Invisible touch

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Invisible touch
Genesis studio album

Publication
(s)

June 9, 1986

admission

October 1985-March 1986

Label (s) Virgin Records

Format (s)

CD, DVD, Hybrid-SACD, LP, MC

Genre (s)

Pop rock, progressive rock, new wave

Title (number)

8th

running time

45:50

occupation

production

Genesis, Hugh Padgham

Studio (s)

The Farm, Surrey (England)

chronology
Genesis
(1983) 		Invisible touch We Can't Dance
(1991)
Single releases
May 19, 1986 Invisible touch
23rd August 1986 In Too Deep
November 10, 1986 Land of Confusion
March 23, 1987 Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
June 1987 Throwing It All Away

Invisible Touch (English for: " Invisible Touch ") is the 13th studio album by the British rock band Genesis from 1986. The album is the band's second most commercially successful with over 15 million copies sold worldwide; the sales figures were only exceeded again by the 1991 successor We Can't Dance .

background

Recorded at a time when the record had the highest market rank and the CD had yet to establish itself, Invisible Touch was recorded in analogue, digitally mixed and digitally produced (ADD). Shortly after its release, the album was received largely positively by critics and fans : All five singles from the album reached the US top five, including a number one success for the title track. Too Deep can be heard in the 1986 film Mona Lisa . The music video for the song Land of Confusion , in which the band and all other prominent contributors were played by rubber dolls from the British satirical program Spitting Image , also became known. In Great Britain the album debuted at number one on the charts , in the USA at number three, the highest ranking of a Genesis album in America to date.

The album could appeal to old and new fans. The sound was shaped more than ever by synthesizers and synth drums and thus adapted to the listening habits of the time. Radio-friendly pieces such as Land of Confusion and Throwing it all away, as well as the title track Invisible Touch in particular, appealed to listeners of pop music , while the longer songs, such as Tonight, Tonight, Tonight and Domino , were more aimed at friends of the band's progressive phase. The musical instrumental The Brazilian showed that the band had not lost their willingness to experiment. During the production of the album, it was originally planned to split the song Tonight, Tonight, Tonight into two interwoven songs called Monkey and Zulu . However, the bulk of Monkey became Tonight, Tonight, Tonight ; The Brazilian developed from the remaining ideas for Zulu .

The lyrics of the album show the rather rare attempt by the band to express themselves critically on social and political issues. So the song describes Domino nightmarish visions of a possible nuclear war , while Land of Confusion , which later as bands Disturbed gecovert should be, with the political implications of the Reagan / Thatcher / Gorbachev apart sets era. Finally, the enigmatic text of Tonight, Tonight, Tonight is often interpreted as an examination of drug addiction . Officially, all songs were written in equal parts by all three full-fledged band members, even if there were lead authors for each title.

Track list

  1. Invisible Touch (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) - 3:26
  2. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) - 8:50
  3. Land of Confusion (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) - 4:44
  4. In Too Deep (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) - 4:57
  5. Anything She Does (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) - 4:06
  6. Domino (Pt. 1 - In the Glow of the Night, Pt. 2 - The Last Domino) (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) - 10:41
  7. Throwing It All Away (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) - 3:48
  8. The Brazilian (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) - 4:49 (instrumental)

DVD Extras (2007 Release)

  1. Promotional Videos: Invisible Touch , Tonight, Tonight, Tonight , Land of Confusion , In Too Deep & Anything She Does
  2. Band interview 2006
  3. Tour documentation Visible Touch
  4. Behind the scenes: Land of Confusion
  5. OGWT - Rock Around the Clock
  6. Tour program 1986 (gallery)

