Turn It On Again: The Hits is a greatest hits album by the English 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.

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.

Album profile 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 on the UK Albums Chart and 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 and the following week climbing to . 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.

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

Original release (1999)

The Tour Edition release (2007)

The Tour Edition 2-CD + DVD (2007)

CDs same as 2-CD release

Personnel 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"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 98Japanese Albums (Oricon) 92

Chart (2024) Peakposition Croatian International Albums (HDU) 25

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 54 UK Albums (OCC) 40 Chart (2007) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 97

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