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{{Infobox album
| name       = Invisible Touch
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
| cover      = InvisibleTouch86.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1986|06|06|df=y}}
| recorded   = October 1985 – February 1986
| studio     = [[The Farm (recording studio)|The Farm]] ([[Chiddingfold]], [[Surrey]])
| genre      = [[Pop rock]]<ref name="AllMusic"/><ref name=CoS>{{cite web |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/03/dusting-em-off-genesis-invisible-touch/ |title=Dusting 'Em Off: Genesis – Invisible Touch |last=Young |first=Alex |date=27 March 2010 |work=Consequence of Sound |access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=Diffuser>{{cite web |url=http://diffuser.fm/genesis-invisible-touch/ |title=In Defense of... Genesis' 'Invisible Touch' |last=Hermann |first=Andy |date=29 June 2014 |work=Diffuser.fm |access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=NYDNM/>
| length     = 45:42
| label      =
* [[Charisma Records|Charisma]]/[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer   =
* Genesis
* [[Hugh Padgham]]
| prev_title = [[Genesis (Genesis album)|Genesis]]
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = [[We Can't Dance]]
| next_year  = 1991
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Invisible Touch
 | type        = [[Studio album]]
 | single1     = [[Invisible Touch (song)|Invisible Touch]]
 | single1date = 19 May 1986
 | single2     = [[Throwing It All Away]]
 | single2date = August 1986 (US)<ref>{{cite book|first= Steve |last= Aldous |year= 2020 |title= The Songs of Genesis: A Complete Guide to the Studio Recordings |publisher= [[McFarland & Company]] |page= 245 |isbn= 978-1-476-681382 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=b7TeDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA245}}</ref>
 | single3     = [[In Too Deep (Genesis song)|In Too Deep]]
 | single3date = 18 August 1986 (UK)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-08-16.pdf|title=Music Week|page=39}}</ref>
 | single4     = [[Land of Confusion]]
 | single4date = 10 November 1986 (UK)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-11-08.pdf|title=Music Week|page=12}}</ref>
 | single5     = [[Tonight, Tonight, Tonight]]
 | single5date = 29 January 1987 (US)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1987/FMQB-1987-01-23.pdf|title=FMQB|page=52}}</ref>

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'''''Invisible Touch''''' is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], released on 6 June 1986 by [[Atlantic Records]] in the United States and on 9 June 1986 by [[Charisma Records|Charisma]]/[[Virgin Records]] in the United Kingdom. After taking a break in 1984 for each member to continue his solo career, the band reconvened in October 1985 to write and record ''Invisible Touch'' with engineer and producer [[Hugh Padgham]]. As with their previous album, it was written entirely through group improvisations and no material developed prior to recording was used.

''Invisible Touch'' was a worldwide success and reached No. 1 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and No. 3 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. 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. 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|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], with "[[Invisible Touch (song)|Invisible Touch]]" being their first and only song to reach No. 1 on the charts. The album received mixed reviews upon its release and retrospectively, with its more pop-oriented approach and perceived similarities to lead singer [[Phil Collins]]' solo work receiving both praise and criticism. In 2007, the album was re-released with new stereo and [[5.1 surround sound]] mixes.

==Background==
In February 1984, the band completed their 1983–1984 tour in support of their previous album ''[[Genesis (Genesis album)|Genesis]]'' (1983), which became their biggest selling album at the time of release and spawned the UK top five hit "[[Mama (Genesis song)|Mama]]". 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 [[Mike + The Mechanics (1985 album)|their debut album]], [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] concentrated on film scores and released ''[[Soundtracks (Tony Banks album)|Soundtracks]]'' (1986), and [[Phil Collins]] released his third solo album ''[[No Jacket Required]]'' (1985), which was a major worldwide commercial hit. 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.<ref name=NYDNM>{{Cite magazine|magazine=New York Daily News Magazine|date=30 June 1985|first=David|last=Hinkley|page=6|title=Rock's Little Drummer Boy Goes Pop}}</ref> This put an end to a false announcement that aired on [[BBC Radio 1]] suggesting the three had split.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=198}} 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."<ref name=1986presskit>{{cite web|url=http://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/press-kit-genesis-invisible-touch-atlantic-records-2nd-june/|title=Genesis: Invisible Touch Press Kit|date=2 June 1986|publisher=Atlantic Records|access-date=31 January 2017|first=Bob|last=Kaus|pages=2–3}}</ref>

