 On the negative side , Marty Racine of the Houston Chronicle said that " I Don 't Wanna Know " and " Take Me Home " were the only songs to " rise above the crowd " , and that Collins focused too much on his singing and less on his drumming , " which can be captivating " . Racine also added that the album makes the listener feel a little " cold " , but admired that the singer was " playing the game as well as anyone " . Writing an article in defence of Collins in 2010 , Gary Mills of The Quietus described the album as " determined dross " which Collins did not deserve to have his career judged by . In 2013 , music critic Tom Service of The Guardian was similarly scathing , saying the album had not stood the test of time and was " unlistenable to today " , singling out " Sussudio " for particular criticism , arguing : " the production , the drum machine , the inane sincerity of the lyrics ; there 's no colder or more superficial sound in popular music , precisely because it takes itself so seriously . " He also compared it unfavourably with the enduring appeal of Collins 's 1980s contemporaries such as the Human League and — in particular — the Pet Shop Boys , saying the latter were " geniuses by comparison " . 
