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criticdrummer94 
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 Topic: Invisible Touch vs We Can't Dance
Posted: July 18 2011 at 14:28 |
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Another Genesis poll? Well yes and it's between the two most commercial and probably hated among Prog fans. I'm kinda excited to see how this one goes. I personally go with Invisible Touch because it just has seamless flow between all the tracks. They all feel like they belong.
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Posted: July 18 2011 at 14:50 |
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Posted: July 18 2011 at 15:55 |
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Manuel
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Posted: July 18 2011 at 17:26 |
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None of them did it for me, and still remain quite empty in my book.
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Posted: July 18 2011 at 17:34 |
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Invisible Touch has more memorable songs than We can't Dance, hence my vote
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Blacksword
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 04:36 |
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Equally weak overall, but both have a couple of good tracks: Domino, Land of Confusion, Fading Lights, No son of Mine..
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 05:04 |
 Manuel wrote:
None of them did it for me, and still remain quite empty in my book. |
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 05:34 |
Invisible Touch has a great sound, and I like all of the songs, although "Anything She Does" is a bit weak. We Can't Dance suffers from the fact that in the age of cd a band thinks they should have to fill in an hour of music and has a few fillers, but also: it misses intensity. I like "Fading Lights" but it is a far cry from the early epic works. I choose IT.
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 05:38 |
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Invisible Touch is their best album of the post Hackett period. For me anyway.
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 06:46 |
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Neither. Two uninteresting songs.
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 07:11 |
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I used to have the first album and have only heard the hits off the second, which I have in video format as part of a compilation, so damned if I know which one is better.
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 12:25 |
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The neither option.
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 12:36 |
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I think they're both pretty good. Invisible Touch has a better group of songs overall. We Can't Dance has a few feeble attempts to get their "prog" back, and while they aren't terrible, they do water the album down somewhat. Plus there's more filler tracks like "Live Forever", which are probably Mike and the Mechanics rejects. Invisible Touch on the other hand... I can't really think of any songs on that one I dislike.
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 12:57 |
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I like them both, but Invisible Touch just gets it.
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 13:49 |
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We Can't Dance
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wilmon91
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 17:51 |
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We Can't Dance by far. Invisible Touch hasn't aged well - I really don't like the sound. The album feels tense, I don't feel well listening to it. WCD is more laid back, and the sound is much better than IT. I can find four good songs there.
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 17:57 |
Both aren't too good. 
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 18:53 |
lazland wrote:
I like them both, but Invisible Touch just gets it. |
This, but Fading Lights gives We Can't Dance my vote, even though Invisible Touch was the second CD I ever bought, back in 1986 when I began to accumulate CDs instead of vinyl.
Edit: went with "both"
Edited by Todd - July 19 2011 at 18:54
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Adams Bolero
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 20:00 |
This is in prog polls? 
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 21:01 |
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We Can't Dance for me has the best overall songs. It is really only the title tracks of both that bug me!
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Invisible Touch vs We Can't Dance
