Throwing It All Away (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1986
From the album Invisible Touch (track #7)
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Throwing It All Away appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- Invisible Touch (track #7) (this album) (1986)
- Turn It On Again: The Hits (track #17) (compilation) (1999)
- Platinum Collection (track #6) (compilation) (2004)
- Live / The Way We Walk (Volume One: The Shorts) (track #4) (1992)
- Live Over Europe 2007 (track #14) (2007)
- Live In Poland (track #19) (2009)
- 1983-1998 (track #16) (compilation) (2007)
- The Last Domino? (track #21) (compilation) (2021)
- BBC Broadcasts (track #21) (compilation) (2023)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 11/07/2025 18:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 92,142 | 71/100 | |
| 08/26/2025 12:06 |  ExTeaSea | 12,714 | 85/100 | |
| 08/04/2025 10:44 | timosbuecherei | 3,277 | 60/100 | |
| 06/24/2025 23:36 | mrmcrook | 11,739 | 78/100 | |
| 05/12/2025 23:16 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 |
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Squonk007 08/10/2021 13:09 | #272414
A nice pop ballad and it works very well as a live track too.
Easily the best of Invisible Touch's pure pop tracks. It may have the same cheesy lyrics about heartbreak, but in combination with the warm, groovy background music, Collins' despondent and sometimes angry vocals, and the catchy background "ooh-ooh-ooh" in the choruses, it feels a lot more personal than the other pop tracks and thus a lot more endearing. If you're listening close enough, you'll also notice some really nice guitar work from Mike Rutherford. And when the full instrumentation finally joins in at the 1:30 mark, you can't help but bob your head along to the beat. Call it a guilty pleasure if you must, but sometimes you just have to embrace the cheese, and there's not a better track to do it on Invisible Touch than this one.
Mdemauri 08/27/2014 18:34 | #120526
Of the two ballads on the album, this is my favorite. Fun fact, my brother is in the video for this song. Filmed live in concert, Phil had a video camera on stage and footage from the Detroit, Toronto and maybe one other show were used.
Cool song. But I can't help thinking about a completely unrelated movie when I hear the ooo-ooo parts: "Jungle 2 Jungle."
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