(Rhino/Warner Music)

For me, "Sussudio" was the last straw. Even though it was part of Phil Collins's solo career, that tune irritated me so much that it threw a pall over everything he'd done before as Genesis's lead singer. Never again could I listen to worthwhile Collins-era Genesis discs like Wind and Wuthering or A Trick of the Tail without cringing at the thought that this guy was also responsible for that soul-destroying radio hit of '85.

For Genesis freaks who haven't acquired a similar aversion to Collins and aren't put off by the suckiness of "Invisible Touch" or the tedium of "I Can't Dance" this 10-disc collection could be a welcome stocking stuffer. It includes remastered/remixed CD and "DVD visual extras" versions of 1983's Genesis, 1986's Invisible Touch, 1991's We Can't Dance, and 1997's ”¦Calling All Stations, which saw Collins replaced by Ray Wilson, who sounded a lot like Peter Gabriel. While Stations was largely ignored by the record-buying public, the other three albums represent the group's most commercially successful period.

1983-1998 which also includes a bonus CD/DVD and a 48-page booklet is the follow-up to last April's similarly presented 1976-1982 collection. Rhino plans to release a third Genesis boxed set in February, which will span the years when Peter Gabriel was lead singer, and will thus be the real winner of the bunch. Prog-rock die-hards who just can't wait that long can always get their Gabriel-era jollies via Genesis's best album, 1973's Selling England by the Pound.