Released: 1991
Tracks: No Son of Mine; Jesus He Knows Me; Driving the Last Spike; I Can’t Dance; Never a Time; Dreaming While You Sleep; Tell Me Why; Living Forever; Hold on my Heart; Way of the World; Since I Lost You; Fading Lights
Best track: probably Driving the Last Spike
Tracks to skip: everything after Last Spike. Yes, I’m serious.
There’s very little recording information for this. Were there any session players? Or did Phil, Mike and Tony play everything? But hey, the lyrics are there! (like we can’t understand English, geez) Reviewing another one of my wife’s CDs. I guess she likes it since she didn’t want to sell it. I’ve only listened to this whole thing only once, and that was 4 years ago. Of course I’m terribly familiar with No Son, Jesus, I Can’t Dance and Hold on my Heart, and I bet you are too. I’ve never been a big fan of Genesis (haven’t heard enough of the proggy stuff to make a decision yet), but I did use to think Invisible Touch was The Bomb. Hey, I was a kid, lay off!
Most of this doesn’t do much for me. It’s just kinda boring. There are good bits here and there, Driving the Last Spike has some cool bits and the lyrics to Jesus He Knows Me are kinda humorous. The singles here are catchy (of course), but there’s not much substance in them. Especially on the title track, it’s pretty silly. Of course I have no problem with silly stuff, I mean, think about how much Zappa I listen to and that stuff gets really silly. This song just tries too hard to be humorous and it just makes me cringe. Plus it seems that the song was written to accompany the video. Or: a soundtrack for the overplayed video.
Genesis is trying to be hip and relevant with this album, and while it sold many copies, most of it is just semi-cheesy Adult Contemporary non-offensive music. Too much keyboards for my taste. You’d be better off listening to something else to fulfill your life.
Rating: 41
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