We Can't Dance

We Can't Dance
Studio album by
Released11 November 1991
RecordedMarch–September 1991
StudioThe Farm, Chiddingfold, Surrey
Genre
Length71:59
Label
Producer
Genesis chronology
Invisible Touch
(1986)
We Can't Dance
(1991)
The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts
(1992)
Singles from We Can't Dance
  1. "No Son of Mine"
    Released: 21 October 1991[1]
  2. "I Can't Dance"
    Released: 30 December 1991[2]
  3. "Hold on My Heart"
    Released: 6 April 1992[3]
  4. "Jesus He Knows Me"
    Released: 13 July 1992[4]
  5. "Never a Time"
    Released: 19 October 1992[5]
  6. "Tell Me Why"
    Released: 8 February 1993[6][a]

We Can't Dance is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released on 11 November 1991 by Virgin Records in the UK and a day later by Atlantic Records in the US. It is their last studio album recorded with drummer and singer Phil Collins before his departure in 1996 to pursue solo projects full time. The album marked the return of band activity following an almost four-year hiatus after touring their previous album, Invisible Touch (1986).

We Can't Dance was a worldwide commercial success for the band. It became the band's fifth consecutive No. 1 album in the UK and reached No. 4 in the US, where it sold over 4 million copies. Between 1991 and 1993, six tracks from the album were released as singles, including "No Son of Mine" and "I Can't Dance". The latter received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals in 1993. Genesis toured in support of We Can't Dance from May to November 1992, playing large stadiums and arenas across North America and Europe.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 19 October 1991. p. 19.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Sam (30 December 2020). "'I Can't Dance': How Genesis Set Dancefloors Alight". uDiscoverMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 4 April 1992. p. 17.
  4. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 11 July 1992. p. 19.
  5. ^ Aldous, Steve (2020). The Songs of Genesis: A Complete Guide to the Studio Recordings. McFarland & Company. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-476-681382.
  6. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 6 February 1993. p. 27.
  7. ^ "Genesis: Tell Me Why". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 December 2021.


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