Turn It On Again: The Hits is a greatest hits album by British progressive rock/pop-rock band Genesis. The album was originally released as a single album on 25 October 1999 by Virgin Records in the UK and on 26 October 1999 by Atlantic Records in the US.

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Turn It On Again: The Hits
Greatest hits album by Genesis
Released	25 October 1999 (1999-10-25)[1]
Recorded	1973–1999 (Original) 1970–1999 (Tour Edition)
Genre	Progressive rock, art rock, pop rock
Length	78:37
Label	Virgin Atlantic (US/Canada)
Producer	Tony Banks Phil Collins Mike Rutherford David Hentschel Hugh Padgham Nick Davis Peter Gabriel Steve Hackett John Burns Trevor Horn[2]
Compiler	Geoff Callingham[2]
Genesis chronology
Genesis Archive 1967–75 (1998) Turn It On Again: The Hits (1999) Genesis Archive 2: 1976–1992 (2000)
The Tour Edition (2007)
Singles from Turn It On Again: The Hits
"The Carpet Crawlers 1999" Released: 2 November 1999[3]

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In 2007, an expanded two-disc edition, subtitled The Tour Edition, was released to promote the Turn It On Again: The Tour reunion. All tracks except "The Carpet Crawlers 1999" were remixed by Nick Davis. Besides the 2-CD version, a 2-CD + DVD version was issued, which included The Video Show DVD.

All tracks feature the long-lasting Banks-Collins-Rutherford lineup of Genesis, with the exception of "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" and "The Carpet Crawlers 1999", which feature the Banks-Collins-Gabriel-Hackett-Rutherford lineup, and "Congo", which features the Banks-Rutherford-Wilson lineup.

Upon its release, Turn It On Again: The Hits reached No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 65 on the US Billboard 200, where it achieved gold record status.

In 2007, The Tour Edition was also successful, re-entering the UK charts at No. 14 and the following week climbing to No. 5. The Tour Edition was released in the US on 11 September replacing The Platinum Collection.

The seven letters of the Genesis logo on the cover are parts of the different album cover logos over the years. They are as follows:

• The "G" from ...And Then There Were Three...
• The first "E" from the second "E" on We Can't Dance (the first "E" on that album's cover was reversed)
• The "N" from Calling All Stations (with a different colour scheme; this was reverted on the 2007 re-issue)
• The second "E" from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
• The first "S" from Duke
• The "I" from Genesis
• The second "S" from Invisible Touch

The band's official website has taken to using a similar format for its homepage; when the mouse is moved over each letter, the picture changes.

All songs composed by Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford, except where indicated.

• Tony Banks – keyboards, synthesizer, piano and 12-string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Mike Rutherford – bass, electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric sitar and backing vocals
• Phil Collins – vocals, drums and percussion (except on "Congo" and "The Knife")
• Steve Hackett – lead guitar on "I Know What I Like", "The Carpet Crawlers", "Counting out Time", "Happy the Man", "Your Own Special Way", "Afterglow, "Pigeons", "Inside and Out" and "A Trick of the Tail"
• Peter Gabriel – vocals and flute on "I Know What I Like", "The Carpet Crawlers", "Counting out Time", "Happy the Man" and "The Knife"
• Anthony Phillips – lead guitar on "The Knife"
• John Mayhew - drums on "The Knife"
• Ray Wilson – vocals on "Congo"

Additional personnel

• Nir Zidkyahu – drums on "Congo"
• Phenix Horns – horns on "No Reply At All"

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