Sum Of The Parts [2014]

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Hackett's screentime was also noticeably minimal and his fans were mostly supportive of his complaint, posting hundreds of comments hailing his music and career. in the German and UK album charts – both huge markets – and that the Europe tour was quite successful. It tells of the band’s formation at Charterhouse (where Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford were all pupils) in the late sixties and the release of their debut album “From Genesis To Revelation”.

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).There is an interesting side trip, regarding the development of Collins's drum sound on Peter Gabriel's 3rd album. The Daily Telegraph's reviewer Ceri Radford described the documentary as "excellent" and "an entertaining riff on their success over the years". 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.

The documentary also shows here how important these entirely different characters were for the band.BONUS FEATURE: Over 30 minutes of additional interviews with the band members that were not included in the broadcast version. First, the 'exciting news' turned out to be a new compilation without any new material – including the solo songs was the only new aspect. 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). But then the fans pricked up their ears when it was revealed that the band had been working on a new documentary together.

It tells of the band s formation at Charterhouse (where Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford were all pupils) in the late sixties and the release of their debut album From Genesis To Revelation . Anthony Philips is established as the driving force and head of the band and his leaving is well documented and commented on. Booklets are not the standard with DVDs and Blu-rays (for example Three Sides Live doesn't have one), but the contents seem more than a little strange here – almost like Satire. However, hardly anyone had heard anything about her in connection with Genesis prior to Sum Of The Parts.

Invisible Touch is given far too much time, but the band also seems to be very focused on the success here. However, it starts with the most current images from the 2007 tour, features a few statements (the misspelling of Daryl Stuermer as 'Steurmer' is already striking) and then takes a step back – to the Charterhouse. It does contain some live footage I've never seen before and it's nice to see Ant get some attention. Fans don't really get to know or see anything new – until a snippet from the famous Roundhouse recordings.

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. Current photos of the 'Fab Five' surfaced, there were mysterious hints about 'exciting news' and somehow there was hope that something very exciting was about to happen. Turn It On Again is playing to the background images from the 2007 tour, the Invisible Touch Tour and the Misunderstanding video – all in the usual infinite loop.

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. Internal disputes that used to be mere speculation were revealed beyond doubt and visible for everyone in the documentary. A band that almost died in the mid-1970s with the loss of its leader ; it then survived a change of lead singer and style to storm the chart. Quality documentary with some good interviews, sadly post Collins and CAS has been omitted so no interview with Ray Wilson which might have been nice even a couple of minutes.