Phil Collins

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    Phil Collins' ascent to the status of one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond was probably as much of a surprise to him as it was to many others. Balding and diminutive, Collins was almost 30 years old when his first solo single, "In the Air Tonight," became a number two hit in his native U.K. (the song was a Top 20 hit in the U.S.). Between 1984 and 1990, Collins had a string of 13 straight U.S. Top Ten hits.

    Long before any of that happened, however, Collins was a child actor/singer who appeared as the Artful Dodger in the London production of Oliver! in 1964. (He also has a cameo in A Hard Day's Night, among other films.) He got his first break in music at the end of his teens, when he was chosen to be a replacement drummer in the British art rock band Genesis in 1970. (Collins maintained a separate jazz career with the band Brand X as well.) Genesis was fronted by singer Peter Gabriel. They had achieved a moderate level of success in the U.K. and the U.S., with elaborate concept albums, before Gabriel abruptly left in 1974. Genesis auditioned 400 singers without success, then decided to let Collins have a go.

    The result was a gradual simplifying of Genesis' sound and an increasing focus on Collins' expressive, throaty voice. And Then There Were Three... went gold in 1978, and Duke was even more successful. Collins made his debut solo album, Face Value, in 1981, which turned out to be a bigger hit than any Genesis album. It concentrated on Collins' voice, often in stark, haunting contexts such as the piano-and-drum dirge "In the Air Tonight," which sounded like something from John Lennon's debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

    During the '80s, Collins was enormously successful in balancing his continuing solo work with his membership in Genesis. In 1992, Genesis released We Can't Dance and began an extensive tour. Upon its completion Collins released Both Sides in 1993, and the record became his first album not to produce a major hit single or go multi-platinum. In 1995, he announced that he was leaving Genesis permanently. The following year, he released Dance into the Light. Although the album was a flop, its subsequent supporting tour was a success. The Hits collection followed in 1998, and a year later Collins made his first big-band record, Hot Night in Paris. The song cycle Testify arrived in 2002, and his next studio-recorded solo release was 2010's Going Back, which saw Collins revisiting the Motown hits that so influenced him and featuring three of the surviving Funk Brothers -- guitarists Eddie Willis and Ray Monette and bassist Bob Babbitt. Allmusic by William Ruhlmann


    Album: Face Value (1981)










    01. In The Air Tonight
    02. This Must Be Love
    03. Behind The Lines
    04. The Roof Is Leaking
    05. Droned
    06. Hand In Hand
    07. I Missed Again
    08. You Know What I Mean
    09. Thunder And Lightning
    10. I'm Not Moving
    11. If Leaving Me Is Easy
    12. Tomorrow Never Knows




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    Album: Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)










    01. I Don't Care Anymore
    02. I Cannot Believe It's True
    03. Like China
    04. Do You Know, Do You Care?
    05. You Can't Hurry Love
    06. It Don't Matter To Me
    07. Thru These Walls
    08. Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
    09. The West Side
    10. Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning?




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    Album: No Jacket Required (1985)










    01. Sussudio
    02. Only You Know and I Know
    03. Long Long Way to Go
    04. I Don't Wanna Know
    05. One More Night
    06. Don't Lose My Number
    07. Who Said I Would?
    08. Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore?
    09. Inside Out
    10. Take Me Home
    11. We Said Hello Goodbye (Bonus Track)




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    Album: 12''ers (1987)









    01. Take Me Home (Remix)
    02. Sussudio (Remix)
    03. Who Said I Would? (Remix)
    04. Only You Know And I Know (Remix)
    05. Don't Lose My Number (Remix)
    06. One More Night (Remix)




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    Album: ...But Seriously (1989)











    01. Hang in Long Enough
    02. That's Just the Way It Is
    03. Do You Remember?
    04. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
    05. Colours
    06. I Wish It Would Rain Down
    07. Another Day in Paradise
    08. Heat on the Street
    09. All of My Life
    10. Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
    11. Father to Son
    12. Find a Way to My Heart




