Face Value - Phil Collins

... But Seriously - Phil Collins

I was a child of the eighties and back then it was impossible to turn on a radio without hearing Phil Collins singing something or other, either as a solo artist or with his band Genesis. Consequently, I had become a big Genesis fan when this solo album by Collins, But Seriously was released in 1989. Whilst I enjoyed most of Collin s solo work until then I was a little more lukewarm about the three albums he d produced so far, finding them a little too pop happy for my liking. Several of the tracks on But Seriously were already familiar to me when I purchased the album, as they had been given hours of radio airplay and had become much loved by fans and casual ...

... But Seriously - Phil Collins

of Genesis. He is an occasional actor. On this album: Head for the upsetting Another Day It Paradise which is a moody and depressing number, finding Phil delivering biting lyrics about how the other half lives. It will make you feel selfish, make you feel sad and make you realise how lucky you have it. Phil has never sounded so miserable and is so much the better for it. A slow piano driven number with a heartbreaking melody. More cheerful is Something Happened On The Way To Heaven with an upbeat rousing nature to it. He lets his hair down here (excuse pun) and revels in a positive set of lyrics and encouraging chorus. Something more sinister can be heard in I ...

Testify - Phil Collins

I hate Phil Collins ! No... I REALLY HATE HIM ! I was forced to listen to this awful album on a recent car journey and I feel unclean. The mental scars run deep. His whiney little yelp of a voice is like the scream of a kitten being mangled in a mincer. The fact that he left his wife when she d passed her sell by date for a younger model says it all really. What an odious little scamp he is. the track listing is - 1. Wake Up Call 2. Come With Me 3. Testify 4. Don t Get Me Started 5. Swing Low 6. It s Not Too Late 7. This Love This Heart 8. Driving Me Crazy 9. The Least You Can Do 10. Can t Stop Loving You 11. Thru My Eyes ...