The album features Collins playing on a Simmons electronic drum kit. Ī Simmons electronic drum kit similar to the one Phil Collins plays on the album. The keyboard allowed just 17 seconds to be recorded. Many of the songs on the album evolved from Banks using the recording function on his E-mu Emulator to capture sounds in the studio, and listening back for potential sounds and rhythms that could be used in a song. Collins recalled his impetuous attitude during the writing sessions and suggested bits of songs be pieced together as early as possible, but Banks and Rutherford were reluctant to do so. Collins would then sing vocal lines, which created an atmosphere and the basis for a song. It's just the three of us chopping away, fine-tuning and honing down all these ideas." A typical session saw the trio work from 11am to as late as 2am the following morning, and start with Collins setting up a drum pattern on the drum machine so Banks and Rutherford could jam ideas. Collins said: "You never quite know what's going to happen. The group considered their strongest songs were those arranged in this way, so they repeated this approach for Invisible Touch. As with Genesis, they entered the studio with no preconceived ideas and developed songs from recorded jams and improvisations, a process Collins compared to as "close to jazz". The group approached the writing sessions for Invisible Touch with a greater sense of confidence, as they had now become a big live act in the US and had reached a new level of commercial success worldwide. Phil was always keen to fill that bit of paper – he was very organised – and we let him." "On day one, we had no songs, no ideas, and a blank bit of paper. Earlier in 1985, the studio was upgraded to a plan supervised by Masami "Sam" Toyishima. They were joined by engineer and producer Hugh Padgham, who had worked with the band since Abacab (1981) and produced the album with the group, with Paul Gommersall as assistant engineer. Invisible Touch was recorded between October 1985 and February 1986 at The Farm, the band's private recording studio in Chiddingfold, Surrey. Rutherford felt that the break affected the group's musical style: "We had done so much work outside the band, it seemed we had gone through a lot more musical changes, although the development is largely unconscious." Writing and recording This put an end to a false announcement that aired on BBC Radio 1 suggesting the three had split. In the summer of 1985, towards the end of his solo tour, Collins confirmed that Genesis had agreed to start work on a new album that October. The group followed this with a period of inactivity to allow each member to continue their respective solo careers Mike Rutherford formed his group Mike + The Mechanics and had success with their debut album, Tony Banks concentrated on film scores and released Soundtracks (1986), and Phil Collins released his third solo album No Jacket Required (1985), which was a major worldwide commercial hit. In February 1984, the band completed their 1983–1984 tour in support of their previous album Genesis (1983), which became their biggest selling album at the time of release and spawned the UK top five hit " Mama". In 2007, the album was re-released with new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes.
The album received mixed reviews upon its release and retrospectively, with its more pop-oriented approach and perceived similarities to Collins' solo work receiving both praise and criticism. Genesis became the first band and foreign act to have five singles from one album reach the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100, with " Invisible Touch" being their first and only song to reach No. It remains the band's highest selling album after it was certified multi-platinum for over 1.2 million copies sold in the UK and 6 million sold in the US. Invisible Touch was a worldwide success and reached No. As with their previous album, it was written entirely through group improvisations and no material developed prior to recording was used. After taking a break in 1984 for each member to continue their solo career, the band reconvened in October 1985 to write and record Invisible Touch with engineer and producer Hugh Padgham. Invisible Touch is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released on 6 June 1986 by Atlantic Records in the United States and on 9 June 1986 by Charisma/ Virgin Records in the United Kingdom.
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