Abacab

~ Recording by Genesis

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (embossed RBYG – red/blue/yellow/grey cover)
  • 1981-09-18 GB
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (embossed, YRGG – yellow/red/gray/green cover)
  • 1981-09-18 GB
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (embossed, GYMC – grey/yellow/magenta/cyan cover)
  • 1981-09-18 GB
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (embossed, CORG – cyan/orange/red/green cover)
  • 1981-09-18 GB
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab
  • 1981-09-24 US
1.1Abacab7:02GenesisAbacab (RCA Music Service club edition)
1.1Abacab?:??GenesisAbacab
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (GYMC – grey/yellow/magenta/cyan non‐embossed cover)
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (GYMC – grey/yellow/magenta/cyan non‐embossed cover)
1.1Abacab?:??GenesisAbacab (BPRG – blue/peach/red/green cover)
1.1Abacab7:02GenesisAbacab (embossed, YRGG – yellow/red/gray/green cover)
1.3Abacab7:02GenesisKeep It Dark
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab
1.1Abacab6:59GenesisAbacab
  • 1985-05-01 JP
1.8Abacab7:03GenesisQ
1.10Abacab6:55GenesisStereoplay: The Best of Highlights II
1.1Abacab6:59GenesisAbacab (made in Japan)
  • 1987-07 US
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (made in West Germany)
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab
1.1Abacab7:03GenesisAbacab
1.1Abacab7:03GenesisAbacab
1.1Abacab6:56GenesisAbacab (Manufactured in Holland on disc face)
1.1Abacab7:04GenesisAbacab
  • 1989-03-05 JP
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab
1.10Abacab6:56GenesisThe Vertigo Years
1.1Abacab6:56GenesisAbacab
1.9ABACAB6:57GenesisPop Classics Vol. 4
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisRock Line 3
1.6Abacab7:04GenesisRock Times, Volume 14: 1981-1982
1.7Abacab6:57GenesisThe Lion Rocks Again
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (definitive edition remaster)
  • 1994-10-24 GB
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (Ted Jensen remaster)
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab (definitive edition remaster)
1.1Abacab7:04GenesisAbacab (definitive edition remaster)
1.11Abacab6:54GenesisRock Rebel
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab
  • 1999-03-31 JP
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab
  • 2007-07-25 JP
2.1Abacab6:57GenesisAbacab
  • 2025-07-28 US
1.1Abacab7:04GenesisAbacab
  • 2025-07-28 US
1.1Abacab6:59GenesisAbacab (PDO)
1.4Abacab7:00GenesisL’Album pop rock 1980–1999, volume 2
1.5Abacab6:53GenesisRock Classics: Rock the Night, Volume 1
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisRock Line Volume 3
Promotion
1.1Abacab6:55GenesisMusic Legend Collection ‘Rock’
1.4Abacab6:57GenesisDrakkar Noir - Best of Rock, Volume 1
Bootleg
1.1Abacab6:58GenesisAbacab Complete
1.24Abacab?:??Genesis1978–1997
1.1Abacab6:57GenesisWhat I Like About Them
  • 2010 -
(unknown)
1.1Abacab?:??GenesisAbacab
1.2Abacab7:00GenesisClassic Rock Volume 8

Relationships

engineer:Hugh Padgham
producer:Genesis
bass guitar and guitar:Mike Rutherford (from 1981-05 until 1981-06)
drums (drum set) and lead vocals:Phil Collins (from 1981-05 until 1981-06)
keyboard:Tony Banks (from 1981-05 until 1981-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Charisma Records Ltd.
recorded at:The Farm in Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1981-05 until 1981-06)
has remixes:Abacab (in 2004)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/10ThhPNj7E31iHGR0jTfeP [info]
recording of:Abacab (from 1981-05 until 1981-06)

Related works

Abacab

lyricist:Mike Rutherford
composer:Tony Banks
Phil Collins
Mike Rutherford
publisher:Concord Music GmbH
Concord Sounds
Imagem CV
Imagem Music GmbH
Imagem Sounds Banks
Imagem Sounds Collins
Imagem Sounds Rutherford
Michael Rutherford Ltd.
Philip Collins Ltd.
Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd (in 1981)
later parody versions:Malachi