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Tony Banks: Still

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Artist: Tony Banks
Title: Still
Released: 1991
Label: Warner Bros.
Time: 51:11
Producer(s): Tony Banks, Nick Davis
Appears with: Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Ray Wilson
Category: Pop/Rock
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2000.02.01
Price in €: 13,30
Web address: www.genesis-music.com

 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Red Day on Blue Street (Tony Bank & Nick Kershaw) - 5:48
[2] Angel Face (Tony Banks) - 5:16
[3] Gift (Tony Banks) - 3:56
[4] Still It Takes My Heart by Surprise (Tony Banks) - 6:25
[5] Hero for an Hour (Tony Banks) - 4:52
[6] I Wanna Change the Score (Tony Banks & Nick Kershaw) - 4:27
[7] Water Out of Wine (Tony Banks) - 4:37
[8] Another Murder of a Day (Tony Banks & Fish) - 9:02
[9] Back to Back (Tony Banks) - 4:30
[10] Final Curtain (Tony Banks) - 4:55

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Tony Banks - Keyboards, bass synth, drum programming, Vocals on [5]

Daryl Stuermer - Guitar
Nik Kershaw - Vocals on [1,6,10]
Fish (Derek W. Dick) - Vocals on [2,8]
Jayney Klimek - Backing vocals on [2], Lead vocals on [7,9]
Andy Taylor - Vocals on [3,4]
Martin Robertson - Saxophone on [1,5]
Pino Palladino - Bass on [2,4,7,8,10]
James Eller - Bass on [6]
Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums on [1,5,8,9,10], Hihat and cymbals on [3]
Luis Jardim - Percussion on [1,5,6,7,8]
Graham Broad - Drums on [6]
Nick Davis - Drum programming on [7]

Carl Studina - Photography
Wherefore Art - Design
Nick Davis - Engineer
Mark Robimson - Ass. engineer
Geoff Callingham - Technical Assistance
Mike Bowen - Technical Assistance
Wherefore Art - Design

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1992 LP Giant 1-24441
1992 CD Giant 2-24441
1992 CS Giant 4-24441
1992 CD Warner Bros. 24441
2001 CD EMI 787094
2001 CD Warner Bros. 24441

This album was recorded at The Farm, Surrey.


"Angel Face" remembers the best years of Genesis (with PG abd SH) and Marillion (the album Misplaced Childhood). The combination of Fish and Tony Banks is a very fine mixture of soft melodies on Tony and partially too much metallicism on Fish side. Nick Kershaw voice and his musical influence also complete other missing styles of Tony Banks. It is a very "strange" but fruitfull album - anyway, I recomend it for everybody who like progressive music.

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Featuring both progressive and pop leanings, this solo album from Genesis keysman Tony Banks is a strong effort. There are some wonderful moments here, and no real throwaway tracks. Musically, it runs the gamut from a new wave sort of pop sound to more prog-ish textures of Genesis and Marillion and even a take on a Pat Benatar sort of sound. Banks is joined on the album by Jayney Kilmek (Alphaville, Tangerine Dream), Daryl Struermer, Pino Palladino, Luis Jardim (Frankie Goes to Hollywood, ABC), Nik Kershaw, James Eller, Graham Broad, Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Allan Holdsworth), Martin Robertson, Andy Taylor (Duran Duran, Power Station), and Fish.

Gary Hill, All-MusicGuide



Tony Banks schreibt am liebsten Texte. Das Singen überläßt der Mann, der vor 25 Jahren Genesis gründete, auf seinem Solo-Album Still weitgehend anderen: Nik Kershaw, Andy Taylor, Jayney Klimek - und Fish, der Ex- Leadsänger von Marillion. Elektronik dominiert auf dieser Scheibe: Tony Banks komponierte eingängige Pop-Stücke, teils dramatisch mit Tempowechsel, teils schwelgerisch-schmachtend, manchmal mit fast schon epenhaften Solos - etwas mehr Tiefgang hätte allerdings nicht geschadet.

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Tony Banks, the keyboard player in Genesis, launched a concurrent solo career in 1979 with his debut album, A Curious Feeling, which hit number 21 in the U.K. and number 171 in the U.S.

William Ruhlmann, All-Music Guide



 L y r i c s


THIS IS LOVE

Here am I, lost in a world behind me. All alone, just like before you found me
Now I stare out on the traffic in the city.
Even in the dark.
And the rain falls on my window sill.
This a love, girl, call it what you will.
This a love.

