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Both Sides - Phil Collins / 2CD Deluxe Edition Includes Rarities Previlously Unavailable On CD / Atlantic 2x Audio CD 2015 / 081227953966
UPC 0081227953966
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Both Sides is the fifth solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins. Featuring an adult-oriented soft rock based sound, the release came out in November 1993. Collins notably created the album entirely by himself without any collaborations from outside songwriters and performers, and he picked up mixed to positive critical reviews with the release, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stating that the album's "artistically satisfying" songs feature "troubled, haunting tales".
The album achieved commercial success, reaching No. 1 in the U.K., No. 8 in Australia, and No. 13 in the U.S. Collins also went on the highly successful Both Sides of the World Tour upon its release. That effort involved over a hundred performances in a tour that went over a year, and it showed that he remained a very popular live performer worldwide[citation needed], despite the shifts in the Anglo-American musical landscape taking place[citation needed].
A special two-disc edition of the album featuring the Live from the Board – Official Bootleg EP as a second disc, titled Far Side... of the World: Gold Souvenir Tour Edition after the final leg of the Both Sides tour, was released in Southeast Asia and Australia in 1995. It peaked at No. 13 in Australia.
A newly remastered, two-disc deluxe edition of the album was released on 29 January 2016, as part of the Take a Look at Me Now series of Collins's studio album reissues.
Tracklist:
| Both Sides | ||
| 1-1 | Both Sides Of The Story | 6:43 |
| 1-2 | Can't Turn Back The Years | 4:40 |
| 1-3 | Everyday | 5:43 |
| 1-4 | I've Forgotten Everything | 5:15 |
| 1-5 | We're Sons Of Our Fathers | 6:24 |
| 1-6 | Can't Find My Way | 5:09 |
| 1-7 | Survivors | 6:04 |
| 1-8 | We Fly So Close | 7:33 |
| 1-9 | There's A Place For Us | 6:52 |
| 1-10 | We Wait And We Wonder | 7:01 |
| 1-11 |
Please Come Out Tonight | 5:49 |
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Extra Sides |
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| 2-1 | Take Me With You | 5:22 |
| 2-2 | Both Sides Of The Story (Live) | 8:11 |
| 2-3 | Can't Turn Back The Years (Live) | 6:54 |
| 2-4 | Survivors (Live) | 6:42 |
| 2-5 | Everyday (Live) | 6:03 |
| 2-6 | We Wait And We Wonder (Live) | 7:42 |
| 2-7 | Can't Find My Way (Demo) | 4:48 |
| 2-8 | I've Been Trying | 5:01 |
| 2-9 | Both Sides Of The Story (Unplugged) |
5:20 |
| 2-10 | Hero (Demo) | 4:47 |
About the Artist:
Philip David Charles Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English drummer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor, best known as the drummer/singer of the rock band Genesis and for his solo career. Between 1982 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, he had 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", "Two Hearts", "A Groovy Kind of Love" (featured in the film Buster), "I Wish It Would Rain Down" 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. In 1996, Collins left Genesis to focus on solo work; this included writing songs for Disney’s Tarzan (1999) for which he received an Oscar for Best Original Song for “You'll Be in My Heart”. He rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007. Following a five-year retirement to focus on his family life, Collins released an autobiography in 2016 and completed his Not Dead Yet Tour in 2019.
Collins's 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 three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, who have sold over 100 million records worldwide both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band. He has received eight Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards (winning Best British Male Artist three times), two Golden Globe Awards, one Academy Award, and a Disney Legend Award. He was awarded six Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the International Achievement Award. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. He has also been recognised by music publications with induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.
- Mastered By – Miles Showell
- Photography By – Patrick Balls
- Remastered By – Nick Davis