==Writing and recording==
''Invisible Touch'' was recorded between October 1985 and February 1986 at [[The Farm (recording studio)|The Farm]], the band's private recording studio in [[Chiddingfold]], Surrey.<ref name=musician1986>{{cite magazine|title=Is Genesis Really Trying?|first=Timothy|last=White|date=October 1986|magazine=Musician|location=US|pages=32–38, 97}}</ref><ref name=1986presskit/> 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.<ref name=sleeve>{{Cite AV media notes|title=Invisible Touch|publisher=Charisma Records|id=GEN CD2|year=1986}}</ref> Earlier in 1985, the studio was upgraded to a plan supervised by Masami "Sam" Toyishima.<ref name=recording1992>{{cite magazine|url=http://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/recording-musician-july-1992-tony-banks-main-interview-geoff-callingham-feature/|title=Genesis: At home in the studio|first=Paul|last=Tingen|date=July 1992|magazine=Recording Musician|pages=38–40, 42|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>

{{Quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|style=padding:10px;|align=right|"On day one, we had no songs, no ideas, and a blank bit of paper. Phil was always keen to fill that bit of paper – he was very organised – and we let him."| source =—[[Mike Rutherford]].<ref name=guardian2014/>}}
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.{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=00:06–00:20}} As with ''Genesis'', they entered the studio with no preconceived ideas and developed songs from recorded jams and improvisations,<ref name=1986presskit/> a process Collins compared to as "close to jazz".<ref name=guardian2014/> The group considered their strongest songs were those arranged in this way, so they repeated this approach for ''Invisible Touch''. Collins said: "You never quite know what's going to happen. It's just the three of us chopping away, fine-tuning and honing down all these ideas."<ref name=1986presskit/> A typical session saw the trio work from 11am to as late as 2am the following morning,<ref name=musician1986/> and start with Collins setting up a drum pattern on the drum machine so Banks and Rutherford could jam ideas. Collins would then sing vocal lines, which created an atmosphere and the basis for a song.{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=02:32–03:06}}{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=05:28–03:06}} 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.{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=00:42–01:15}} 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. The keyboard allowed just 17 seconds to be recorded.<ref name=KM87/>

[[File:Simmons SDS5 Electric Drum.jpg|thumb|left|A Simmons electronic drum kit similar to the one Phil Collins plays on the album.]]
The album features Collins playing on a [[Simmons (electronic drum company)|Simmons]] [[electronic drum]] kit. In order to capture more of a sound from the Simmons kit rather than feeding it directly into the mixing desk, Padgham also fed the tracks through a mixer and into a PA system before playing it "very, very loud" in the studio. Padgham later said that the Simmons sounded "a bit thin and toneless."<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-sound-of-success/1995|title=The Sound of Success: Hugh Padgham|first=Paul|last=Tingen|journal=Music Technology|date=April 1987|issue=Apr 1987|pages=50–54|via=Muzines|access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref> Collins also used a [[Roland Octapad|Roland Pad-8]], an electronic pad that triggers percussion sounds from the MIDI instruments used on the album, including a [[Roland TR-707|Roland TR-727]] drum machine with Latin-inspired samples and Collins' own E-mu Emulator.<ref name=IM86>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/no-drumkit-required/6830|title=No Drumkit Required|date=June 1986|magazine=International Musician and Recording World|via=Muzines|access-date=26 July 2021}}</ref>

After several jams had been put down on tape, the band listened back to them and picked out the strongest moments with the aim of arranging them into a song.<ref name=MN87>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/303044277/|title='Invisible Touch' is improvisation|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=28 May 1987|newspaper=The Miami News|page=2C|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> A drum machine was used to create a guiding rhythm, before the guitar and keyboard parts were fully arranged and re-recorded before Collins would replace the drum machine with his own drums last.<ref name=musician1986/><ref name=hitmen1986>{{cite web|url=http://www.philcollins.co.uk:80/hitmen86b.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801174547/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/hitmen86b.htm|archive-date=1 August 2008|date=1986|title=Phil Collins Interviews - Hitmen - 1986 Part Two|magazine=Hitmen|access-date=29 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The band discussed a song's potential length, and whether to write lyrics for it or keep it as an instrumental.<ref name=1986presskit/> The lyrics to a track were written after the music was recorded, and were penned by a single member as the group considered the individual had a strong enough direction to carry the song's message through.<ref name=NN87>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/234808267/|title=Genesis: Phil Collins and the magicians of pop to put their 'Invisible Touch' on Hampton|first=Jory|last=Farr|date=20 February 1987|newspaper=Daily Press|location=Newport News, Virginia|page=C1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> Collins wrote the words for "Invisible Touch", "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", and "In Too Deep"; Rutherford wrote for "Land of Confusion" and "Throwing It All Away";<ref name=MN87/> Banks wrote "Domino" and "Anything She Does".<ref name=NN87/>