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    Album: Serious Hits... Live! (1990)









    01. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
    02. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
    03. Who Said I Would
    04. One More Night
    05. Don't Lose My Number
    06. Do You Remember?
    07. Another Day in Paradise
    08. Separate Lives
    09. In the Air Tonight
    10. You Can't Hurry Love
    11. Two Hearts
    12. Sussudio
    13. A Groovy Kind of Love
    14. Easy Lover
    15. Take Me Home




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    Album: Both Sides (1993)









    01. Both Sides of the Story
    02. Can't Turn Back the Years
    03. Everyday
    04. I've Forgotten Everything
    05. We're Sons of Our Fathers
    06. Can't Find My Way
    07. Survivors
    08. We Fly So Close
    09. There's a Place for Us
    10. We Wait and We Wonder
    11. Please Come Out Tonight




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    Album: Dance Into The Light (1996)









    01. Dance into the Light
    02. That's What You Said
    03. Lorenzo
    04. Just Another Story
    05. Love Police
    06. Wear My Hat
    07. It's in Your Eyes
    08. Oughta Know By Now
    09. Take Me Down
    10. The Same Moon
    11. River So Wide
    12. No Matter Who
    13. The Times They Are A-Changin'




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    Album: ...Hits (1998)









    01. Another Day in Paradise
    02. True Colors
    03. Easy Lover
    04. You Can't Hurry Love
    05. Two Hearts
    06. I Wish it Would Rain Down
    07. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
    08. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
    09. Separate Lives
    10. Both Sides of the Story
    11. One More Night
    12. Sussudio
    13. Dance into the Light
    14. A Groovy Kind of Love
    15. In the Air Tonight
    16. Take Me Home




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    Album: Testify (2002)









    01. Wake Up Call
    02. Come With Me
    03. Testify
    04. Don't Get Me Started
    05. Swing Low
    06. It's Not Too Late
    07. This Love This Heart
    08. Driving Me Crazy
    09. The Least You Can Do
    10. Can't Stop Loving You
    11. Thru My Eyes
    12. You Touch My Heart




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    Album: The Platinum Collection (2004)








    CD1


    01. In the Air Tonight
    02. This Must Be Love
    03. Behind the Lines
    04. Roof Is Leaking
    05. Droned
    06. Hand in Hand
    07. I Missed Again
    08. You Know What I Mean
    09. Thunder and Lightning
    10. I'm Not Moving
    11. If Leaving Me Is Easy
    12. Tomorrow Never Knows


    CD2


    01. Sussudio
    02. Only You Know and I Know
    03. Long Long Way to Go
    04. Don't Want to Know
    05. One More Night
    06. Don't Lose My Number
    07. Who Said I Would
    08. Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore
    09. Inside Out
    10. Take Me Home
    11. We Said Hello Goodbye


    CD3


    01. Hang in Long Enough
    02. That's Just the Way It Is
    03. Do You Remember?
    04. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
    05. Colours
    06. I Wish It Would Rain Down
    07. Another Day in Paradise
    08. Heat on the Street
    09. All of My Life
    10. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
    11. Father to Son
    12. Find a Way to My Heart




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    Album: Love Songs. A Compilation... Old & New (2004)








    CD1


    01. Tearing and Breaking
    02. Do You Remember?
    03. One More Night
    04. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
    05. Can't Turn Back the Years
    06. Groovy Kind of Love
    07. Everyday
    08. Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
    09. Please Come Out Tonight
    10. This Must Be Love
    11. It's in Your Eyes
    12. Can't Stop Loving You


    CD2


    01. Testify
    02. True Colors (Rehearsal)
    03. You'll Be in My Heart
    04. If Leaving Me Is Easy
    05. I've Been Trying
    06. I've Forgotten Everything
    07. Somewhere
    08. Least You Can Do
    09. Two Hearts
    10. Separate Lives (Live)
    11. My Girl (Live)
    12. Always (Live)
    13. The Way You Look Tonight (Live)




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