The Fugitive (album)

This article is about the Tony Banks album. For other albums with similar titles, see The Fugitive (disambiguation).

The Fugitive
Studio album by
Tony Banks
ReleasedJune 1983
Recorded1982–1983
StudioThe Farm (Chiddingfold, Surrey)
Genre
Length52:35
Label
Producer
Tony Banks chronology
The Wicked Lady
(1983) 		The Fugitive
(1983) 		Soundtracks
(1986)
Singles from The Fugitive
  1. "This is Love"
    Released: May 1983
  2. "And the Wheels Keep Turning"
    Released: August 1983

The Fugitive is the second solo album by Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks. It was originally released in June 1983, on Charisma (UK), and Atlantic (US). It was produced by Banks himself, and co-produced by the Grammy Award–winning Stephen Short. The album is the only album in which Banks sings all of the lead vocals. On the previous concept album, A Curious Feeling (1979) all of the vocals were done by Kim Beacon. When that album did not turn out too successfully, Banks thought that it was pointless to continue that project.[1] As compared to A Curious Feeling, the songs on The Fugitive were much more commercially accessible and less experimental.

When the album was released in late June 1983, it received mixed reviews and peaked at number 50 in the UK, lasting within the Top 100 for only two weeks.[2] "This Is Love" and "And the Wheels Keep Turning" were released as singles, but they both failed to chart.

The album was re-issued on CD in the UK. In 1999, a CD re-issue was released in Russia, unofficially.[3] The Fugitive was reissued in early 2016, remixed by Banks and Nick Davis.

  1. ^ "Tony Banks – The Fugitive". Genesis News Com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ^ "The Official Charts Company - The Fugitive by Tony Banks Search". The Official Charts Company. 20 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Unofficial Russian re-issue at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1999. Retrieved 20 February 2015.