The group arranged a greater number of songs for ''Invisible Touch'' than before, which required additional time to select which tracks to release. This was not the case with ''Genesis'', where strong enough ideas were more scarce; Banks said that "if a song was around, we put it on".<ref name=GI38>{{cite magazine|url=https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/38/|magazine=Genesis Information|issue=38|date=Winter 1985–86|first=Geoff|last=Parkyn|title=Tony Banks: An exclusive interview with Tony in deepest Surrey – and deep tracts of snow outside|pages=11, 12|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref> Rutherford noted that ''Genesis'' had a dark mood to it, yet ''Invisible Touch'' had a bigger energy.{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=00:28–00:42}} During the writing sessions Collins realised the band were coming up with fresh and unique material that it had not done before, "which is not easy after 15 albums", and considered them stronger than those on ''Genesis''.<ref name=1986presskit/> Banks maintained this view, thinking the shorter tracks on ''Invisible Touch'' were stronger than the previous album.<ref name=1986presskit/>

==Songs==
===Side one===
"[[Invisible Touch (song)|Invisible Touch]]" originated as the band were working on "The Last Domino", the second part of "[[Domino (Genesis song)|Domino]]". During the session Rutherford began to play an improvised guitar riff with an added [[echo]] effect, to which Collins replied with the off-the-cuff lyric, "She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah". This led to Collins writing the lyrics to the song, with his improvised line becoming its chorus [[Hook (music)|hook]]. He wrote the lyrics based around a person who gets under one's skin which he had "Known a few. You know they’re going to mess you up, but you can't resist".<ref name=guardian2014>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/14/how-we-made-invisible-touch-phil-collins-mike-rutherford-genesis|title=Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford: How we made Invisible Touch|first=Laura|last=Barnett|date=14 October 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=1 February 2017}}</ref>{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=202}} Collins later said that "large chunks" of the lyrics are about his first wife Andrea Bertorelli, to whom he was married from 1975 to 1980.{{sfn|Collins|2016|p=122}} The group wanted to keep the song simple in structure, but thought an eight-bar bridge with a key change and using a sequenced keyboard part complemented the arrangement. Banks produced eight different versions in step time, some ideas for which he had thought of ahead of time while others were a rough improvisation. The chosen version was the "most random" one.<ref name=KM87>{{cite magazine|url=https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/keyboard-magazine-february-1987-tony-banks-feature/|title=Tony Banks|first=Ted|last=Greenwald|pages=51, 53–55, 57|magazine=Keyboard|date=February 1987|access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> As the band performed "Invisible Touch" in a lower key on tour, Banks had to produce a new sequenced section which was "a real drag" as he was unable to make one as strong as the one on the album.<ref name=KM87/> Rutherford expressed a desire for the band to explore different musical themes for the song, but later felt the lyric had "always felt so comfortable" to him and saw no reason to change it.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=203}} Collins rates the track highly and picked it as his favourite Genesis song.<ref name=guardian2014/> He added: "It's a great pop song. It encapsulated the whole record and it pushed Genesis into a bit of an [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] area, a little like a [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] thing", and also compared his drumming on the track to American singer [[Sheila E]], of whom he is a fan.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=203}}<ref name=guardian2014/>

The basis for "[[Tonight, Tonight, Tonight]]" came about from Banks, who spent some time improvising with different keyboard sounds over a rhythm Collins and Rutherford were playing.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=202}} Similar to that of "Invisible Touch", Collins then came out with the word "monkey" and explored it vocally which led to the song's [[working title]] to be "Monkey/Zulu". The rest of the lyrics were then written around the word.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=202}} Rutherford thought the track resembled the "old-style Genesis" as it covers more ground musically with a "fairly involved" instrumental section in the middle.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=202}} Banks agreed with Rutherford's view on the song, pointing out its complexity.<ref name=1986presskit/>

The lyrics to "[[Land of Confusion]]" were written by Rutherford, and they were the last set of words written for the album. Rutherford was behind schedule to get the lyrics to the song finished, but thought the "time was right" for him to write a [[protest song]].{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=09:58–10:55}} He was struck with the [[flu]] when it was time for Collins to record the song's vocals. He recalled Collins "came over to my house ... he sat on my bed like a secretary ... I was in a kind of delirious state with a very high temperature and I dictated it to him and I remember thinking, 'I think I told him the right thing ... Was it all rubbish or was it any good?{{'"}}.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=203}}

The lyrics to "[[In Too Deep (Genesis song)|In Too Deep]]" were written by Collins after he was approached to write a song for the soundtrack of the British crime drama film ''[[Mona Lisa (1986 film)|Mona Lisa]]'' (1986). He wrote the chorus during some spare time at a hotel in [[Sydney]], Australia, but he was unable to write verses for it until the band were recording the song in the studio. They had difficulty in writing a chorus, so Collins suggested the part that he had written.<ref name=BB19870307/>

=== Side two ===
Banks gained inspiration for "[[Anything She Does]]" from pictures of scantily clad women the band would cut out and place on the wall of their recording studio.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=202}} It features a brass sound that Banks sampled from "some tape" that he had; he clarified that the brass was not from the [[Phenix Horns]], the brass section for [[Earth, Wind and Fire]] that were previously used on ''Abacab''.<ref name=MM86/>

