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''Three Sides Live'' is the third
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by the English rock band
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, released as a
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on 4 June 1982 on
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in the United Kingdom. It was released by
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in the United States. After touring in support of their studio album '' Abacab'' ended in December 1981 the band entered an eight-month break in activity, during which they selected recordings from their previous tours for a live album. ''Three Sides Live'' includes recordings between 1976 and 1981; the UK edition contains additional live tracks on the fourth side of the
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, while the original international edition featured tracks from their 1982 EP '' 3×3'' and B-sides from ''
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''. Subsequent international reissues have adopted the UK track sequence. ''Three Sides Live'' received a mostly positive critical reception and was a commercial success, peaking at No. 2 on the
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and No. 10 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, where it sold 500,000 copies. Its release coincided with the band's '' Three Sides Live'' concert film. It was remastered in 1994 and 2009, the latter for their '' Genesis Live 1973–2007'' box set.


Background

In December 1981, Genesis wrapped their four-month tour of Europe and North America to support the release of their eleventh studio album, '' Abacab'' (1981). The band then entered an eight-month break in activity, during which they each pursued solo projects and selected recordings from their previous tours for inclusion on a new live album. All editions of ''Three Sides Live'' contain recordings from their 1980 and 1981 tours across the first three sides. The fourth side of the UK edition contains additional live tracks from 1976, 1978, and 1980, while the international edition contains tracks from the group's second EP '' 3×3'' (1982) – " Paperlate", "You Might Recall", and "Me and Virgil" and two
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recorded during the sessions for ''
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'' (1980) – "Open Door" and "Evidence of Autumn".


Release

''Three Sides Live'' reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 10 in the US. It was certified
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and gold by the
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(BPI) on 14 June 1982, the latter for 100,000 copies sold. In the United States, the album was certified gold by the
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(RIAA) on 4 October 1982 for 500,000 copies sold.


Reception

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'' gave the album a rave review, particularly praising Genesis's advancement to more refined and concise material: "Unlike ''Seconds Out'', where the concert versions of Genesis' songs were shrouded in virtuosic bluster, this album offers incisive, sharply focused performances uncluttered by theatrics or instrumental tedium."
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's retrospective review asserted that the performances were impressive and exciting throughout, delivering nothing but "lean, crisp, and generally bracing accounts of the group's then-current sound." In a review published in ''
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'' by Robin Smith, the album received a mixed response. The atmosphere he experienced in concert at one of their Wembley Arena gigs in 1981 was absent from the album, which he deemed "hardly a sparkling addition" to the Genesis catalogue. Smith attributed this to the song selection and it being recorded with "less than inspired audiences". He praised the performances of "Dodo/Lurker", "Behind the Lines", "Duchess", but picked the third and fourth side as stand out tracks. Smith concluded that he would be listening to ''
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'', the band's second live album, "for years to come".


Reissues

In 1994, ''Three Sides Live'' was remastered and reissued with the UK edition worldwide. Four of the five additional studio selections from that out of print release were issued in 2000 on the '' Genesis Archive 2: 1976–1992'' box set (all but "Me And Virgil"), and all five songs have since been included on the bonus disc of the '' Genesis 1976–1982'' box set.


Track listing

Track listing is adapted from the album's 1982 liner notes.


Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's 1982 liner notes. Genesis *
Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...
 – drums, lead vocals * Tony Banks – keyboards, backing vocals *
Mike Rutherford Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, co-founder of the rock band Genesis. Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members. Initially servin ...
 – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals *
Steve Hackett Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis ...
 – guitar on "''it.''"/"Watcher of the Skies" Additional musicians *
Daryl Stuermer Daryl Mark Stuermer (born November 27, 1952) is an American musician, songwriter, and producer best known for playing the guitar and bass for Genesis during live shows, and lead guitar for Phil Collins during most solo tours and albums. He has ...
 – guitar, bass *
Chester Thompson Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, the progressive rock band Genesis and Phil Collins as a solo artist. Thomp ...
 – drums, percussion *
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 on "''it.''"/"Watcher of the Skies" Production * Genesis – production *
David Hentschel David Hentschel (born 18 December 1952) is an English recording engineer, film score composer and music producer who engineered on George Harrison's ''All Things Must Pass'' and Elton John's ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'', as well as for such a ...
 – engineering on "Follow You Follow Me", "One for the Vine", "The Fountain of Salmacis", and "''it.''"/"Watcher of the Skies" * Geoff Callingham – technical engineer on everything else * Craig Schertz – sound engineer * Bill Smith – cover * Martyn Goddard – photography


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Notes and references

Notes Citations Interviews *


External links

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