Phil Collins

Phil Collins – Serious Hits…Live! (Remastered) (1990/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:16:51 minutes | 914 MB | Genre: Rock
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One year after …But Seriously, England’s best-selling album in the year of its release, Phil Collins followed up with a live worldwide tour. The former Genesis drummer was at the height of his fame, and this Berlin concert on July 15th, 1990, perfectly documents his impressive performances from that time. Surrounded by four virtuosos (Leland Sklar on bass, Daryl Stuermer on guitar, Chester Thompson on drums and Brad Cole on keyboards), here Phil Collins reveals a kind of ‘best of’ album with the hits Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), One More Night, In the Air Tonight as well as a rather muscular cover of You Can’t Hurry Love by The Supremes. Everything here is XL! Brass, rhythm and melodies! And the remastered edition of this live album in 24-Bit Hi-Res quality makes the experience even more powerful.  – Clotilde Maréchal

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Phil Collins – No Jacket Required (1985/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 50:51 minutes | 542 MB | Genre: Rock
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No Jacket Required is the third solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins, the lead vocalist and drummer for the rock band Genesis. It features guest backing vocalists, including Helen Terry, Peter Gabriel and Sting. On release, the album was received favourably by the majority of music critics, although opinions have become more negative in subsequent decades and it has rarely been featured in “Best Albums of the 1980s” lists since. It won three Grammy Awards including for Album of the Year in 1986.

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Phil Collins – Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 45:44 minutes | 1,64 GB | Genre: Rock
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Hello, I Must Be Going! is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins. The album brought Collins his first nomination for British Male Artist at the Brit Awards in 1983.

As his hit cover of “You Can’t Hurry Love” demonstrates, Phil Collins began to inject his highly melodic pop songwriting with more soul and R&B influences on his second solo album, Hello, I Must Be Going! While some of the material was successful, much of it showed that he was still coming to grips with how to incorporate R&B techniques into his style; in retrospect, Hello, I Must Be Going! laid the groundwork for his breakthrough album, No Jacket Required.

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Phil Collins – Face Value (1981/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 47:44 minutes | 1,67 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Music Group

Chart History/Awards
– Reached #1 on the Billboard 200.
– “I Missed Again” and “In The Air Tonight” reached the Top Ten on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock charts.

Face Value is Phil Collins’ exhilarating debut solo album. The seminal recording reached the Top Ten in several countries and went Platinum in Argentina, Austria, France, Switzerland, the U.K. and the United States. Collins’ distinctive vocals led hits including “I Missed Again” and “In The Air Tonight” straight into theBillboard Top Ten. Absolutely vital.

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Phil Collins – But Seriously (1989/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 59:28 minutes | 2,14 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Music Group

…But Seriously is Phil Collins’ fourth studio full-length album and was released in November 1989. The album featured more organic production, with much more live instrumentation as opposed to the use of drum machines. Four hit singles came from …But Seriously, and the album topped charts worldwide.

Spawning four hit singles, But Seriously topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. While pursuing much of the same formula as on No Jacket Required, there was also a move toward more organic production as Collins abandoned some of the drum machines and prominent keyboards in the up-tempo numbers in favor of live instrumentation. The decision was a good one as there’s no doubt that tracks such as “Find a Way to My Heart” and “Hang in Long Enough” have enough bite to outlast his more dated sounding mid-80s material. As usual, there are a bit too many generic ballads here, but when Collins moves out of his formula as on the dramatic gospel-influenced “I Wish it Would Rain Down,” featuring Eric Clapton, the results are staggering.

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Phil Collins – Face Value (1981/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 47:49 minutes | 0,98 GB | Genre: Rock
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Newly remastered in 2015! Face Value is Phil Collins’ exhilarating debut solo album. The seminal recording reached the Top Ten in several countries and went Platinum in Argentina, Austria, France, Switzerland, the U.K. and the United States. Collins’ distinctive vocals led hits including “I Missed Again” and “In The Air Tonight” straight into the Billboard Top Ten. Absolutely vital. (more…)

Phil Collins – Hello, I Must Be Going (1982/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 45:44 minutes | 1.64 GB | Genre:  Rock
Official Digital Download – Source: hdtracks.com

Hello, I Must Be Going! is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins. The album brought Collins his first nomination for British Male Artist at the Brit Awards in 1983.

As his hit cover of “You Can’t Hurry Love” demonstrates, Phil Collins began to inject his highly melodic pop songwriting with more soul and R&B influences on his second solo album, Hello, I Must Be Going! While some of the material was successful, much of it showed that he was still coming to grips with how to incorporate R&B techniques into his style; in retrospect, Hello, I Must Be Going! laid the groundwork for his breakthrough album, No Jacket Required. Reviewed by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of allmusic.com (more…)