Instead of siphoning off creativity and diluting Genesis of strong material, the respective solo albums clearly inspired the group to lift any self-imposed restrictions to the Genesis sound, as you will hear in this classic rock interview In The Studio. Moreover, it wasn’t just Collins who was branching out: by the time his 1985 third solo album No Jacket Required made Phil deservedly a star in his own right, Rutherford and Banks had each done no less than two solo efforts apiece. “Land of Confusion” going Top Five as a single says a lot more about the changing mainstream tastes in 1986 rather than any musical agenda by the band, and the #3 hit “Tonight,Tonight,Tonight” from the astonishing 15 million-seller Invisible Touch effectively silenced any silly debate about pop vs. “Man on the Corner ” was indeed a hit, but in it Collins addresses the issue of homeless people and society’s reluctance to acknowledge them or, in many cases, feel any responsibility for finding solutions… not exactly your typical pop banality. The title song “Abacab” ( named nonsensically after the three musical sections “a”, ‘b”, and “c” ) was nowhere near the pop mainstream. Genesis released their thirteenth studio album Invisible Touch on Jvia Atlantic Records in the US. However, the simple facts just don’t bear out that inference, as all three members explain here. Because drummer/singer/songwriter Phil Collins had a parallel solo career take off during that time, revisiting the critical reviews from many respected music writers in this period reveals a prevailing assumption that Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherfordand keyboardist Tony Banks unwittingly ( if not unwillingly) were somehow led by Collins in a more mainstream pop direction. The album debuted at Number One on the British chart.Between 19, the British trio Genesis released a series of four consecutive hit albums, each more successful than its predecessor by as many as five times, which include 1981’s Abacab and 1986’s Invisible Touch. Genesis - Invisible Touch (Official Music Video) 4:06 Lists Add to List. Invisible Touch (Cassette, Album, Dolby HX Pro). The Invisible Touch album peaked at Number Three on the Billboard 200 and sold more than five million copies. Invisible Touch (LP, Album, Allied Pressing, Embossed Sleeve) Atlantic, Atlantic: 81641-1-E, 7 81641-1-EUS: 1986: Recently Edited. We were confident we had done something really good.” But we felt very strongly about this album, and everything from the cover art to the designs was bold and striking. Every week hundreds of albums come out, and you can't expect people to listen to all of them. “That was the advantage of a hit like 'Invisible Touch' - it attracted more people to hear all of our music. “We started playing this riff which… seemed to be good on its own and had a different character from what we were going for on the rest of it… At one point (we were) thinking of incorporating the two, but I'm glad we didn't because 'Invisible Touch' makes a nice, concise piece.”Īlthough Genesis had several hit singles before “Invisible Touch,” Banks noted that there was a marked difference in having a hit of that magnitude. Keyboardist Tony Banks recalled that the other song “Invisible Touch” came out of was “The Last Domino,” another track on the Invisible Touchalbum. In the U.K., “Invisible Touch” reached Number 15 on the singles chart.ĭescribing the song's genesis, singer-drummer Phil Collins said, “We were working on another song, and Mike ( Rutherford) started playing that guitar riff… As soon as he started playing that, I started singing, 'She seems to have an invisible touch.' At that moment, we just knew we had a great hook, and then we just sort of wrote a song around it.” It was also Number One for three weeks on the Airplay charts and spent another three weeks as Billboard's Number One Album Rock hit. “Invisible Touch” was Genesis' first Number One hit on the Billboard Hot 100, spending one week at the top of that chart. Recorded: Summer 1985 through early 1986 at The Farm in Surrey, England Writers: Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford
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