No Son Of Mine (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1991
From the album We Can't Dance (track #1)
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No Son Of Mine appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- We Can't Dance (track #1) (this album) (1991)
- Turn It On Again: The Hits (track #10) (compilation) (1999)
- Platinum Collection (track #1) (compilation) (2004)
- Live / The Way We Walk (Volume One: The Shorts) (track #2) (1992)
- Live Over Europe 2007 (track #3) (2007)
- 1983-1998 (track #18) (compilation) (2007)
- R-Kive (track #30) (compilation) (2014)
- The Last Domino? (track #17) (compilation) (2021)
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| ! | 06/25/2026 02:24 | martintho | 68,962 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 15:31 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2025 21:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 174,525 | 71/100 |
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After delivering an average opener on the previous album, Genesis returns to having a strong starting cut with No Son of Mine. It draws a lot of similarities with Mama, due to its dark tone, atmospheric keyboards, and lyrics describing the turmoil between people (No Son of Mine's being about abuse in the home), though I don't think it hits quite as hard, mainly because Collins' vocal performance is a lot more repressed. The choruses probably aren't as sharp as they should be either, mainly because Banks' keyboards sound a little too poppy and upbeat for the subject matter, but the rest of the track fits the feel greatly, and overall, it is a well-done song about childhood trauma and the fracture of a family. One of the album's stronger cuts.
Squonk007 08/11/2021 08:22 | #272431
Dark and moody, the best track on the album.
