INVISIBLE TOUCH

i can't understand why people hate this album so much. it's not prog, not even close. it's pop, but it's a very high quality pop music. at least, Genesis was one of the only prog bands who has turned to the pop side and still could do good music (nothing compared to the awful 90125 and Big Generator from Yes or Love Beach from ELP, which destroyed the reputation of these bands in my point of view). This isn't the best pop Genesis album, but it's not the worst as well. it does have some incredible moments, as well as some horrible moments. This album also makes full use of the Drum Machine, which is bad, but not THAT bad. But all in all this is a fine album. I would recommend this to people who like good music, but not for hardcore Genesis fans. On to the songs:

Invisible Touch: The title song was a massive hit and it was sure a very good one. The lyrics are silly, but the rest is just great. 8/10

Tonight, Tonight, Tonight: this is an really dark song which talks about drug addiction. the instrumental section is very nice and it has an prog feeling in it. This song also has one great guitar solo by Mike Rutherford at the ending. 9/10

Land of Confusion: This song is nice, very agitated, with an great bass line and good lyrics. but I think they've could have made it better by adding an guitar solo , or a better keyboard solo. 7/10

In Too Deep: Great love ballad, quite sad by the way. the keyboard work is excellent, and the guitar lines reminds me of Eric Clapton. unfortunately, the lyrics are quite dumb. 8/10

Anything She Does: In my personal opinion, Anything She Does is the worst song Genesis has ever made. it's horrible on both musical and lyrical department, and the horns are far more annoying as they were on the Abacab album (yes, that is possible). I don't know if it's irony, but this is the only song that uses real drums on this album,such a waste... 0/10

Domino: This is the best song in this album. very well constructed, very well executed. The lyrics are very good and the keyboard parts are wonderful, as well as Phil's voice. Even the Drum Machine sounds good on this one. Really bombastic stuff. 10/10

Throwing It All Away: For a extremely simple song, Throwing it all Away is really great. Lyrically speaking, this song is as dumb as it's name, but the melody is so catchy, that you can just forget that detail and sing along :D. 7/10

The Brazilian: this song is an really awesome instrumental piece. Catchy, well constructed, with awesome keyboards, electronic drums and guitars. Excellent instrumental piece and the second best song in this album. 10/10

overall: 3 stars