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THE REVIEW
Here we are at the end. The Genesis have achieved the feat of creating a completely pointless and chilling album. Because Invisible Touch stands as a granite monument to the worst sound of the eighties, everything is built for easy listening, MTV video airtime, and commercial success. I'm talking about an album that sold millions of copies worldwide and was supported by a triumphant tour documented on an inevitable DVD, but what remains of this work today? Little, in fact almost nothing, because unlike their previous works, you have to make acrobatics and compromise with your musical taste to find something good in it.
You can't speak well of tracks like Invisible Touch and Anything She Does, which are just songs suitable for commercials during an American Football game, or the horrible sound of Land of Confusion, with that unfortunate chorus even sung on Passaparola.
There aren't even any reminiscences of the past, even though Tony Banks believes Domino is one; decent POP songs, Collins manages to give his worst in tracks like Tonight Tonight or In Too Deep. If you want to extract something salvageable, the instrumental The Brazilian can be saved, with its cascading electronic percussive sounds and the final guitar that's worth at least one listen.
Recommended for those who have money to burn or radical optimists who place in Genesis a trust bordering on the impossible.
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This review criticizes Genesis' Invisible Touch as a commercially driven album emblematic of the worst 1980s sound. Despite its massive sales and extensive tour, the album is described as lacking lasting artistic value. Several tracks are deemed suitable only for commercial use, with few redeeming elements such as the instrumental 'The Brazilian.' Overall, the album is considered a low point in Genesis' discography.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Genesis
English rock band formed in 1967, celebrated for landmark early-1970s progressive albums (Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, The Lamb) and a later, more pop-oriented phase led commercially by Phil Collins.116 Reviews
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By Hetzer
The worst Genesis record has very little redeemable.
A brazen and best-selling product, cheerful and annoying, with very little artistic vein.
By alberto88
Invisible Touch, the infamous orange hand from whose clutches old Genesis fans wanted to escape, is the paradigm of what I mentioned earlier.
The album, in short, has the charm of a 'guilty pleasure' record, which in its commercial inspiration is ultimately successful and also gritty.
By paolo1968
Phil Collins, worried about the expenses for his twelfth divorce and the annual supply of Minoxidil, decided to release the most shamelessly commercial album in Genesis history.
The only memorable song on 'Invisible Touch' is the mini-suite 'Domino', inspired by the Archangel Peter Gabriel.
By Gabbo
Invisible Touch represents the arrival point of a musical restyling for Genesis.
Genesis are progressive at heart, but open to the trends of the times and the ephemeral fashions.