"[[Domino (Genesis song)|Domino]]" is a track split into two sections—"In the Glow of the Night" and "The Last Domino". Banks wrote the lyrics based on the idea that politicians often fail to think through their ideas and the consequences of their actions.{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=08:46–09:47}} Rutherford thinks "Domino" is "one of the best things" the band has done.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=205}} He was aware that due to the popularity of [[MTV]] and the increased pressure to deliver hit singles, people would often forget about their longer songs like "Domino" in favor of the shorter, more commercial hits.{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=07:27–08:21}}

"[[Throwing It All Away]]" developed from a guitar riff from Rutherford, who also wrote the lyrics. Collins described it as like a "one-note samba".{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=13:24–10:47}} It was a heavy guitar song in its original form, with Collins "drumming in a [[John Bonham]] style". As the chorus developed, its mood changed to that of a softer one "matched by the single love-song lyric".{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=204}}

"[[The Brazilian]]" is an instrumental based around a sample that Banks had recorded on his E-mu Emulator playing throughout the track, which he achieved by sticking a knife onto the keyboard. He realised he could have done it electronically, but the knife "looks better that way."<ref name=MM86>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/that-genesis-touch/4910|title=Tony Banks: That Genesis Touch|first=Paul|last=Colbert|date=July 1986|magazine=Making Music|via=Muzines|access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> Collins recalled it was put together when the group were "fooling around" in the studio, and he had been experimenting with sounds that could be programmed into his Simmons kit.{{sfn|Reissues Interview|2007|loc=14:40–15:14}}

===Additional material===
Three additional songs - "Do the Neurotic," "Feeding The Fire," and "I'd Rather Be You" - were recorded during the album's sessions but were cut from the album's final track selection. They were subsequently released as [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]] across the five singles released from the album. The tracks were included in the 2007 box set ''[[Genesis 1983–1998]]'' as well as the 2000 box set ''[[Genesis Archive 2: 1976–1992]]''.

==Artwork==
The cover art was designed by 26-year-old David Baker (known as "Baker Dave") of Assorted iMaGes, who had previously designed the sleeve for ''No Jacket Required'' and several of Collins's singles. The band had no music prepared and no title at the time of the first briefing, but wanted a design that combined the personality of each member and the outer sleeve to not contain a group photograph. Baker produced several rough designs and presented them to the band for feedback, by which point some music had been put down and the album's title had been agreed upon. Baker took the themes suggested by the title and produced fifteen ideas, one of which was a graphical representation of how the inner ear takes in sound. Another was the image of a transparent hand which all three members liked, and Baker used that with a schematic design of a sound wave pattern with an image of a [[nuclear family]] in the background.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/butcher-baker-album-cover-maker/13494|title=Butcher, Baker, Album Cover Maker|work=One Two Testing|date=September 1986|via=Muzines|access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref>

==Release==
''Invisible Touch'' was first released on 6 June 1986 in the US by [[Atlantic Records]];<ref name=RIAA>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Genesis&ti=Invisible_Touch#search_section|title=American album certifications – Genesis – Invisible Touch|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> its release in the United Kingdom followed on 9 June 1986 by [[Charisma Records|Charisma]] and [[Virgin Records]].<ref name=BPI>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx|title=British album certifications – Genesis – Invisible Touch|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=31 January 2017|archive-date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501152215/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx|url-status=dead}} Enter "Invisible Touch" in the field 'Keywords'. Select 'Title' in the field 'Search by'. Select 'Album' in the field 'By Format'. Click 'Search'.</ref> The album reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] for three weeks from 21 June 1986 during a 96-week stay on the chart,<ref name=UKchart>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14995/genesis/|title=Genesis – Artists – Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts|access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> and peaked at No. 3 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] during an 85-week stay.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/1496517/genesis/chart?f=305|title=Artists / Genesis: Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref>

Genesis released five singles from ''Invisible Touch'' from 1986 to 1987—"[[Invisible Touch (song)|Invisible Touch]]", "[[Throwing It All Away]]", "[[Land of Confusion]]", "[[In Too Deep (Genesis song)|In Too Deep]]", and "[[Tonight, Tonight, Tonight]]". Each one reached the top five on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, making Genesis the first group and foreign act to achieve this feat, equalling the five singles record set by [[Michael Jackson]], [[Janet Jackson]], and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=13 June 1987|first=Paul|last=Grien|page=6|title=Chart Beat: Genesis Joins Five-Top-Five-Hits Club; Walden Produces His Sixth In Two Years|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1987/Billboard-1987-06-13.pdf|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref>

