GENESIS ARCHIVE #2 contains both studio and live tracks recorded between 1976 and 1992.

Genesis: Phil Collins (vocals, drums); Tony Banks (guitar, keyboards); Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett, Daryl Stuermer (guitar); Bill Bruford (glockenspiel, maracas); Chester Thompson (drums).

Producers: Genesis, David Hentschel, Hugh Padgham.

Compilation producers: Nick Davis, Geoff Callingham.

Engineers: Craig Schertz, Nick Davis, Geoff Callingham.

Includes 65 page booklet with liner notes by Tony Banks.

Volume One collected work from Genesis' eight-year period with Peter Gabriel. This three CD follow-up collects rarities--studio outtakes, B-sides, remixes, and previously unreleased live tracks--from what the band refers to in the liner notes as their "20 year experiment" with Phil Collins as lead singer (1975-95).

Most of the songs lean toward the band's pop-soul side, although there's a work-in-progress version of "Mama" that (due to its obviously unfinished quality) hints at their earlier, more abstract style. Other highlights include the amusingly titled "Do the Neurotic," which has a great electric 12-string riff and a chugging synth chorus, and an interesting, dance-oriented remix of "Invisible Touch," whose big drum sound is redolent of late '80s pop.