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Genesis - Invisible Touch
SACD rip via PS3 |Stereo 24bit 88.2Khz
June 2007 | Original release Jun 1986
Review by Piotr October 27, 2007 on SA-CD.net:
I know Genesis music for more than 20 years so the expectations for the new SA-CD edition were set high. The music is excellent despite its age (1986). I consider Invisible Touch as one of my favorites albums. Especially no.6 Domino and no. 2 Tonight tonight tonight make me good. Listen them loud! The last, instrumental song - The Brazilian - would be very interesting for the new listeners. Recommendation!
Stereo sonics are "nice and clean" comparing to the old CD. It brings some fresh air into the room. And the music sounds more natural for me.
The recording quality seems to be a little bit below the SA-CD standard. I've heard much better editions.
Review by gregs1104 January 30, 2010 on SA-CD.net:
The regular CD of this album sounds terrible, so if you like it this hybrid version is a huge step up. As for the stereo SACD, the mastering definitely leans toward a "pop" sort of sound though. It's still pretty compressed, especially by SACD standards, and the result is quite aggressively in your face--not with an extended treble or anything, just throwing the seriously forward mix right at you. I feel that's appropriate for the music and the way the album was intended to sound, but am unsurprised that some people are disappointed. It's really not taking advantage of the SACD format; I find myself listening to it on a regular CD player most of the time and not feeling like I'm missing anything.
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
Delivered in the wake of Phil Collins' massive success as a solo star, Invisible Touch was seen at the time as a bit of a Phil Collins solo album disguised as a Genesis album, and it's not hard to see why. Invisible Touch is, without a doubt, Genesis' poppiest album, a sleek, streamlined affair built on electronic percussion and dressed in synths that somehow seem to be programmed, not played by Tony Banks. In that sense, it does seem a bit like No Jacket Required, and the heavy emphasis on pop tunes does serve the singer, not the band, but it's not quite fair to call this a Collins album, and not just because there are two arty tunes that could have fit on its predecessor, Genesis. There is a difference between Collins and Genesis -- on his own, Phil was lighter, and Genesis was often a bit chillier. Of course, the title track is the frothiest thing the band ever did, while "In Too Deep" and "Throwing It All Away" are power ballads that could be seen as Phil projects, but "Land of Confusion" was a protest tune and "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" was a stark, scary tale of scoring dope (which made its inclusion in a Michelob campaign in the '80s almost as odd as recovering alcoholic Eric Clapton shilling for the brewery). But those songs had big hooks that excused their coldness, and the arty moments sank to the bottom, obscured by the big, bold pop hooks here -- pop that was the sound of the mainstream in the late '80s, pop that still effortlessly evokes its time.
Tracks:
1 Invisible Touch Banks, Collins, Genesis , Rutherford 3:29
2 Tonight, Tonight, Tonight Banks, Banks, Collins, Genesis . 8:53
3 Land of Confusion Banks, Banks, Collins, Genesis . 4:46
4 In Too Deep Banks, Banks, Collins, Genesis . 5:02
5 Anything She Does Banks, Banks, Collins, Genesis . 4:09
6 Domino: Part 1-In the Glow of the Night/Part 2-The Last Domino. Banks, Banks, Collins, Genesis . 10:44
7 Throwing It All Away Banks, Collins, Genesis , Rutherford 3:51
8 The Brazilian Banks, Banks, Collins, Genesis . 4:50
Time: 42:51
Personnel:
Tony Banks Bass, Composer, Keyboards, Synthesizer Bass, Vocals
Phil Collins Composer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Mike Rutherford Bass, Composer, Guitar
Genesis Composer, Producer
Geoff Callingham Technical Assistance
Paul Gomersall Assistant Engineer
Bob Ludwig Mastering
Hugh Padgham Engineer, Producer
John Swannell Photography
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