In [[American Music Awards of 1987#Winners and nominees|1987]], Genesis received an [[American Music Award]] nomination for [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group#1980s|Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group]]. At the [[Brit Awards]] in [[1987 Brit Awards#Winners and nominees|1987]] co-producer [[Hugh Padgham]] was nominated for [[Brit Award for British Producer of the Year#Winners and nominees|British Producer]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1987|title=History|access-date=23 February 2013|archive-date=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140317150236/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1987|url-status=dead}}</ref> while Collins was nominated for [[Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist#Winners and nominees|British Male Artist]] for his contribution to the album. In 1988, the band received one of the only two [[Grammy Award]]s issued for the short-lived [[Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video|Best Concept Music Video]] category for "[[Land of Confusion]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?page=1&artist=&title=&year=1987&genre=All|title=30th Annual Grammy Awards|work=Grammy Awards|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> It was also nominated for [[1987 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV's Video of the Year Award]], but lost to their former lead vocalist [[Peter Gabriel]]'s "[[Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)|Sledgehammer]]". "[[The Brazilian]]" received a [[29th Annual Grammy Awards#Award winners|Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance#Recipients|Best Pop Instrumental Performance]], but lost to the instrumental rock piece "[[Top Gun Anthem]]" by [[Harold Faltermeyer]] and [[Steve Stevens]].

In 2007, the album was reissued with a new stereo and [[5.1 surround sound]] mix.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Genesis-Invisible-Touch/release/1108101|title=Genesis - Invisible Touch|website=[[Discogs]]|date=October 2007 }}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] 
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/invisible-touch-mw0000190104 |title=Invisible Touch – Genesis |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=27 June 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/back-catalogue/54722/invisible-touch.html |title=Genesis: Invisible Touch |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |date=18 September 2007 |access-date=14 August 2019 |last=Pareles |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418181336/http://www.blender.com/guide/back-catalogue/54722/invisible-touch.html |archive-date=18 April 2009 }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Kerrang" >{{cite book | last1 = Putterford | first1 = Mark | title = Kerrang! | chapter = Genesis 'Invisible Touch' | volume = 123 | publisher = United Magazines ltd. | date = 26 June 1986 | location = London, UK | pages = 14–15 | title-link = Kerrang! }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Genesis |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA327 |access-date=27 June 2011 |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |location=New York |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/327 327–328] }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev5score = C+<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv8-86.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=5 August 1986 |access-date=14 August 2019 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}
The album received a mixed reaction from music critics upon release. [[J. D. Considine]] gave it a positive review for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', stating that "every tune is carefully pruned so that each flourish delivers not an instrumental epiphany but a solid hook. Much of the credit for this belongs to Tony Banks, whose synth style has never seemed more appropriate; it's his keyboards that set the mood for 'In the Glow of the Night' and maintain the tension in 'Tonight, Tonight, Tonight'."<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/genesis/albums/album/218476/review/5945410/invisible_touch |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |title=Genesis: Invisible Touch : Music Reviews |date=14 August 1986 |access-date=8 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201202127/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/genesis/albums/album/218476/review/5945410/invisible_touch |archive-date=1 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Daniel Brogan of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' was not as impressed, saying the album had "none of the inventiveness, illumination or power" of former Genesis singer [[Peter Gabriel]]'s album ''[[So (album)|So]]'', released the prior month. He thought the contributions from Rutherford and Banks "seem far less apparent than usual", and that the first side of the album "could almost pass as outtakes from ''No Jacket Required''". He concluded: "Will the [[Free World]] ever tire of Phil Collins?"<ref name="Chicago Tribune">{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/06/27/genesis-invisible-touch-low-on-inventiveness-power/|last=Brogan|first=Daniel|work=chicagotribune.com|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|title=Genesis' 'Invisible Touch' Low on Inventiveness, Power|date=27 June 1986|access-date=22 February 2012}}</ref> Several of Brogan's criticisms were mirrored in a review from Steve Hochman of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Hochman asked "Was this record really necessary?" and stated the album "could easily pass as a Collins album. His thin voice and familiar MOR&B songwriting dominate, with only occasional evidence of input from Rutherford and Banks". He also suggested the record "was made to provide material for the next season of ''[[Miami Vice]]''".<ref name="Los Angeles Times" >{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-29-ca-48-story.html|last=Hochman|first=Steve|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Summer Album Roundup : Gtr And Genesis Lack The Touch|date=29 June 1986|access-date=18 September 2011}}</ref> [[Associated Press]] writer Larry Kilman disagreed, who opened his review with "Genesis have come up with an irresistible ''Invisible Touch'' ... This is far from a Collins solo effort. The band's material is more complex than Collins' pop sound". He complimented the album's "great variety", picking out "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" as a highlight which reminded him of "the spare, art-rock sound of the early Genesis".<ref name=associatedpress>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6626706/invisible_touch_1986/|title=Genesis records|date=31 August 1986|first=Larry|last=Kilman|newspaper=The Paris News|location=Paris, Texas|page=18|access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref>

