Fading Lights (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1991
From the album We Can't Dance (track #12)
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Fading Lights appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- We Can't Dance (track #12) (this album) (1991)
- The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs (track #4) (1993)
- 1983-1998 (track #29) (compilation) (2007)
- The Last Domino? (track #7) (compilation) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 11/16/2025 22:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,171 | 70/100 | |
| 10/02/2025 13:48 | dukeboxkool | 7,508 | 75/100 | |
| 08/26/2025 13:35 |  ExTeaSea | 12,459 | 85/100 | |
| 08/04/2025 16:37 |  Tamthebam | 44,660 | 79/100 | |
| 04/10/2025 02:56 |  AAL2014 | 35,784 | 76/100 |
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Squonk007 08/11/2021 10:22 | #272439
I sort of knew when I first heard this track that this was the end, pretty much of Genesis. It evokes all the great moments watching and following this band. I think this may be played on the 2021 tour purely for that reason.
Probably the prettiest and most poetic song on the album. Themes of nostalgia and final-ness are omnipresent in the opening ambient section, which is quite perfect considering that this was the final song on the final album with Phil Collins. The middle instrumental harkens back on Genesis' progressive days with extended keyboard solos from Banks and guitar fills from Rutherford: once again perfect for the message Fading Lights conveys. By the time the ambient reprise is over, you may feel a little misty-eyed. It may not be a stone-cold classic, but this was a really good way for the Phil Collins-led era of Genesis to come to an end.
Mdemauri 08/28/2014 15:11 | #120610
The last half of this song (extended instrumental) is a great way for Genesis to go out. I know they released one more album with Ray Wilson, but does it really count?
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