Phil Collins

Collection of Phil Collins

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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