In a retrospective review from [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] for [[AllMusic]], the album received three stars out of five. He commented that "''Invisible Touch'' was seen at the time as a bit of a Phil Collins solo album disguised as a Genesis album ... Genesis' poppiest album, a sleek, streamlined affair built on electronic percussion and dressed in synths" and he said "the heavy emphasis on pop tunes does serve the singer, not the band". He said that "[the] songs had big hooks that excused their coldness, and the arty moments sank to the bottom".<ref name="AllMusic" /> Mark Putterford of ''[[Kerrang!]]'' remarked on how the album showed "new ideas, new sounds, but still very definitely Genesis".<ref name="Kerrang" /> ''The Rough Guide to Rock'' describes ''Invisible Touch'' as "calculated and oddly emotionless [[Album-oriented rock|AOR]]" and stated the hits were "by now barely distinguishable from Collins' songs as a solo artist".<ref name="Buckley">{{cite book|editor=Peter Buckley|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides Ltd|isbn=978-1843531050|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse}}</ref> In 2014, Stevie Chick, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', said the album's "bright, polished pop title track, the baby boomer agit-rock of 'Land of Confusion', the genuinely affecting ballad 'Throwing It All Away' – could have easily fitted on his [Collins's] solo albums". Chick reserved particular praise for "Domino", saying the track "proved a final gasp of brilliance before the blandness of 1991's ''[[We Can't Dance]]'' and 1997's inexplicable, Collins-less ''[[Calling All Stations]]''".<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/sep/03/genesis-10-of-the-best | title= Genesis: 10 of the best | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Stevie | last=Chick | date=3 September 2014 | access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref>

''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' ranked ''Invisible Touch'' as the 13th best album by Genesis, stating "On the dark day in Genesis history when this record was released, the band fully transitioned from art-rock glory to radio-ready piffle, replete with all the worst that '80s overproduction had to offer. The fact that just the tiniest bit of the 'old' Genesis is discernible in a couple of tracks is the only thing that edges this album a notch ahead of ''We Can't Dance''."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://ultimateclassicrock.com/genesis-albums-ranked/ | title= Genesis Albums Ranked Worst to Best | work=Ultimate Classic Rock | first=Jim | last=Allen | date=4 January 2017 | access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref>

==Tour==
{{Main|Invisible Touch Tour}}
[[File:The old Wembley Stadium (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Genesis performed four shows at London's Wembley Stadium]]
The Invisible Touch Tour consisted of 112 shows between September 1986 and July 1987. The core trio were joined by their longtime touring musicians, drummer [[Chester Thompson]] and guitarist/bassist [[Daryl Stuermer]]. Every song on ''Invisible Touch'' was performed live during the tour, except for "Anything She Does" which was used during the show's introduction. The 1986 dates included a [[List of Genesis medleys|Genesis medley]] that included the final two sections of "[[Supper's Ready]]" from ''[[Foxtrot (album)|Foxtrot]]'' (1972). The stage production included 400 [[Vari-Lite]]s which required five lorries to transport.

The tour opened with a sold out North American leg which included five nights at [[Madison Square Garden]] and also five at the [[Los Angeles Forum]]. Each date on the leg grossed an average of $300,000.<ref name=OFM87>{{cite web|url=http://www.philcollins.co.uk/options587.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021020024348/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/options587.htm|archive-date=20 October 2002|title=Phil Collins Interviews – Options for Men May 1987 – Michael Watts|first=Michael|last=Watts|work=Options for Men|date=May 1987|via=PhilCollins.co.uk|access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref> The US legs were sponsored by [[Anheuser-Busch brands#Michelob|Michelob]] beer.<ref name=BB19870307>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1987/Billboard-1987-03-07.pdf|title=The Progressive Reign of Genesis|magazine=Billboard|date=7 March 1987|volume=99|issue=10|pages=G3–G22|access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> It was followed by the band's first and only tour of Australia and New Zealand; the former dates saw Genesis perform "Your Own Special Way" from ''[[Wind & Wuthering]]'' (1976) with a string section. A Chinese leg was announced, but later cancelled.<ref name=BB19870307/> The tour ended with four sold out shows at London's [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], totalling 288,000 people in attendance, which set a new record. The final show was a benefit in aid of [[The Prince's Trust]] and attended by [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] and [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], a fan of the group.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Recordings from the tour were released on the live albums ''[[The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts]]'' (1992) and ''[[Genesis Archive 2: 1976–1992|Genesis Archive #2: 1976–1992]]'' (2000). The Wembley shows were filmed and released on home video in 1988 entitled ''[[Live at Wembley Stadium (Genesis DVD)|Invisible Touch Tour]]''. In 2003, it was reissued on DVD and renamed ''Genesis Live at Wembley Stadium''.

