History Music / InvisibleTouch

''Invisible Touch'' is the thirteenth studio album by British progressive-turned-pop rock band Music/{{Genesis|Band}}. It was released through Creator/AtlanticRecords on 6 June 1986 in the United States, and through Creator/VirginRecords (via the Creator/{{Charisma|Records}} label) on 9 March 1986 in the United Kingdom.

Five singles were released: the TitleTrack, "Throwing It All Away", "In Too Deep", "Land of Confusion", and "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight". All five were top 10 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Top 100; "Invisible Touch" would become their only #1 single in the United States (and, amusingly, was later knocked off from that spot by former lead singer Music/PeterGabriel's only US #1 single "Music/{{Sledgehammer|1986}}"). The album is also noted for the music video for "Land of Confusion" by the folks at ''Series/SpittingImage'', which was a hit on Creator/{{MTV}} and has [[Music/LandOfConfusion its own page]] on this very wiki thanks to just how dense with material it is; tropes relevant to the song and its music video go there.

The album topped the UK Official Charts Company album chart, and hit #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It additionally went six-times Platinum in the United States, and quadruple-Platinum in the United Kingdom.

Five singles were released: the TitleTrack, "Throwing It All Away", "In Too Deep", "Land of Confusion", and "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight". All five were top 10 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Top 100; "Invisible Touch" would become their only #1 single in the United States. The album is also noted for the music video for "Land of Confusion" by the folks at ''Series/SpittingImage'', which was a hit on Creator/{{MTV}} and has [[Music/LandOfConfusion its own page]] on this very wiki thanks to just how dense with material it is; tropes relevant to the song and its music video go there.

* HilariousInHindsight: Millenials and other younger generations might find the self-aggrandizing lyrics to "Land of Confusion" about how Phil's generation being much better than those who came before them to be a little bit ironic and possibly ''delusional'' given the later generational conflicts between Baby Boomers and Millenials in TheNewTens. To their benefit, Baby Boomers didn't really start taking the reins of power until Bill Clinton's election five years later in the U.S. and Tony Blair becoming Prime Minster ten years later in the UK, so a little optimism might be reasonable. On the other hand, films like ''Film/TheBigChill" had already started exploring the loss of innocence of the Baby Boomer generation several years before this song was written.

'''Phil:''' Really fantastic.

Following the band's [[Music/GenesisAlbum self-titled twelfth album]] in 1983, the members--Music/PhilCollins, Music/TonyBanks, and [[Music/MikeAndTheMechanics Mike Rutherford]]--had taken some time to work on solo projects. Collins released and toured for his third solo album ''Music/NoJacketRequired'' (marking a [[NewSoundAlbum shift]] from the progressive pop of his first two albums to mainstream pop rock), did a song for the film ''Against All Odds'', and appeared at both the American and British wings of Live Aid. Banks produced the soundtrack for the sci-fi film ''Lorca and the Outlaws'' (and was briefly connected to ''[[Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact 2010]]'' and ''Film/TheTerminator''). And Rutherford created his own side band, Music/MikeAndTheMechanics, getting several hits off their self-titled debut album. The band came back together in late 1985 to create a new album with producer Hugh Padgham, bringing together everything they'd developed on their solo projects and gearing it for Genesis.

!!”I watch these tropes go round and round, and see mine turning upside-down“:

* EpicRocking: "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" has two lengthy instrumental segments in its album version. The first one is included in the music video. A remix released as a twelve-inch single extends the song to nearly twelve minutes. Meanwhile, the nearly eleven-minute "Domino" was separated into two movements in the album liner notes: "In the Glow of the Night" and "The Last Domino".

* ProtestSong: "Domino" was written in reaction to the Lebanon War, to serve as a warning to politicians not to enter conflict without thinking of the consequences.
** Banks said in 2007 that it wasn't really directed at anyone in particular. Given the time frame, it really could've been directed at anyone.
** "Land of Confusion" is another example, with lyrics about how the world's leaders are failing people.
* RewindGag: In the video for "Anything She Does", this was used for the security guard played by Benny Hill to clean up the mess left behind by the uninvited guests to the after-concert party for the band.