As I sit, thoughts of the past surround me,
All around, like the sound of the wind in Winter.
Now I walk among the buildings of the city.
Always in the dark.
And the rain falls, spray from passing wheels.
This a love, girl, call it what you will.
This a Iove

Do what you want, do what you want you've got to.
Be what you want, be what you want you've got to.
Before, my life was a waste without you.
What do I do now that I'm gonna Iose you?
But you're gonna do exactly what you want to
Finish my world if I don't get to hold you again.

Now I walk among the buildings in the city.
Always in the dark.
And the rain falls, spray from passing wheels.
This is love, girl, call it what you will.
This is love.

And if you ever want me again. I will be there.
If you world seems to need me again I will be there,
Now I stare out on the traffic in the city.
Even in the dark.
And the rain falls on my window sill.
This is love, girl. call it what you will.
This is love


MAN OF SPELLS

In shadowy holes, the light disappears.
Evening is with us now.
And all around begins the movement
The many creatures of the night prepare

Undisturbed by the sound. with noiseless tread.
A figure comes into view.
A trail of magic runs behind him,
The Man of Spells has come to visit you.
He knows how much you really want him.
He knows just what you all want him to do.

Drawn back cloak revealing.
Wraith-like form concealing.
Half-heard words beseeching
Half-seen eyes unseeing,
Help me as I helped you.
Help me now I need you.

The enchantment is gone, the ghost disappears.
Leaving just a tired old man.
In restless dreams we might have changed him.
But a wanderer's all he'll ever be.
With shuffling feet he turns and is gone.
Back to his open home.
A trail of ashes runs behind him.
The man of magic has retired tonight.
He knows how much you really want him.
He knows just what you wanted him to do.


AND THE WHEELS KEEP TURNING

And we wheels keep turning, all the time.
But there's no pounding or purring, not a sound.
Just a feeling of stirring, hold them down, hold them down, hold them down.

Yes it might happen this way.
You have no warning, she is going away,
She was the backbone, to you life and your plans.
And now the unknown holds you down with its hands.
And then you know that there's no turning back from here.

And we wheels keep turning, all the time.
No mechanical churning, not a sound.
Just a feeling of stirring, hold them down, hold them down, hold them down

Yes it might happen this way.
She is familiar, nothing much more to say,
And then the day comes when you look in her eyes.
And what you see there takes you quite by surprise,
And then you knew that there's no turning back from here.

People moving, going about their day.
People planning, knowing just what to say,
In one year we'll have money to spare.
And in five all we require.
In ten years we'll have a place of our own
And in forty we'll retire.
So, do what we must before we turn to dust

And we wheels keep turning, all the time.
No expansion or burning, not a sound,
Just a feeling of stirring, hold them down, hold them down, hold them down

Yes it might happen this way.
You have no warning, she is going away.
She was the backbone, to you life and your plans.
And now the unknown holds you down with its hands.

And then you know that it might happen this way,
She is familiar, nothing much more to say,
And then the day comes when you look in her eyes.
And what you see there takes you quite by surprise,
And then you knew that there's no turning back from here.


SAY YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE ME

On a cold clear night in November.
All the people had gone to bed
We found oursleves upon a cliff edge.
Looking out to sea.
Then a sight in the pale moonlight.
Made us shake our heads in dismay.
A wave taller taller than the tallest tree
Bore down on she and me.
All the hopes and dreams we had
Dissolved amidst the fear
What I'd be... without you now.
Only the stars could ever tell.
From the window of our hotel room
We look out on the city below.
Driven light move randomly.
The never ending show. And when the bells shut ringing
We have fifty floors to go,
What I'd be... without you now.
Only the stars could ever tell.

Say you'll never leave me, never leave me alone.
Say you'll never leave me, never leave me alone.

On a lake, we cling to the rail.
On the back of a sailing boat
A mist falls around us.
Now becalmed we float
Then from behind comes a warning sound.
We're helplessly adrift
Still, we see nothing,
And then we see the ship.

High above it dwarfs us,
There's nowhere we can go,
What I'd be ... without you now.
Only the stars could ever tell.

Say you'll never leave me, never leave me alone.
Say you'll never leave me, never leave me alone.
Say you'll never leave me alone.
Say you'll never leave me alone.
I'd be so lonely here without you,
So lonely here without you, my love.
So lost without your love


THIRTY THREE'S

(Instrumaental)


BY YOU

As I step inside the street sound.
A growl of thunder turns my head round,
I see one face in the crowd,
Like a beacon in the rain,
I see your sunshine calling to me.

As the people rush on by you,
I will move myself beside you.
Link arms like policemen in a chain.
Keep ourselves inside the line,
I need you now like it needed to rain.

As the puddles form around us.
And the thunder noise surrounds us.
Now I can laugh amid the storm,
Like a child in the warm.
I feel your sunlight shining on me,
All around me, inside me.