==Track listing==
All music written and arranged by [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[Phil Collins]] and [[Mike Rutherford]].<ref name=1986presskit/> Lyricists as noted.<ref>Giammetti, Mario (2021). Genesis 1975 to 2021 - The Phil Collins Years. Kingmaker. ISBN 978-1-83884918-0-2.</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline         = Side one
| total_length = 22:05
| title1           = [[Invisible Touch (song)|Invisible Touch]]
| length1          = 3:29
| lyrics1          = Collins
| title2           = [[Tonight, Tonight, Tonight]]
| length2          = 8:53
| lyrics2          = Collins
| title3           = [[Land of Confusion]]
| length3          = 4:45
| lyrics3          = Rutherford
| title4           = [[In Too Deep (Genesis song)|In Too Deep]]
| length4          = 4:58
| lyrics4          = Collins
}}
{{Track listing
| headline         = Side two
| total_length     = 23:36
| title1           = [[Anything She Does]]
| length1          = 4:21
| lyrics1          = Banks
| title2           = [[Domino (Genesis song)|Domino]]"
*I. "In the Glow of the Night"
*II. "The Last Domino
|length2           = 10:44<br/>4:27<br/>6:18
| lyrics2          = Banks
| title3           = [[Throwing It All Away]]
| length3          = 3:53{{efn|The original album sleeve lists "Throwing It All Away" with an incorrect running time of 4:41.<ref name=sleeve/>}}
| lyrics3         = Rutherford
| title4          = [[The Brazilian]]
| length4         = 4:50
| lyrics4         = (instrumental)
}}

== Personnel ==
Credits are adapted from the album's sleeve notes.<ref name=sleeve/>

'''Genesis'''
* [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] – keyboards, synth bass
* [[Phil Collins]] – drums, percussion, vocals 
* [[Mike Rutherford]] – guitars, bass

'''Production'''
* Genesis – producers
* [[Hugh Padgham]] – producer, engineer
* Paul Gomersall – assistant engineer
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – mastering at [[Masterdisk]] (New York City, New York, USA)
* Geoff Callingham – technical assistant
* Assorted Images – CD artwork production
* Baker Dave – CD artwork production
* John Swannell – photography

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Invisible Touch''
! scope="col"| Chart (1986–1988)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|page=19|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 3
|-
{{album chart|Austria|5|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|1|chartid=0706|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|refname=CAN1|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book | first= Timo | last= Pennanen | year= 2006 | title=Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 | edition= 1st | publisher= Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava | location= Helsinki| isbn=  978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 263 | language= fi}}</ref>
| 2
|-
!scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_A.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 June 2012 |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – G |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_G.php |archive-date=22 October 2014 }} ''Select ''Genesis'' from the menu, then press ''OK''.''</ref>
| 8
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|2|id=410|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"|Italian Albums ([[FIMI]])<ref name="itayearend">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=genesis|magazine=Billboard|date=19 July 1986|issn=0006-2510|volume=98|issue=29|title=''Billboard'' magazine from 19 July 1986}}</ref>
| 5
|-
! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([[Oricon Albums Chart|Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| 9
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|3|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| 26
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|3|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|1|date=19860615|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 10, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|3| artist=Genesis|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"| Chart (2024)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Hungarian Physical Albums ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 40. hét |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista-fizikai-hanghordozok/2024/40 |publisher=[[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]] |access-date=9 October 2024}}</ref>
| 10
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for ''Invisible Touch''
! scope="col"| Chart (1986)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6 |title-link=Kent Music Report}}</ref>
|8
|-
! scope="row"|Austrian Albums ([[Ö3 Austria]])<ref name="atyearend">{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/1986_album.asp |language=de |format=ASP |title=Austriancharts.at – Jahreshitparade 1986 |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=1 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109091446/http://austriancharts.at/1986_album.asp |archive-date=9 November 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|30
|-
{{album chart|Canada|6|chartid=8824|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|refname=CAN2|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"|French Albums ([[SNEP]])<ref name="frayearend">{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1986.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1986 par InfoDisc |language=fr |format=PHP |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=29 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209201025/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1986.php |archive-date=9 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|7
|-
! scope="row"|Italian Albums ([[FIMI]])<ref name="itayearend"/>
|24
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums ([[RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1986-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1986 – The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| Swiss Albums ([[Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1986 |title=Hitparade.ch – Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1988 |language=de |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=17 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323145851/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1986 |archive-date=23 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 
|30
|-
! scope="row"|UK Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKYearend"/>
|14
|-
! scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard 200]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End – 1986|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=2 January 2013|access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>
|40
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart"/>
|36
|-
! scope="row"|Austrian Albums ([[Ö3 Austria]])<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/1987_album.asp |title=Austriancharts.at – Jahreshitparade 1987 |language=de |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=1 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012022051/http://austriancharts.at/1987_album.asp |archive-date=12 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|30
|-
{{album chart|Canada|38|chartid=0918|artist=Genesis|album=Invisible Touch|refname=CAN3|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row| New Zealand Albums ([[RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1987-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1987 – The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
| 17
|-
! scope="row|UK Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKYearend">{{cite web
 |url=http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html 
 |title=Complete UK Year-End Album Charts 
 |access-date=12 September 2011 
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519050548/http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html
 |archive-date=19 May 2012
 |df=dmy-all 
}}</ref>
|18
|-
! scope="row|US ''[[Billboard 200]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1987/top-billboard-200-albums0|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End – 1987|magazine=Billboard|access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>
|10
|}

