We Can’t Dance (1991)

We Can’t Dance (1991)

We Can’t Dance is Collins’ final LP with Genesis, and it would have been a fitting goodbye for the band itself. Like most ’90s rock albums, it’s a few tracks too long (at 71 total minutes) and a bit dated, production-wise (dig those ultra-breezy drum machines and lukewarm guitar crunch on “Dreaming While You Sleep”), but it’s also the most eclectic Genesis album — a summary of everything the trio line-up did so well. “Driving The Last Spike” continues in the dramatic long-form prog vein of Invisible Touch’s “Domino,” while the blues-rock of “I Can’t Dance” finds the band at their absolute dorkiest. Even the obvious singles (the yearning “No Son Of Mine,” the TV evangelist takedown “Jesus He Knows Me”) hit with a surprising amount of force. Lop off the lightweight filler (“Tell Me Why,” “Since I Lost You,” “Way Of The World”), and this plays like a Best-Of.