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Duke is the tenth studio album by British band Genesis, and was released in March 1980.

Duke became the trio's first #1 album in the UK, remaining in the charts for 30 weeks. It broadened their US audience even further where it reached #11 and went Gold immediately and eventually Platinum.

Duke is regarded as a transitional Genesis album, incorporating both elements of dense and elaborate instrumentation associated with the band's 1970s era material and glimpses of their future 1980s pop melodies and hooks. It's therefore become regarded as the album where many Genesis fans would draw the line between the "old" and "new" Genesis. Duke showed both sides of the band's music, containing both short radio-friendly pop tunes (e.g. "Misunderstanding") as well as lengthy progressive rock suites (e.g. "Duke's Travels"). Hence, Duke enjoys the anomaly of being simultaneously regarded as either the band's last progressive outing or their first pop-oriented release.

Duke came on the heels of solo albums by Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. Phil Collins had departed to Vancouver with his first wife to try to salvage their failing marriage. With the group's future uncertain, Rutherford recorded Smallcreep's Day while Banks issued A Curious Feeling. When Collins' marriage finally ended, he rejoined the group, bringing a batch of introspective new songs. Most of these made up his solo Face Value album when released in early 1981, but two of them, "Misunderstanding" and "Please Don't Ask," were donated to Duke.

Once Duke was released, the song "Turn it on Again" became the band's second UK Top 10 hit, while "Misunderstanding" made considerable strides in the US, reaching the Top 20, and providing growing songwriter Phil Collins with his first self-written hit. "Turn it on Again" (whose music was written by the group, with Mike Rutherford contributing the lyrics) is in 13/4 time.

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Tracklisting:
Alle muziek en teksten van Banks/Collins/Rutherford, tenzij anders aangegeven.

Behind The Lines (5:31) 
Duchess (6:40) 
Guide Vocal (1:18) 
Man Of Our Times (5:35) (Rutherford) 
Misunderstanding (3:11) (Collins) 
Heathaze (5:00) 
Turn It On Again (3:50) 
Alone Tonight (3:54) (Rutherford) 
Cul-De-Sac (5:02) (Banks) 
Please Don't Ask (4:00) (Collins) 
Duke's Travels (8:41) 
Duke's End (2:04)