Phil Collins has spent much of the year repackaging his solo albums in new deluxe editions and, on October 14, he will release a brand new three-CD retrospective collecting almost every one of his singles from 1981 to 2010.
Appropriately titled The Singles, the set has forty-five tracks, presented in chronological order from his solo debut, In the Air Tonight to Going Back, the last single from his final album of the same name.
Not everything here was a hit. You sometimes can’t separate the Collins solo hits from those he had with Genesis during the 80’s as it seems every fifth song on the radio was by one or the other, but twenty of the forty-five never charted in the U.S. and only fourteen made it to the U.S. top ten. Half of those fourteen went to number 1.
There is only one track that keeps this from being a complete collection. While Collins released forty five singles and there are forty five tracks, the album includes the 2003 double sided The Least You Can Do/Wake Up Call from Testify but leaves off the previous single, Come With Me. Still, just a slight oversight in an otherwise complete set.
Of note are the numerous songs that were not on any of Collins’ solo albums that were originally released on the soundtracks for Against All Odds, White Nights, Buster, Tarzan and Brother Bear plus Easy Lover that originally came from Philip Bailey’s Chinese Wall.
The Singles will also be released in a two-CD set with 33 tracks and a four-LP vinyl version along with digital.
The track list with original album and U.S. and U.K. chart information for the 3-CD set:
Disc One
Face Value
In The Air Tonight (1981 / #19 U.S. / #2 U.K.)
I Missed Again (1981 / #19 U.S. / #14 U.K.)
If Leaving Me Is Easy (1981 / #17 U.K.)
Hello, I Must Be Going
Thru These Walls (1982 / #56 U.K.)
You Can’t Hurry Love (1982 / #10 U.S. / #1 U.K.)
I Don’t Care Anymore (1983 / #39 U.S.)
Don’t Let Him Steal Your Heart Away (1983 / #45 U.K.)
Why Can’t It Wait ‘Til Morning (1983 / #89 U.K.)
I Cannot Believe It’s True (1983 / #79 U.S.)
Against All Odds Soundtrack
Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (1984 / #1 U.S. / #2 U.K.)
Philip Bailey’s Chinese Walls
Easy Lover (with Philip Bailey) (1985 / #2 U.S. / #1 U.K.)
No Jacket Required
Sussudio (1985 / #1 U.S. / #12 U.K.)
One More Night (1985 / #1 U.S. / #4 U.K.)
Don’t Lose My Number (1985 / #4 U.S.)
Take Me Home (1985 / #7 U.S. / #19 U.K.)
Disc Two
White Nights Soundtrack
Separate Lives (with Marilyn Martin) (1985 / #1 U.S. / #4 U.K.)
Buster Soundtrack
A Groovy Kind Of Love (1988 / #1 U.S. / #1 U.K.)
Two Hearts (1988 / #1 U.S. / #6 U.K.)
…But Seriously
Another Day In Paradise (1989 / #1 U.S. / #2 U.K.)
I Wish It Would Rain Down (1990 / #3 U.S. / #7 U.K.)
Something Happened On The Way To Heaven (1990 / #4 U.S. / #15 U.K.)
That’s Just The Way It Is (1990 / #26 U.K.)
Hang In Long Enough (1990 / #23 U.S. / #34 U.K.)
Serious Hits…Live
Do You Remember? (1990 / #4 U.S. / #57 U.K.)
Who Said I Would (1991 / #73 U.S.)
Both Sides
Both Sides Of The Story (1993 / #25 U.S. / #7 U.K.)
Everyday (1994 / #24 U.S. / #15 U.K.)
We Wait And We Wonder (1994 / #45 U.K.)
Dance Into the Light
Dance Into The Light (1996 / #45 U.S. / #9 U.K.)
It’s In Your Eyes (1996 / #77 U.S. / #30 U.K.)
Disc Three
Dance Into the Light
No Matter Who (1997 / Did not chart)
Wear My Hat (1997 / #43 U.K.)
The Same Moon (1997 / Did not chart)
…Hits
True Colors (1998 / #26 U.K.)
Tarzan Soundtrack
You’ll Be In My Heart (1999 / #21 U.S. / #17 U.K.)
Strangers Like Me (2000 / Did not chart)
Son Of Man (2000 / Did not chart)
Two Worlds (2000 / Did not chart)
Testify
Can’t Stop Loving You (2002 / #76 U.S. / #28 U.K.)
The Least You Can Do (2003 / #86 U.K.)
Wake Up Call (2003 / #86 U.K.)
Buster Soundtrack
Look Through My Eyes (2003 / #61 U.K.)
No Way Out (2004 / Did not chart)
Going Back
(Love Is Like A) Heatwave (2010 / Did not chart)
Going Back (2010 / Did not chart)
2-CD Set
Disc 1
Easy Lover
Two Hearts
Sussudio
I Missed Again
Wear My Hat
Don’t Lose My Number
You Can’t Hurry Love
Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
We Wait And We Wonder
Can’t Stop Loving You
Dance Into The Light
It’s In Your Eyes
Hang In Long Enough
Thru These Walls
I Wish It Would Rain Down
Both Sides Of The Story
(Love Is Like A) Heatwave
Disc 2
Going Back
In The Air Tonight
Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
If Leaving Me Is Easy
One More Night
Separate Lives (Love Theme From White Nights) (Phil Collins And Marilyn Martin)
A Groovy Kind Of Love
That’s Just the Way It Is
Do You Remember?
Everyday
True Colors
You’ll Be In My Heart
The Least You Can Do
Look Through My Eyes
Another Day In Paradise
Take Me Home
4-LP Vinyl Album
Disc 1
Easy Lover
Two Hearts
Sussudio
I Missed Again
Wear My Hat
Don’t Lose My Number
You Can’t Hurry Love
Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
We Wait And We Wonder
Disc 2
Can’t Stop Loving You
Dance Into The Light
It’s In Your Eyes
Hang In Long Enough
Thru These Walls
I Wish It Would Rain Down
Both Sides Of The Story
(Love Is Like A) Heatwave
Disc 3
Going Back
In The Air Tonight
Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
If Leaving Me Is Easy
One More Night
Separate Lives (Love Theme From White Nights) (Phil Collins And Marilyn Martin)
A Groovy Kind Of Love
That’s Just the Way It Is
Disc 4
Do You Remember?
Everyday
True Colors
You’ll Be In My Heart
The Least You Can Do
Look Through My Eyes (Brother Bear)
Another Day In Paradise
Take Me Home
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