| Invisible Touch (2007 Remaster) |  | Artist: Genesis
Label: Rhino Atlantic
Category: Digital Music Album
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 11,505
Genre: adult-contemporary-pop-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 2499 Minutes
Release Date: February 26, 2010
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 Genesis fan March 15, 2010
Sugar Plum
Genesis fan. My parents had this album on record, always enjoyed it; wanted it on cd.
Wondering whether to buy this? Here's your answer...! March 6, 2010
T. P Roberts (Tallahassee, FL, USA)
27 out of 29 found this review helpful
I'm writing this review for people who are actually trying to decide whether to buy the album. No doubt, reading the reviews here is confusing because half the people love it and half the people hate it. Genesis is one of the biggest acts of the rock-pop era...and that's without the solo work of its members, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford (of Mike and the Mechanics) and various more obscure projects. THIS album is the band's biggest POP album success. It's got FIVE top 10 singles and two more songs that charted in the top 40. How many albums can you say that about?? So why do some people hate it? Well, Genesis started as a progressive rock band that focused on long (10 to 20 minute), complicated songs that displayed a huge degree of musicianship. Unlike most prog bands, the vocals were always good. Still, the poetic, complicated lyrics about mythical creatures, etc, do turn off general audiences. When Phil Collins took over on lead vocals after the departure of Peter Gabriel (Phil had just been the drummer up to that point), the band stayed prog for a while, but in the 80s, drifted into more melodic, romantic, shorter, and, yes, poppier songs. Some musical snobs pretend that the Gabriel era was all about art and the Collins era was all about selling out. It's just not true. Some of the Gabriel stuff still sounds great, but some of it is hopelessly dated. Gabriel stopped making that kind of music when Genesis did. It ran its course. And make no mistake: EVERY Genesis album, including this one, ALWAYS features great musical playing and some progressive elements (the big prog track here is Domino, a three part song). Not only was Phil a great singer; he was one of the best rock drummers of all time. The title track of this album is a great pop song, but most of the other "pop" songs here have some weird little edge to them or some kind of darkness that make them stand out from other pop songs. Tonight, Tonight is pretty murky for a pop song. The few ballads are about as good as ballads get and deserved their "hit" status. This was actually the first album I bought. I was a radio kid until I heard this album. This was my "gateway album" that steered me from solely radio pop toward more complicated fare. Domino changed my life. I'd never heard a 10 minute song before...with lyrics about melting children, no less! And a whole instrumental track? But the album is so LISTENABLE. It's like a spoonful of sugar helping the medicine go down--progressive music in a tasty pop frosting. NOTE: If you like this, the NEXT step in Genesis is Duke. That 1980 album had what I consider the best mix of real progressive rock and melodic or pop sensibilities. It's my favorite Genesis album. Best Gabriel album? Selling England By the Pound. Working your way BACKWARDS in Genesis a great way to discover the band for people unfamiliar with progressive rock or technical music. It's a fun band with a diverse catalogue of music. Enjoy!
 High point/low point March 6, 2010
JGM
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the high point of Genesis' existence as a hit-making pop group, but probably the low point for the creativity and musicality of the band. On the heels of three increasingly-successful solo albums, Phil Collins had the songwriting formula and production sound that defined the mid-'80s down pat, and applied it here to a set of rather thin song-sketches. These bombastic slabs of sound worked well on the radio, sandwiched between Don Henley and "Danger Zone", but in the context of the history of this band, this seems to be a cynical and self-conscious attempt to excise all musical complexity and instrumental skill in favor of simple hooks, hit hard and often. Outside of Collins' massively-processed vocals, there's little here to distinguish the material from dozens of other bands mining the same Miami Vice production vein around the same time.
And I'm not a Genesis-with-Phil basher: I count "Duke" and "Abacab", which managed a nice balance between pop sensibility and prog elements, as among my favorites by the band.
In any case this may be a review-proof album: if you recognize these songs from the clips (and anybody over a certain age will), you already know if they are for you or not. But if you happen to be looking into Genesis for the fist time, please consider starting elsewhere.