Description of individual songs

Genesis will play Land of Confusion on their 2007 world tour in Washington, USA.
  • Land Of Confusion : The best-known song on the album, along with the title track, deals with the climate of fear and aggression during the Cold War . Thanks to the video clip , the “ puppet figures ” shown there - among others from US President Ronald Reagan - gained worldwide popularity and popularity in 1986.
  • Tonight, Tonight, Tonight : The second longest song on the album deals with the serious subject of drug addiction, which has never been seen before in any Genesis track. The song was released as a single in a heavily abridged version, and the full album version was only performed in full on the same tour.
  • In Too Deep : The song was used for the film Mona Lisa by Neil Jordan . The novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (published 1991) contains a detailed analysis of the album from the point of view of the protagonist Patrick Bateman. In the description of his favorite band, Genesis, he shows emotion and sympathy, a rare exception in the context of the rest of the plot. Some songs on the album were also used for the film American Psycho .
  • Anything She Does : Although the song was not released as a single, a music video was made for it, in which British comedian Benny Hill also played. It tells a short story in which Hill plays a guard who fails to keep some fans out of the band's rooms. The song is about pornography, another rather unusual subject for the band.

tour

The tour for Invisible Touch lasted from September 1986 to July 1987.

Sample set list

  1. mummy
  2. Abacab
  3. Land of Confusion
  4. That's all
  5. Domino (Part 1: In the Glow of the Night - Part 2: The Last Domino )
  6. In Too Deep
  7. The Brazilian
  8. Follow You Follow Me
  9. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
  10. Home by the Sea / Second Home by the Sea
  11. Throwing It All Away
  12. In The Cage
  13. ... In That Quiet Earth
  14. Afterglow
  15. Invisible touch
  16. Drum Duet
  17. Los Endos
  18. Turn it on Again (Medley)

Concert film

In 1987 a concert of the Invisible Touch tour was recorded and released the following year under the name Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium .

  1. mummy
  2. Abacab
  3. Domino (Part 1: In the Glow of the Night ; Part 2: The Last Domino )
  4. That's all
  5. The Brazilian
  6. Land of Confusion
  7. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
  8. Throwing It All Away
  9. Home by the Sea
  10. Invisible touch
  11. Drum Duet
  12. Los Endos
  13. Turn it on Again (Medley)

Charts

album

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 2 (87 weeks) 87
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 5 (32 weeks) 32
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 4th (27 weeks) 27
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 1 (96 weeks) 96
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 3 (85 weeks) 85

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1986 Invisible Touch
Invisible Touch 		DE16 (14 weeks)
DE 		- CH13 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK7 (12 weeks)
UK 		US1 (17 weeks)
US
First published: May 19, 1986
Throwing It All Away
Invisible Touch 		- - - UK22 (8 weeks)
UK 		US4 (16 weeks)
US
First published: August 8, 1986
In Too Deep
Invisible Touch 		DE55 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - UK19 (9 weeks)
UK 		US3 (17 weeks)
US
First published: August 23, 1986
Land of Confusion
Invisible Touch 		DE7 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT27 (½ month)
AT 		CH8 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK14 (12 weeks)
UK 		US4 (21 weeks)
US
First published: October 1986
1987 Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Invisible Touch 		DE23 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - UK18 (7 weeks)
UK 		US3 (15 weeks)
US
First published: March 23, 1987

Awards and nominations

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 70,000
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 500,000
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 300,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) Gold record icon.svg gold 10,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 15,000
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) Gold record icon.svg gold 50,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum 6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum 1,200,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg2 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg14 × platinum
 8,145,000

Main article: Genesis (band) / Music Sales Awards

production

  • Location Manager: Hugh Padgham

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
genesis
Studio albums

From Genesis to Revelation • Trespass • Nursery Cryme • Foxtrot • Selling England by the Pound • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway • A Trick of the Tail • Wind & Wuthering • … And Then There Were Three… • Duke • Abacab • Genesis • Invisible Touch • We Can't Dance • … Calling All Stations…

Extended plays

Spot The Pigeon • 3 × 3

Live albums

Genesis Live • Seconds Out • Three Sides Live • The Way We Walk • Live over Europe 2007

Compilation albums

Archive I - 1967–1975 • Turn It On Again - The Hits • Archive II - 1976–1992 • Platinum Collection

Singles

I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) • The Carpet Crawlers • Invisible Touch • Land of Confusion