History Music / Abacab

** Answer: [[spoiler:A nuclear submarine]]. "Hair of brown" = [[spoiler:seaweed]]. "Seldom need to breathe" = [[spoiler:unlike a diesel-engined sub, a nuclear one doesn't need oxygen as part of its power]]. "Don't need no wings to fly" = [[spoiler:submarine crews refer to its motion through the water as "flying"]]. "And a heart of stone" = [[spoiler:the fuel rods which power the reactor]]. "A fear of fire and water" because [[spoiler: leaks and fire are both feared on a submarine. Leaks for obvious reasons, and a fire needs oxygen to burn]]. This has never actually been officially confirmed to be the band's intention, but the fact that [[spoiler:the next movement was intended to be "Submarine" when ''Abacab'' was still intended to be a double album]] does carry with it a certain implication.

* EpicRocking: While the album is still firmly in a pop-oriented direction, "Dodo/Lurker" still maintained some Progressive Rock elements and clocked in above seven minutes. (Originally, it was planned to be even longer, with "Submarine" and "Naminanu" coming after the two movements that made it onto the album; however, this was dropped when the band dropped their plans to make ''Abacab'' a double album.) The title track also clocked in at around seven minutes in its album version.

** Answer: [[spoiler:A nuclear submarine]]. "Hair of brown" = [[spoiler:seaweed]]. "Seldom need to breathe" = [[spoiler:unlike a diesel-engined sub, a nuclear one doesn't need oxygen as part of its power]]. "Don't need no wings to fly" = [[spoiler:submarine crews refer to its motion through the water as "flying"]]. "And a heart of stone" = [[spoiler:the fuel rods which power the reactor]]. "A fear of fire and water" because [[spoiler: leaks and fire are both feared on a submarine. Leaks for obvious reasons, and a fire needs oxygen to burn.]]. This has never actually been officially confirmed to be the band's intention, but the fact that [[spoiler:the next movement was intended to be "Submarine" when ''Abacab'' was still intended to be a double album]] does carry with it a certain implication.

* MediumAwareness: "Another Record"

* WordSaladLyrics: Music/PhilCollins himself noted the disjoined nature of the TitleTrack's lyrics, stating that his inability to figure out what the song is about is the main reason why Genesis left it out of their 2007 and 2021 reunions' setlists (and he co-wrote it).

* MonkeyMoralityPose: The sleeve artwork for the single release of "Keep It Dark" depicts a statuette of the "say no evil, see no evil, hear no evil" monkeys in that order. The music video additionally features the band members striking the pose in the same order, with Mike Rutherford covering his mouth, Music/PhilCollins covering his eyes, and Music/TonyBanks covering his ears and grimacing.

Following the departure of their previous producer Dave Hentschel, Genesis sought Hugh Padgham - who previously worked on Phil Collins' solo album ''Music/FaceValue'' and [[Music/{{Melt}} Peter Gabriel's third self-titled album]] - as album engineer while the band took sole production credit for the first time. They were impressed with Padgham's "gated reverb" effect on Collins' drums in the Music/PeterGabriel song "Intruder" and sought to incorporate elements of that in their album.

* VariantCover: The album art you see on the trope page is only one of four. While they are similar, they all use separate colour schemes. Another one can be seen on the album's Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacab article.]]

''Abacab'' is the eleventh studio album by [[ProgressiveRock progressive]] and {{pop}} rock group Music/{{Genesis}}. It was released through Creator/CharismaRecords on 18 September 1981 in the United Kingdom, and through Creator/AtlanticRecords on 24 September 1981 in the United States.

** Answer: [[spoiler:A nuclear submarine]]. "Hair of brown" = [[spoiler:seaweed]]. "Seldom need to breathe" = [[spoiler:unlike a diesel-engined sub, a nuclear one doesn't need oxygen as part of its power]]. "Don't need no wings to fly" = [[spoiler:submarine crews refer to its motion through the water as "flying"]]. "And a heart of stone" = [[spoiler:the fuel rods which power the reactor]]. "A fear of fire and water" because [[spoiler: leaks and fire are both feared on a submarine. Leaks for obvious reasons, and a fire needs oxygen to burn.]]. This has never actually been officially confirmed to be the band's intention, but the fact that the next movement was intended to be "Submarine" does carry with it a certain implication.

* EpicRocking: While the album is still firmly in a pop-oriented direction, "Dodo/Lurker" still maintained some Progressive Rock elements and clocked in above seven minutes. The title track also clocked in at around seven minutes in its album version.

** Answer: [[spoiler:A nuclear submarine]]. "Hair of brown" = [[spoiler:seaweed]]. "Seldom need to breathe" = [[spoiler:unlike a diesel-engined sub, a nuclear one doesn't need oxygen as part of its power]]. "Don't need no wings to fly" = [[spoiler:submarine crews refer to its motion through the water as "flying"]]. "And a heart of stone" = [[spoiler:the fuel rods which power the reactor]]. "A fear of fire and water" because [[spoiler: leaks and fire are both feared on a submarine. Leaks for obvious reasons, and a fire needs oxygen to burn.]].

* VariantCover: The album art you see on the trope page is only one of four. While they are similar, they all use separate color schemes.

Reviews were generally positive and the album was also a commercial success, being certified double platinum by the RIAA in 1988, with "Abacab" and "No Reply at All" as the two most successful singles of the album. Three of the songs left off the final cut were eventually released the following year as the ''3x3'' EP, which in turn was included in the international versions of the live album ''Three Sides Live''.

* EpicRocking: While the album is still firmly in a pop-oriented direction, "Dodo/Lurker" still maintained some Progressive Rock elements and clocked in above seven minutes.

'''''Abacab''''' is the eleventh studio album by [[ProgressiveRock progressive]] and {{pop}} rock group Music/{{Genesis}}. It was released through Charisma Records on 18 September 1981 in the United Kingdom, and through Creator/AtlanticRecords on 24 September 1981 in the United States.

''Abacab'' is the eleventh studio album by [[ProgressiveRock progressive]] and {{pop}} rock group Music/{{Genesis}}. It was released through Charisma Records on 18 September 1981 in the United Kingdom, and through Creator/AtlanticRecords on 24 September 1981 in the United States.

''Abacab'' is the eleventh studio album by Music/{{Genesis}}, released on 18 September 1981 through Charisma Records. After touring in 1980 to promote their album ''Music/{{Duke}}'', the band took a brief hiatus before buying a farmhouse in Surrey and converting it into a recording studio, making this the first album since ''Music/ATrickOfTheTail'' to be recorded in their native UK. The Farm would go on to record the remainder of Genesis' musical output, as well as the solo projects among the three band members.

* EpicRocking: While the album is still firmly in a pop-oriented direction, Dodo/Lurker still maintained some Progressive Rock elements and clocked in above seven minutes.

Reviews were generally positive and the album was also a commercial success, being certified double platinum by the RIAA in 1988, with "Abacab" and "No Reply at All" as the two most successful singles of the album. Three of the songs left off the final cut were eventually released the following year as the ''3x3'' EP, which in turn was included in the international versions of the live album ''Tbree Sides Live''.