 Clean Remaster February 12, 2010
Gary (Gilroy, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First, let me say that the Rhino CD/DVD 2 disc Invisible Touch 2007 remaster DOES contain the full 8+ minute version of Tonight, Tonight, Tonight. It's the MP3 version that has the shortened version. The remastering job is good. Bass is improved. Highs are clean. It sounds as if there has been a little subtle remix to it. Some elements seem to be more to the front than before, some to the back of the mix. Some of Phil Collins vocal tracks sound to have a bit more pronounced reverb. Some of the adjustments are hard to pinpoint, but noticeable. After several listenings, I believe it is a worthwhile update; faithful to the original, with only minor tweaks.
 A solid '80s pop record; as far as '80s pop goes, this is one of the best October 30, 2009
Johnny Boy (Hockessin, DE)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Genesis have changed so much over the years it's not even funny. From the early Bee Gees inspired days (1968-1969) to the progressive rock days of Peter Gabriel (1970-1975) to the progressive rock/pop of Phil Collins' early-to-mid years in the band (1976-1984) to now. In 1986, Genesis released their immensely successful 'Invisible Touch' album, their most successful album to date.
By 1986, Collins was clearly the dominant member of Genesis, although every group member contributes something. Banks, Collins and Rutherford are dynamite in terms of composition: As far as pop music goes, this is a masterpiece of an album. 'Land of Confusion' is insightful and meaningful. Mike Rutherford never has been noted as a great guitar player (but rather as a bassist), but as far as guitar playing goes, Rutherford certainly doesn't sound too bad here.
Another thing to note is this album spawned their only US #1 hit with the title track. But it is well deserving; Tony Banks delivers some mighty fine synth lines on this track. This is probably the best pop song on the album.
But my personal favorite song on the album is 'The Brazilian,' a 5-minute instrumental. And while Collins doesn't really drum on this one (it features a drum machine programming, like much of the album, for the most part) it is probably the closest thing to '70s Genesis on the album, although at times, the 11-minute 'Domino' reminds one of the 1970s era, prog rock Genesis.
But despite my positive words, I only give this album three stars. That may seem somewhat harsh to one, but to me, it's perfectly reasonable. Why, you may ask?
Well, there's plenty of filler here is my problem. 'Anything She Does,' although a hit in Britain and a minor hit in the US, is clearly filler. It's not a terrible song, but it's normally not up to Genesis' standards. Instead, the instrumental 'Do the Neurotic' or perhaps 'Feeding the Fire' should have appeared in it's place. Both appear on the 'Archive #2: 1976-1992' 3-CD box set, which I strongly recommend.
Same for 'In Too Deep.' While this was a massive hit for the band, it's definitely the weakest song on the album. It's right up there as my least favorite Genesis song. To me, it would have sounded better on a Phil Collins solo album. Had this appeared on 'No Jacket Required,' I think this would have fit perfectly. I know many people love it, but personally, I just never could really get into it.
'Tonight Tonight Tonight' and 'Throwing it All Away,' were massive hits for Genesis on both sides of the Atlantic. They are good songs, especially the unedited version of 'Tonight Tonight Tonight,' with Tony Banks' keyboard solo in the middle. His playing here could remind one of 'Duke' (1980)-era Genesis. And 'Throwing it All Away' certainly isn't a bad song at all; it's not one of my personal favorites, but it's certainly a good song and deserving of it's mega-hit status.
Overall, I think 'Invisible Touch' has it's moments; 'Domino,' the title track and 'The Brazilian' really shine on this 1986 pop album. And as I said, as far as pop albums go, this one is a masterpiece; it puts ABBA to shame for sure. I will admit, this album definitely has it's moments, and I think it can get wrongfully ignored by longtime Genesis fans just because of it's status as the "Phil Collins solo album with the Genesis name" album. Which it really isn't.
But, in all fairness, three stars is certainly deserving for 'IT.' There's four really good pop songs here, two good songs, and two songs that are just filler and really don't deserve to appear on this album.
I recommend this album to any Genesis fan of the '80s, but if you are a strict '70s and early '80s era Genesis fan, I don't recommend it. This is not the same band that released 'Foxtrot' 14 years earlier, as I'm sure everyone knows. But, as far as pop albums go, this one's a masterpiece.
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