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First of all, I would like to praise Tony Banks for his brilliant keyboard skills and excellent musicianship. His efforts as heard on Genesis' and his own solo records shows the tremendous skill he is capable of. One of these efforts shows him at his best while the other undermines his brilliance. The former is Genesis. Most of Tony Banks's solo albums sought to reproduce the success he made in Genesis, forgoing the progressive characteristic his songs retained well after Genesis became reclassified as a pop band. A Curious Feeling is not one of those albums, being the most progressive album he made, at least of the ones before his symphonic records, but it really misses the sound of his records.
A Curious Feeling follows a concept similar to the book Flowers for Algernon, a good starting point and similarity with Mike Rutherford's contemporary solo record Smallcreep's Day (which was also produced by David Hentschel at Polar Studios). However, on the record, the concept is taken with the story removed, the environment sterilized. The musicianship shows off on most of the tracks, with You, The Waters of Lethe, Forever Morning, and Somebody Else's Dream particularly, all exemplified by Banks's impressive keyboard playing. Kim Beacon's voice, while not the greatest, is a fitting contribution to this record. What this album really lacks is a solid concept that fails to come through as clearly as it would have with the original story followed. While Banks' prominence on keyboards is exemplified, his skill on the guitars or other instruments makes it more solo than I would wish.
I would recommend this to the progressive-era fans considering this is Banks' most progressive records, or simply there is no other way to introduce them. Pop fans, go for the later albums.