Invisible Touch (2007 Remaster) - Genesis

This is it. The album that completely divides Genesis fans. Old school Genesis fans (basically Gabriel era fans) tend to absolutely abhor this album. Collins era fans love it. It is by far their most commercially successful album, which was partially due to the songs on it, and also partially due to Phil Collins' own solo success. Right before this, Collins had put out the massively successful "No Jacket Required" album. That album probably brought a lot of fans to Genesis that hadn't been here before. So there was this clash of old school Genesis fans and the new ones. I remember this well, having lived through it. There was an enormous uproar from old school Genesis fans who had been watching their band "deteriorate" into what it became, and basically gave up. For awhile I bought into that (looking back, I don't really know why), and didn't much care for this album.

Thing is, when it was new I liked several of the songs. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight and Land of Confusion were particular favorites. Land of Confusion got a lot of airplay because of its quite strong video, which included the puppets of Spitting Image. The title track was the first single from the album, and really did sound like a Phil Collins solo song of the time. That's where I think most of the argument against the album came from, was that one song.

As time has passed, I've changed my opinion on this. I've grown to like the rest of the album too. It's not my favorite Collins era album, but it's better than I remembered it being as I sat down to check it out after having received the box set.

The 2007 remaster series has two discs. The second has a DVD Audio 5.1 mix of the album, plus new interviews, videos, live footage, etc. I got this version of the CD in the 1983-1998 Genesis Box Set. You can order that here, but the cover art here links to the individual 2007 remaster version of this album, as it's cheaper to buy them individually, but you don't get the bonus discs in the box set.