''Invisible Touch'' is the thirteenth studio album by British progressive-turned-pop rock band Music/{{Genesis}}. It was released through Creator/AtlanticRecords on 6 June 1986 in the United States, and through Creator/VirginRecords (via the Creator/{{Charisma|Records}} label) on 9 March 1986 in the United Kingdom.

# "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" (8:49)
# "Music/LandOfConfusion" (4:46)
# "In Too Deep" (4:59)

# "Anything She Does" (4:06)
# "Domino" (10:42)
# "Throwing It All Away" (3:51)
# "The Brazilian" (4:59)

->''You keep telling me I've got everything''\\
''You say I've got everything I want''\\
''You keep telling me you're gonna help me''\\
''You're gonna help me, but you don't''\\
''But now I'm in too deep''\\
''You see it's got me so that I just can't sleep''\\
''Oh get me out of here''\\
''Please get me out of here''\\
''Just help me I'll do anything, anything''\\
''If you'll just help me get out of here''
-->-- '''"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"'''

* Main/{{Instrumentals}}: "The Brazilian".

* AntiLoveSong: "Throwing It All Away" is about a man getting over being jilted by an ex-lover. Ironically, it was largely written by Rutherford, who was (and, as of 2020, is still) happily married.

* EpicRocking: "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" has two lengthy instrumental segments in its album version. The first one is included in the music video. A remix released as a twelve-inch single extends the song to nearly twelve minutes. "Domino" was so long, it was unofficially separated into two halves: "In the Glow of the Night", and "The Last Domino".

* ProgressiveRock: Once again the band shows that they hadn't completely forgotten where they came from, with "Domino" and "The Brazilian" being brief and much-acclaimed returns to the band's prog roots.

!!”I watch these tropes go round and round, and see mint turning upside-down“:

!!Well I've been troping, troping for so long:

* Mike Rutherford – guitars, bass guitar

[[caption-width-right:350:'She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah \\

[[caption-width-right:350:''It takes control, and slowly tears you apart'']]

Following the band's [[Music/GenesisAlbum self-titled twelfth album]] in 1983, the members--Music/PhilCollins, Music/TonyBanks, and [[Music/MikeAndTheMechanics Mike Rutherford]]--had taken some time to work on solo projects. Collins released and toured for his third solo album ''No Jacket Required'' (marking a [[NewSoundAlbum shift]] from the progressive pop of his first two albums to mainstream pop rock), did a song for the film ''Against All Odds'', and appeared at both the American and British wings of Live Aid. Banks produced the soundtrack for the sci-fi film ''Lorca and the Outlaws'' (and was briefly connected to ''[[Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact 2010]]'' and ''Film/TheTerminator''). And Rutherford created his own side band, Music/MikeAndTheMechanics, getting several hits off their self-titled debut album. The band came back together in late 1985 to create a new album with producer Hugh Padgham, bringing together everything they'd developed on their solo projects and gearing it for Genesis.

Following the band's [[Music/GenesisAlbum self-titled twelfth album]] in 1983, the members--Music/PhilCollins, Music/TonyBanks, and [[Music/MikeAndTheMechanics Mike Rutherford]]--had taken some time to work on solo projects. Collins released and toured for his third solo album ''No Jacket Required'' (marking a [[NewSoundAlbum shift]] from the progressive pop of his first two albums to mainstream pop rock), did a song for the film ''Against All Odds'', and appeared at both the American and British wings of Live Aid. Banks produced the soundtrack for the sci-fi film ''Lorca and the Outlaws'' (and was briefly connected to ''Film/TwoThousandTen'' and ''Film/TheTerminator''). And Rutherford created his own side band, Music/MikeAndTheMechanics, getting several hits off their self-titled debut album. The band came back together in late 1985 to create a new album with producer Hugh Padgham, bringing together everything they'd developed on their solo projects and gearing it for Genesis.

