We Can't Dance (1991) is the seventeenth album by the progressive rock band Genesis. It was the last studio album featuring vocalist/drummer Phil Collins, who left the band to concentrate on his solo career after touring for the album.
This was Genesis' first studio album in five years, the previous release being Invisible Touch in 1986. The album peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's 200 (North America) chart, and spawned five Billboard hit singles: "I Can't Dance" (No. 7), "No Son Of Mine" (No. 12), "Hold On My Heart" (No. 12), "Never A Time" (No. 21) and "Jesus He Knows Me" (No. 23).
Track listing
all songs by Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford
- "No Son of Mine" - 6:39
- "Jesus He Knows Me" - 4:16
- "Driving the Last Spike" - 10:08
- "I Can't Dance" - 4:01
- "Never a Time" - 3:50
- "Dreaming While You Sleep" - 7:16
- "Tell Me Why" - 4:58
- "Living Forever" - 5:41
- "Hold on My Heart" - 4:38
- "Way of the World" - 5:38
- "Since I Lost You" - 4:09
- "Fading Lights" - 10:16
Personnel
Production
- Producers: Genesis, Nick Davis
- Engineer: Nick Davis
- Assistant engineer: Mark Robinson
- Technical assistance: Mike Bowen, Geoff Callingham
- Direction: Icon Art
- Design: Icon Art
- Artwork: Felicity Roma Bowers
- Illustrations: Felicity Roma Bowers
- Photography: David Scheinmann
Charts
Album
| Year
| Chart
| Position
|
| 1991
| The Billboard 200
| 4
|
Singles
| Year
| Single
| Chart
| Position
|
| 1991
| "I Can't Dance"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 2
|
| 1991
| "No Son of Mine"
| Adult Contemporary
| 8
|
| 1991
| "No Son of Mine"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 3
|
| 1991
| "No Son of Mine"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 12
|
| 1992
| "Driving the Last Spike"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 25
|
| 1992
| "Hold on My Heart"
| Adult Contemporary
| 1
|
| 1992
| "Hold on My Heart"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 12
|
| 1992
| "I Can't Dance"
| Adult Contemporary
| 26
|
| 1992
| "I Can't Dance"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 7
|
| 1992
| "Jesus He Knows Me"
| Adult Contemporary
| 27
|
| 1992
| "Jesus He Knows Me"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 24
|
| 1992
| "Jesus He Knows Me"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 23
|
| 1992
| "Jesus He Knows Me"
| Top 40 Mainstream
| 12
|
| 1992
| "Never a Time"
| Adult Contemporary
| 4
|
| 1992
| "Never a Time"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 21
|
| 1992
| "Never a Time"
| Top 40 Mainstream
| 12
|