus Nick Magnus (born 1 February 1955 in Emsworth, Hampshire, England) is a British keyboard player, songwriter, composer, arranger, engineer and producer. He is from the progressive school of keyboard players, mostly associated with instrumental a ...

– keyboards (3), programming (3) *Jerry Peal – keyboards (3), programming (3) *Aron Friedman – orchestration (6, 7), keyboards (7, 10), programming (7), piano (10) *

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (since 1 ...

– bass (1) * Alphonso Johnson – bass (2, 8) *

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– bass (4, 11) *

Bill Bruford William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English former drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording ...

– drums (1, 5), percussion (5) * Chester Thompson – drums (2, 8), additional drums (11) *

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– drums (3, 4, 9, 11) *Tarquin Bombast – drums (10) *

Richard Macphail Richard Paul Macphail (born 17 September 1950, in Bedford, Bedfordshire) is an English musician, road manager, and business owner best known for his relationship with the rock band Genesis from their formation in 1967 to 1973. Genesis Macphail wa ...

– backing vocals (7) * Jeanne Downs – backing vocals (7) *Richard Wayler – backing vocals (7) *The Sanchez/Montoya Chorale (4, 9) * Anton De Bruck - chorale director * Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

References

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