
Each track on the album would forever be burned into my young impressionable mind, forever cementing Genesis as a band I would appreciate for the rest of my life. To me, this was the album that not only introduced me to Genesis but to Phil Collins himself. Don’t get me wrong, Gabriel is a talented guy but when most people think of Genesis, it is Phil they think of and that is where today’s album comes in.įresh off his solo album, No Jacket Required, Phil returned to the studio with Genesis founding members Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks and produced the album Invisible Touch. It wouldn’t be until 1975 when lead singer Peter Gabriel left the band, that drummer Phil Collins would step in and take the band to a whole new level. Founded by Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford and Chris Stewart, this band was much more experimental in the Jethro Tull/Moody Blues style of music indicative of the late 60’s/ early 70’s. Starting in 1967, the Band Genesis would begin with a very different lineup and a very different sound. One band that always comes to the forefront is Genesis and that band is the subject of today’s Stand Out Albums. When one thinks of the 80’s one tends to conjure images of bands like Duran Duran, Madonna, Sting, Michael Jackson, Prince, David Bowie and more. The 80’s were jam packed with some of the best bands of their time, people who changed music in ways that we will never fully appreciate.