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===Decade-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+Decade-end chart performance for ''Invisible Touch''
! scope="col"| Chart (1980–1989)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart"/>
|39
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Invisible Touch''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1987|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/thearchive/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Farm-2003-35-edit.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317230927/http://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/thearchive/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Farm-2003-35-edit.jpg|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=dead|title=A 1987 Australian Triple Platinum Award for the album "Invisible Touch" – The Farm Studio|publisher=The Genesis Archive|date=January 2017|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Brazil |title=Invisible Touch |artist=Genesis |award=Gold|type=album |certref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://acervo.folha.com.br/leitor.do?numero=9892&anchor=4117454&origem=busca&originURL=&pd=6d928b62609986e1090953412841bb0d|newspaper = Acervo Digital - Folha de S.Paulo|title=Entregas de disco de platino não têm controle confiável-Os Premiados|page=6}}</ref> |relyear=1986}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=Denmark|award=Gold|certyear=2024|id=13631|artist=Genesis|title=Invisible Touch|access-date=27 March 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=France|award=Platinum|certyear=1987|source=infodisc|artist=Genesis|title=Invisible Touch|access-date=5 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=Germany|award=Platinum|certyear=1987|artist=Genesis|title=Invisible Touch|access-date=5 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=Hong Kong|award=Gold|certyear=1988}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=Italy|award=Platinum|certyear=1987|certref=<ref>{{cite web|author=Stefania Miretti|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,7/articleid,0974_02_1987_0129_0007_18921801/|title=Un vero concerto "sui" Genesis – Consultazione Archivio|publisher=[[La Stampa]]|page=7|language=it|date=18 May 1987|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=Japan|award=Gold|certyear=1986|certref=<ref name="Oricon">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|language=ja|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}</ref>|salesamount=128,100|salesref=<ref name="Oricon"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=1988|certref=<ref>{{cite book|first=Dean|last=Scapolo|title=The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006|publisher=Maurienne House|year=2007|isbn=978-1-877443-00-8}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=Spain|award=Gold|certyear=1987|certref=<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|language=es|year=2005|isbn=8480486392|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|certyear=1987|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-26.pdf|title=The European Best Sellers of 1987 – Gold & Platinum Awards – Switzerland|publisher=[[Music and Media]]|page=46|date=26 December 1987|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=1989|id=3378-1206-2|artist=Genesis|title=Invisible Touch|access-date=5 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|relmonth=06|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=1996|artist=Genesis|title=Invisible Touch|access-date=5 April 2021}}
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==Notes and references==
'''Notes'''
{{notelist}}

'''Citations'''
{{Reflist}}

'''Sources'''
*{{Cite book|last1=Bowler|first1=Dave|last2=Dray|first2=Bryan|title=Genesis: A Biography|year=1992|isbn=978-0-283-06132-5|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/genesisbiography0000bowl_h5d4}}
*{{Cite book|title=Genesis. Chapter and Verse|first1=Tony|last1=Banks|first2=Phil|last2=Collins|first3=Peter|last3=Gabriel|first4=Steve|last4=Hackett|first5=Mike|last5=Rutherford|editor1-first=Philipp|editor1-last=Dodd|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2007|isbn=978-0-297-84434-1|ref={{harvid|Genesis|2007}}}}
*{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Phil|title=Not Dead Yet: The Memoir|year=2016|publisher=Crown Advocate|isbn=978-1-101-90747-4}}
*{{cite video|people=Banks, Tony; Collins, Phil; Rutherford, Mike|title=Genesis 1983–1998 [Invisible Touch]|medium=DVD|date=1 October 2007|publisher=EMI Records|id=5099950385126|ref={{harvid|Reissues Interview|2007}}}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs master|type=album|29002|name=Invisible Touch}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by Hugh Padgham]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Phil Collins]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Tony Banks (musician)]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Mike Rutherford]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records albums]]
[[Category:Charisma Records albums]]
[[Category:Virgin Records albums]]