Then high in the sky, a star appears to be winking,
A branch caught by the wind, its leaves beckon to me,
Stone still at my feet its grey matches my thinking.
Well water so deep, its song calling me down, down, down

Now in the street I stand deserted,
With the cold and wet returning.
I turn, rejoining with the crowd.
Like a leaf caught in the stream,
I need you now like it needed to rain.

I will meet you where the winds blow.
The thunder rolls to and the streams flow.
I will see your face in the crowd,
Like a beacon in the rain.
And see your sunshine calling to me.


AT THE EDGE OF NIGHT

In fading starlight creeping gloom.
At the edge of night
I dream inside this half-lit room.
It's gonna be alright
And I will say, that I will stay with you
And be forever by your side.
No matter what before might lie
Or what we leave behind.

And now the sun shines through the trees.
In the morning light
It seems so easy to believe.
It's gonna be alright
And I will say. that I will stay with you
And be forever by your side.
No matter what before might lie.
Or what we leave behind.

But if you're thinking that you don't feel that way.
I'll leave you alone now, I'll go away.
I promise, I'll go now, no matter what I said.
But I'll be waiting, right here for you
Until I lay my body down
And it will be forever nighttime.
If that's the way it is, the way it has to be.

And now the stars come back to life.
At the edge of night
Another day has dipped away.
It's gonna be alright
And I will say, that I will stay with you
And be forever by your side
No matter what before might lie.
But if you turn me down.
Then I'll be waiting, right here for you.
Until I lay my body down.
And it will be forever nighttime.
If that's the way it is, the way it has to be.


CHARM

(Instrumental)


MOVING UNDER

Into the night but out of the dark.
To be cornered and yet to survive.
The jester performed, with his body he scorned.
With his voice he amused, and a little confused
His masters the King and Queen.
The laugh of the King was clear and strong.
So out of fear the crowd laughed along.
And how I'd love to leave here.
Moving under.

Lost in space and with no hiding place.
And no chance of staying alive.
His men turn to him with confident eyes.
They've been in trouble before, but still they're alive
They're sure he'll think of something,
But slowly their eyes take on looks that accuse
As they realise, he knows they must lose.
And how I'd love to leave here.
Moving under.

Doesn't anybody know that I am on the run?
How I'd love to leave here.
Always moving on.
Always moving on somewhere that doesn't mean a thing.
How I'd love to leave here.
How I'd love to be there.
Always on the ran.
Always searching for some place that I can be alone.
Doesn't anybody know the reason why?

Into the night but out fo the dark
To be cornered and yet to survive.
The Fugitive runs, though his hands are tied.
His legs are in irons hut his head's held high.
He knows how not to feel.

The time is right to move out of the night
Into the light and stay out of sight
How I'd love to leave here.
Moving under...

Doesn't anybody know the reason why?


K2

You and me, we got to go somewhere,
Somewhere where there's air to breathe,
Even though we can't see daylight
Somehow we can feel the breeze, oh no,
Gonna be there someday, gonna make it some way.

Climbing cross the hills on pathways.
Where wiser men would fear to tread.
The air itself seems made from treacle,
Our shoes they feel they're made from lead, oh no,
Gonna he there someday, gonna make il some way.

I got to know how you feel,
Got to know who you are,
Got to know from where you come.
You and me we got nowhere to go,
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide,
Ways appear, then disappear forever, all around.

We wander down between the houses,
Then walk among the fields again.
If we always keep on moving
We know we'll get there in the end, oh no.
Gonna be there someday, gonna make it some way.


SOMETIME NEVER

Sometimes I have to ask myself,
How it is that we survive.
We know trains, boats, planes and cars
Will sometimes fail.
And if one don't get you then the other one will.
And if the other don't get you then another one surely will.

Inside, your heart must keep on going.
And so must all the other parts too.
Illnesses and poisons lie in wait
And if one don't get you the other one will.
And if the other don't get you then another one surely will.

I'm not just talking about the mountain climbers.
Jungle explorers or even hang gliders.
I'm not just talking about test pilots.
Steeplejacks, stuntmen or racing drivers.

Half the people in the world behave
Like they'd like to see the other half dead,
With guns and knives or perhaps just unconcern.
And if one don't get you the other one will.
And if the other don't get you then another one surely will.

I'm not just talking about the mountain climbers.
Jungle explorers or even hang gliders.
I'm not just talking about test pilots,
Steeplejacks, stuntmen or racing drivers.
I'm not just talking about lion tamers,
Human canonballs or secret agent;
I'm not just talking afaout skydivers,
Trapeze artists or rodeo riders
I'm not just talking about bounty hunters,
Astronauts, boxers or Billy Bunters

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