Following the band's self-titled twelfth album in 1983, the members--Music/PhilCollins, Music/TonyBanks, and [[Music/MikeAndTheMechanics Mike Rutherford]]--had taken some time to work on solo projects. Collins released and toured for his third solo album ''No Jacket Required'' (marking a [[NewSoundAlbum shift]] from the progressive pop of his first two albums to mainstream pop rock), did a song for the film ''Against All Odds'', and appeared at both the American and British wings of Live Aid. Banks produced the soundtrack for the sci-fi film ''Lorca and the Outlaws'' (and was briefly connected to ''Film/TwoThousandTen'' and ''Film/TheTerminator''). And Rutherford created his own side band, Music/MikeAndTheMechanics, getting several hits off their self-titled debut album. The band came back together in late 1985 to create a new album with producer Hugh Padgham, bringing together everything they'd developed on their solo projects and gearing it for Genesis.

The album, like the band's previous 80's works, was positively received by critics, but once again was met with mixed reception from fans. Longtime fans in particular were souring on how poppy Genesis had gotten at this point, and even Collins-era fans were beginning to notice a significant overlap between Genesis' music and that of Phil Collins' solo career on this record (not helped by Collins already having insurmountably high levels of public exposure). This would begin to brew a backlash that would come to a head with [[Music/WeCantDance the band's next album]]. To this day, fans tend to be split on the quality of this album, with Collins fans in particular stuck on whether it was the band's last great album or their first truly bad one since their first (which by then was in both {{Fanon|Discontinuity}} ''and'' CanonDiscontinuity).

But one probably couldn't tell that commercially, as the album topped the UK Official Charts Company album chart, and hit #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It additionally went six-times Platinum in the United States, and quadruple-Platinum in the United Kingdom.

Five singles were released: the TitleTrack, "Throwing It All Away", "In Too Deep", "Land of Confusion", and "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight". All five were top 10 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Top 100, with "Invisible Touch" hitting #1 in the United States. The album is also noted for the music video for "Land of Confusion" by the folks at ''Series/SpittingImage'', which was a hit on Creator/{{MTV}} and has [[Music/LandOfConfusion its own page]] on this very wiki thanks to just how dense with material it is; tropes relevant to the song and its music video go there.

But one probably couldn't tell that commercially, as the album topped the UK Official Charts Company album chart, and hit #3 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. It additionally went six-times Platinum in the United States, and quadruple-Platinum in the United Kingdom.

'''''Invisible Touch''''' is the thirteenth studio album by British progressive-turned-pop rock band Music/{{Genesis}}. It was released through Creator/AtlanticRecords on 6 June 1986 in the United States, and through Creator/VirginRecords (via the Charisma label) on 9 March 1986 in the United Kingdom.

The resulting album topped the UK Official Charts Company album chart, and hit #3 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. It additionally went sixtuple-platinum in the United States and quadruple-platinum in the United Kingdom. The album, like the band's previous 80's works, was also positively received by critics, but once again was met with mixed reception from fans. Longtime fans in particular detested how poppy Genesis had gotten at this point, and even Collins-era fans were beginning to notice a significant overlap between Genesis' music and that of Phil Collins' solo career on this record (not helped by Collins already having insurmountably high levels of public exposure). Tellingly, the band's next pop album, 1991's ''Music/WeCantDance'', would be reviled by fans and critics (though a subset of fans do enjoy it) and would end up the last that Collins worked on before his departure shortly after. To this day, fans tend to be split on the quality of this album, with Collins fans in particular stuck on whether it was the band's last great album or their first truly bad one since their first (which by then was in both {{Fanon|Discontinuity}} ''and'' CanonDiscontinuity), as would also be the case with ''We Can't Dance''.

Five singles were released: the title track, "Throwing It All Away", "In Too Deep", "Land of Confusion", and "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight". All five were top 10 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Top 100, with "Invisible Touch" hitting #1 in the United States. The album is also noted for the music video for "Land of Confusion" by the folks at ''Series/SpittingImage'', which was a hit on Creator/{{MTV}} and has [[Music/LandOfConfusion its own page]] on this very wiki thanks to just how dense with material it is; tropes relevant to the song and its music video go there.

* AntiLoveSong: "Throwing It All Away" is about a man getting over being jilted by an ex-lover. Ironically, it was largely written by Rutherford, who was (and, as of 2019, is still) happily married.