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Phil Collins Audio CD
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Selling records and winning awards are the things that have always come easy to Phil Collins. He has sold 100 million solo records and another 150 million with Genesis, putting him in the same rarefied league as Madonna, Elton John and Pink Floyd. His numerous awards include seven Grammys, two Golden Globes and an Oscar (for You’ll Be In My Heart from Disney’s Tarzan).

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  • Audio CD (11 Mar 1983)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B000026GGE
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  Mini-Disc  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,992 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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The beginning of Phil Collins's massively successful solo career coincided with the discord in his first marriage, turning Face Value into a compelling churn of emotions, from the utter disgust of "In the Air Tonight" (where Collins dryly comments, "If you told me you were drowning / I would not lend a hand") to the delight he feels in exploring a new relationship ("This Must Be Love"). Collins' thundering drums and punchy horn arrangements--a close approximation of Earth, Wind & Fire's sound, actually--clicked with the public, turning "I Missed Again" and "In the Air Tonight" into Top 20 singles and launching Collins' career as one of the biggest and most unlikely stars of the 1980s. --Daniel Durchholz

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5.0 out of 5 stars Early peak 22 May 2003
By BenF
Format:Audio CD
In 1981, before he discovered his social conscience, he wrote a great album about problems that he really understood, and sentiments that he really felt. There's real edge here, in the menacing bassline and explosive drums of 'air tonight'. There's some funk in the riffs 'behind the lines'. And genuinely exotic world influences in 'droned' and 'the roof is leaking'. He even picked a great, neglected Beatles track to cover. So don't buy anything he's ever written - except this. 20 years ago, he got it absolutely right. Swallow your pride and put it in your basket.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Phil's First Solo Effort 22 May 2009
By Dave_42
Format:Audio CD
Phil Collins has had an interesting career. Coming in for Genesis' third album to be the drummer, he then went on to become the lead vocalist after Peter Gabriel left. He also joined the Fusion group Brand X while in Genesis. In 1981 he launched his successful solo career with this album, "Face Value". He has even had a small acting career to go along with his career in music. Far from one expects from a star, at least in the way he looks, one has to respect his career and what he has accomplished. This first album from him very much fits his career. There is an iconic song, some puzzling song choices and some hidden gems as well.

The album opens with "In the Air Tonight", a piece which has staying power as we near 30 years later, and with no end in sight, nor would one expect there to be. It is a simple piece, and yet masterful in the way it is executed. I suppose it didn't hurt that it spawned an urban legend about its origins either, but it would still be with us even if that had not happened. Next up is "This Must be Love", a nice pleasant piece but one which is easily forgotten after the opener. Next comes an odd choice as Phil chooses to cover "Behind the Lines", a Genesis song which had originally been released less than a year before on the "Duke" album. It is a different version, but it seems like a strange thing to do. "The Roof Is Leaking" is the next track, a nice track which has a different feel than the first pieces, with Phil on piano, and it blends well into two instrumentals (though with voices as instruments) called "Droned" and "Hand in Hand", which closes out the first half of the album.

"I Missed Again" opens the second half of the album, once again a decent piece but not a classic, which made the top 20 as a single. Next up is a nice slower piece titled "You Know What I Mean", which is one of the pieces which I would call a hidden gem, along with the following piece "Thunder and Lightning" which is a faster and more upbeat song. "I'm Not Moving" is an interesting piece and provides some more diversity to an already diverse album. "If Leaving Me Is Easy" is another slower piece, but in this case the slowness tends to drag on a bit. "Tomorrow Never Knows" is another one of the odd choices. It is certainly different from "The Beatles" version, but at the same time Phil's version isn't enough different to justify doing the cover, at least in my opinion.

The result is an album which has some great high points, but there are tracks here which one could well do without. Nevertheless, this is a classic album, and represents Phil's career quite well. He has always been one to perform, no matter the genre and that diversity comes through on this album, though certainly some styles are more prevalent than others.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant 26 Sep 2001
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
His first solo album and he never bettered it. He will never write anything as good as In The Air Tonight. The man talents are immense and he has done great things since but this is Collins at his best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant
I generally only buy albums that I have heard before usually as a replacement for a copy that has been damaged. Read more
Published 3 months ago by stewart d herd
5.0 out of 5 stars Phil Collins
Brilliant! A lot cheaper to download than buy and very good quality. As for the album, Phil's fantastic work - as ever!
Published 4 months ago by Sharon Alford
1.0 out of 5 stars Awful release,music and sound
If this is a good album Genesis' "We Can't Dance" was written by God himself.
I really can't stand this poor Cd, Collins could at least make it sound better-
Found in my... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Lucazest
5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLANT PURCHASE
WONDERFUL PURCHASE I BROUGHT FOR MY FELLA'S BIRTHDAY ITS A AWESOME COPY AND LOVE PHIL COLLINS IS THE LEGEND! MY FELLA LOVED THE PRESENT THANKS FOR GETTING HERE SO FAST :D
Published on 1 May 2011 by Zoe
4.0 out of 5 stars The Makings of a Hypocritical Scumbag
I'd like to make one thing clear. I am a big fan of Phils music but I dislike him as a person very much so when I insult him, it is not a reflection on his music. Read more
Published on 22 April 2011 by Greg Boyd
3.0 out of 5 stars What was all the fuss about!?
What makes a Number One Album? This apparently!

Whist never a big fan of Phil Collins, he's always been highly regarded in the Music Industry. Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by FAMOUS NAME
3.0 out of 5 stars "Do you like Phil Collins?"
Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2009 by Billy Ray Cyrus
5.0 out of 5 stars Behind Genesis
Phil Collins debut, an instant smash, revealed why Genesis' music was taking a more mainstream direction, and is far more impressive than that band's contemporaneous release,... Read more
Published on 3 April 2008 by D. J. H. Thorn
2.0 out of 5 stars 1st Track = Brilliant, the rest?....mediocre at best!
I'm going to go against the rest of reviews here. First, let's get it clear in your heads, I love Collins' music. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2007 by Matthew Fenn
4.0 out of 5 stars A great debut
Phil Collins' reputation has suffered substantially over the past twenty years. He may not have been mentioned by either David Brent or Alan Partridge, but it feels like it. Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2004 by Gavin Wilson
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