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Rating: From the "Abacab" sessions, here come the three Genesis members publishing in '82 three tracks that were left out from the previous year's work.
The three tracks, "Paperlate", "You Might Recall", and "Me And Virgil" demonstrate how the band in the post-"Duke" period is trying to completely redesign their sound, seeking influences from other musical genres, a bit of soul music and a lot of pop. If "Abacab" is an album that, in its choice of tracks, is decidedly disorderly, this EP clarifies a little more the sound that Phil, Tony, and Mike intended to give to their production. The single carries tracks where they seek a form of song that is simple, catchy, but that does not betray and deny their precious past.
This is evident in the best track, "You Might Recall". A beautiful song, pleasing in its rhythmic base, singing, and Banks' electric piano, the chorus is airy, and the final output is excellent. "Paperlate", on the other hand, is a low-quality exercise of Collins on the drums spiced with misplaced and annoying blaring horns (on "Abacab" there's its sister, in style, "No Reply At All"). The song originates from a studio improvisation by Phil on which Mike and Tony then defined the instrumental base, but it is really not much. "Me And Virgil" is instead an intriguing song, somewhat theatrical in execution. This track, opened by a drum roll, has a very simple musical base, Collins carries the first part (a little march) on which Banks adds small hints of synthes, the growth of the rhythm and the addition of the guitar lead to a slightly more traditional finale for Genesis. The track was supposed to be included in "Abacab" but the presence of "Me And Sarah Jane" (similarity in the title) led to its exclusion, there are also live versions but it's not a great track.
The tracks were later included in "Three Sides Live" in the original version.
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