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Face Value
Phil Collins · 1981 · Track 12
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Duración4:52
ÁlbumFace Value
Año1981
ISRCUSAT21502157
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The story behind
When approaching Tomorrow Never Knows, we encounter a piece that, although not a lead single from Phil Collins' debut album, Face Value, encapsulates an important part of his creative process and sound. The song has a duration of 4:47 and was produced by Phil Collins himself along with Hugh Padgham. Nick Launay, Hugh Padgham, and Karen Segal participated in the sound engineering.
Phil Collins, known for his role as vocalist and drummer in Genesis from 1971 to 1996, released Face Value in 1981. This album, released in the UK and Ireland by Virgin and internationally by Atlantic, marked his solo debut. The record included the hit "In the Air Tonight," whose somber atmosphere is said to have stemmed from the breakup of his marriage to his first wife, Andrea. Collins' career, born Philip David Charles Collins in Chiswick, England, has led him to top the US Billboard Top 100 eight times between 1984 and 1989, both solo and with Genesis. His compositions often explore themes of heartbreak, personal experiences, and substance use. His solo career sales, according to Atlantic Records in 2002, exceeded 150 million records worldwide. His interest in music began at age five with a toy drum kit, and he developed his own system for learning music due to a lack of formal instruction in conventional notation. His professional training included the Barbara Speake Stage School at fourteen, and before dedicating himself fully to music, he had acting roles in productions such as Oliver!, "The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night," and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."