INVISIBLE TOUCH

Oh dear. What'll I do now? How do I rate an album that's basically pop, on a prog scale? The five star rating says "Essential: a masterpiece of progressive music". If it said "Essential: a masterpiece of POP music" I wouldn't doubt it for a single second to award this album a 5-star. You know, this is my favorite Genesis album. Yes, I'm also a pop fan. So what?

But we're in progland here, and there's no point in convincing prog diehard fans to listen to this, if they won't enjoy it. So if you feel a gorgeous prog band going into gorgeous pop territory is sacrilege, why would you listen to it if you'll probably hate it? I respect that. On the other hand, if you ALSO enjoy pop (with a spice: you could count all or some bits of "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", "Domino" and "The Brazilian" as prog), put this album in a pedestal. I do.

Gee, if I could avoid the star-rating thing here, I would. It's a prog scale, not a general one. I'll go for a "Good, but non-essential". I think it fits in a prog context.

But don't forget: in my heart this is a 5 star (pop) album.