Sum Of The Parts [2014]

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At least Hugh Padgam was interviewed as part of the coverage of the important development of Collins's legendary drum sound. The bonus material is entirely composed of individual interviews and Steve Hackett is also completely absent again. Broadcast by the BBC as Together And Apart, Sum Of The Parts is the official authorised story of Genesis made with the full co-operation of the band members. Over the course of the documentary, it's increasingly clear that 4-5 of the interviewees and experts are featured strikingly often.

Hidden in the heart of Russia, there is a Soviet-era city where thousands of people live and work behind barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards.Gabriel's costumes and the big break with Foxtrot, the sound of Selling England By The Pound (which is given way too little time here though), the creation of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway – during these parts, the documentary really shows how good it could have been. One could argue, of course, that the average consumer doesn't care about these flaws making it a fun documentary for them.

He stated: "All of the group's serpentine twists and turns were dutifully recorded in this 90-minute documentary", but he concluded: "It's an awesome tale in its way, yet the endless list of hit records and enormous tours eventually became tedious, and somehow Genesis managed to remain untouched by all the history going on around them. Peter Gabriel s departure in 1975 and then Steve Hackett s in 1977 led to the release of the album And Then There Were Three.The main menu is quite modest – the letters w, s, l, f, h, k, r can be seen, but that probably doesn't mean anything. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Interestingly enough, there's an interview with the band's first promoter in the US, but the images from New York are current and not from the 70s – since it says “New York 1972” this seems quite unprofessional. As it turned out, this was supposed to be part of a larger campaign probably aimed at getting Genesis back into the public discourse again.

The members of Genesis reunite to discuss the band's success and legacy in this musical documentary. The credits reveal some other apparently unused interviews – Sebastien Lamothe and Marc LaFlamme of The Musical Box are named among others. The management doesn't understand a thing about the dynamics on the internet and the band apparently doesn't care about their fans. It was the first time drummer and singer Phil Collins, former singer Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist Mike Rutherford and guitarist Steve Hackett had reunited since the Six of the Best reunion concert (1982).

We only get to hear Your Own Special Way very briefly, without the usual presentation of the cover along with some data (date of release, rank in the charts).