LAND OF
CONFUSION
GENESIS
SONGWRITER:
MIKE RUTHERFORD, TONY BANKS & PHIL COLLINS
COUNTRY: U.
K.
ALBUM: INVIVIBLE
TOUCH
LABEL: CHARISMA
RECORDS
GENRE: PROGRESSIVE
ROCK
YEAR: 1986
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 9 June
1986 by Charisma and Virgin Records in the United Kingdom. After taking a break
in group activity for each member to continue with their solo projects in 1984,
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. 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 top five singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "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 several
reviews, both positive and negative, observing its similarity to Collins's solo
records and their commercial pop-oriented sound. In 2007, the album was re-released with new stereo and
5.1 surround sound mixes.
"Land of Confusion" is a song by the English rock band Genesis
from their 1986 album Invisible Touch. The song was the third track on the
album and was the third track released as a single, reaching No. 4 in the U.S. and
No. 14 in the UK in late 1986. It also reached No. 8 in the Netherlands. The
music was written by the band, while the lyrics were written by guitarist Mike
Rutherford. The song's video featured puppets from the 1980s UK sketch show Spitting
Image.
Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming,
Surrey in 1967. The most successful and longest-lasting line-up consisted of
keyboardist Tony Banks bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil
Collins. Significant former members were original lead Singer Peter Gabriel and
guitarist Steve Hackett. The band moved from folk music to progressive rock in
the 1970s, before moving towards pop at the end of the decade. They
have sold 21.5 million albums in the United States, with worldwide sales of
between 100 million and 150 million.
Formed by five Charterhouse pupils including Banks, Rutherford, Gabriel,
and Anthony Phillips, Genesis were named by former pupil Jonathan King, who
arranged for them to record several unsuccessful singles and their debut album From
Genesis to Revelation in 1968. After splitting with King, the group began to
tour professionally, signed with Charisma Records and recorded Trespass(1970)
in the progressive rock style. Following the departure of Phillips, Genesis
recruited Collins and Hackett and recorded Nursery Cryme(1971). Their
live shows also began to be centred on Gabriel's theatrical costumes and
performances. They were first
successful in mainland Europe, before entering the UK charts with Foxtrot(1972).
In 1973, they released Selling England by the Pound(1973), which featured their
first UK top 30 single "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)". The concept
album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway followed in 1974, and was promoted with a
transatlantic tour featuring an elaborate stage show. Following the Lamb tour,
Gabriel left Genesis in August 1975 to begin a solo career.
I must have dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street
Now, did you read the news today?
They say the danger has gone away
But I can see the fire's still alight
They're burning into the night
There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go around
Can't you see this is the land of confusion?
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
Oh, superman, where are you now?
When everything's gone wrong somehow?
The men of steel, these men of power
Are losing control by the hour
This is the time, this is the place
So we look for the future
But there's not much love to go around
Tell me why this is the land of confusion
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
I remember long ago
When the sun was shining
And all the stars were bright all through the night
In the wake up this madness, as I held you tight
So long ago
I won't be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep
There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see this is the land of confusion?
Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for
This is the world we live in
And these are the names we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to.
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