Genesis – Invisible Touch

Genesis - Invisible TouchThis album is one of my guiltiest pleasures in my entire music section. Part of me cringes at how far Genesis fell from its progressive roots to this penultimate studio album – well, penultimate so far, anyway – which consisted largely of typical mid-’80s rock/pop numbers and the crooning ballads with which Phil Collins was becoming more associated at the time. And for that harsh assessment, I’m reluctantly forced to admit that I like the ballad “In Too Deep”. There are actually a few hints of the band’s more progressive 3 out of 4roots, such as the instrumental “The Brazilian”, but longer track times don’t always equate to art rock…sometimes, as in the case of “Tonight Tonight Tonight”, they’re just flat boring.

  1. Invisible Touch (3:26)
  2. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (8:49)
  3. Land of Confusion (4:45)
  4. Order this CD In Too Deep (4:59)
  5. Anything She Does (4:06)
  6. Domino (10:42)
  7. Throwing It All Away (4:41)
  8. The Brazilian (4:49)

Released by: Atlantic
Release date: 1986
Total running time: 45:45