PHIL COLLINS – …BUT SERIOUSLY LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ A2/B2 UK 1989 GENESIS

Phil Collins – …But Seriously
(Virgin Records  1989  V2620)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– some slight wear to edges/corners
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Philip David Charles “Phil” Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and actor. He is best known as the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and as a solo artist. Between 1983 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins has more US Top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include “In the Air Tonight”, “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)”, “One More Night”, “Sussudio” and “Another Day in Paradise”.

Born and raised in West London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor. He then pursued a music career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Collins began a solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing a series of successful albums, including Face Value (1981), No Jacket Required (1985), and …But Seriously (1989). Collins became “one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the ’80s and beyond”. He also became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings. After leaving Genesis in 1996, Collins pursued various solo projects before a return in 2007 for the Turn It On Again Tour. In 2011, he retired to focus on his family life, but continued to write songs. He announced his return to the music industry in 2015. He will perform live for the first time in 10 years with a European tour in June and November 2017, including a five night residency at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and his biggest ever solo show in Hyde Park, London.

Collins’ discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150 million worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling artists. He is one of only two recording artists, along with Paul McCartney, who have sold over 100 million records worldwide both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band. He has won seven Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and a Disney Legend Award. In 1999, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010, the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. Despite his commercial success and his status as a respected and influential drummer, music critics are divided in their opinion of his work and he has publicly received both criticism and praise from other prominent music artists.

…But Seriously is the fourth full-length studio album by Phil Collins. It was recorded at The Farm, Surrey, England, and at A & M Studios, Los Angeles, United States. It was released on November 7, 1989 on Virgin in the UK and Ireland, Atlantic in the US and Canada, WEA Records (now Warner Music Group) for the rest of the world.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Phil Collins, except where noted.

LP

Side A

1. “Hang in Long Enough”  – 4:44
2. “That’s Just the Way It Is”  – 5:20
3. “Find a Way to My Heart”  – 6:08
4. “Colours”  – 8:51
5. “Father to Son”  – 3:28

Side B

1. “Another Day in Paradise”  – 5:22
2. “All of My Life”  – 5:36
3. “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven”  – 4:52
4. “Do You Remember?”  – 4:36
5. “I Wish It Would Rain Down”  – 5:28

Personnel

Instrumental contributions

• Phil Collins — keyboards, drums, percussion, tambourine, vocals
• Nathan East — bass guitar
• Daryl Stuermer — guitar
• Dominic Miller — guitar
• The Phoenix Horns:
  • Don Myrick — saxophone
  • Louis Satterfield — trombone
  • Harry Kim — trumpet
  • Rhamlee Michael Davis – trumpet

• Alex Brown – backing vocals
• Marva King – backing vocals
• Lynne Fiddmont – backing vocals

Featured musicians

• David Crosby — vocals on “Another Day in Paradise”
• Leland Sklar — bass
• Pino Palladino — bass
• Stephen Bishop — vocals
• Eric Clapton — guitar
• Steve Winwood — Hammond organ