No Jacket Required

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No Jacket Required
Studio album by Phil Collins
Released	January 25, 1985
Recorded	May - December 1984
Genre	Rock
Length	50:27
Label	Atlantic (US/Canada) Virgin (UK)
Producer(s)	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
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Phil Collins chronology
Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)	No Jacket Required (1985)	12"ers (1987)

No Jacket Required is an album by Phil Collins, released in 1985. It was his third solo record. He was 33 years old when he released the album.

No Jacket Required, a much more commercially pop-oriented record than the dark cynicism of his two previous albums, Face Value and Hello, I Must Be Going! with none of the political statements which would appear in the forthcoming ...But Seriously, won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1990. In terms of emotion, it is certainly among the happiest of Phil Collins' efforts. As a result, much of the album is up-tempo. Some notable exceptions are "Long, Long Way To Go" and the mega selling ballad "One More Night".

There are two guest appearances on the album, firstly Sting on "Long Long Way To Go" and Collins' ex-Genesis bandmate Peter Gabriel (and Sting) on "Take Me Home".

No Jacket Required featured two American number one songs, "Sussudio" and "One More Night". It also contained the top 10 hits "Don't Lose My Number" (#4) and "Take Me Home" (#7). Released around the same time of the album but not part of No Jacket Required was another American number one, "Separate Lives", which appeared on the soundtrack to White Nights.

No Jacket Required remains Phil Collins' highest selling album, having been certified Diamond for US sales of over 10 million copies. Twenty years after its release, No Jacket Required remains among the 50 highest selling albums in the United States.

The album name came after Collins was refused entry at a Chicago restaurant because he was under the dress code.

The album won the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year in 1986.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Arrangements 2.1 Singles 3 Audio sample 4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Phil Collins except where stated.

1. "Sussudio" (4:23)
2. "Only You Know And I Know" (Phil Collins/Daryl Stuermer) (4:21)
3. "Long Long Way To Go" (4:22)
4. "I Don't Wanna Know" (Phil Collins/Daryl Stuermer) (4:14)
5. "One More Night" (4:48)
6. "Don't Lose My Number" (4:48)
7. "Who Said I Would?" (4:01)
8. "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore?" (Phil Collins/Daryl Stuermer) (4:18)
9. "Inside Out" (5:15)
10. "Take Me Home" (5:52)
11. "We Said Hello Goodbye" (4:15) (not included on the album, but was the last track on the cassette in some territories, and compact disc)

[edit] Arrangements

1. "Sussudio" (4:23)

Phil Collins — Roland 909, Vocals

David Frank — Keyboards, Mini Moog Bass, DMX

Daryl Stuermer — Guitars

The Phoenix Horns — arr. Tom Tom 84

2. "Only You And I Know" (4:21)

Phil Collins — Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Linn Drum Machine

Daryl Steurmer — Guitars

The Phoenix Horns — arr. by Tom Tom 84

3. "I Don't Wanna Know" (4:14)

Phil Collins — Vocals, Drums

Lee Sklar — Bass

Daryl Steurmer — Guitars, keyboards

Gary Barnacle — Saxophone

4. "One More Night" (4:48)

Phil Collins — Vocals, Roland 808, keyboards, backing vocals

Daryl Steurmer — Guitar

Lee Sklar — Bass

Don Myrick — Sax Solo

Strings arranged by Arif Martin

5. "Don't Lose My Number" (4:48)

Phil Collins — Vocals, Keyboards, Drums, Linn Drum Machine

Daryl Steurmer — Guitars

Lee Sklar — Bass

David Frank: Additional Keyboards

6. "Who Said I Would" (4:01)

Phil Collins — Vocals, Vocoder, Kalumba, the odd keyboard

David Frank — Keyboards, Mini Moog Bass

Daryl Steurmer — Guitars

Gary Barnacle — Sax

The Phoenix Horns arranged by Tom Tom 84

7. "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore" (4:18)

Phil Collins — Vocals, Keyboards, Drums

Daryl Steurmer — Guitars

Gary Barnacle — Sax

8. "Inside Out" (5:15)

Phil Collins — Vocals, Keyboards, Drums

Daryl Steurmer — Guitars

Lee Sklar — Bass

Don Myrick — Sax

9. "Take Me Home" (5:52)

Phil Collins — Vocals, Keyboards, Drums, Roland 808

Daryl Steurmer — Guitars

Lee Sklar — Bass

Sting, Peter Gabriel, Helen Terry, Phil Collins: backing vocals

10. "We Said Hello Goodbye" (4:15)

Phil Collins — Vocals, Keyboards, Drums

Lee Sklar — Bass

Keyboards — Nick Glennie-Smith

Orchestral Introduction by Arif Martin

[edit] Singles

1. "One More Night"
2. "Sussudio"
3. "Don't Lose My Number"
4. "Take Me Home"

[edit] Audio sample

[edit] Notes

• The album title does not appear in any of the songs. Instead, it stems from an incident at the famous Pump Room restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, where Collins was denied admittance, because he did not meet the restaurant's dress code of "Jacket Required" for dinner. Restaurant management later sent Collins an apology letter and a complimentary sport coat. [1]
• "We Said Hello, Goodbye (Don't Look Back)", appears only on the CD version of the album. It was originally a B-side for "Don't Lose My Number" and a remix with additional guitars, minus the orchestra was featured in the film Playing For Keeps. The remix is the version that was commonly played on the radio during the height of the No Jacket era.
• Collins' liner notes state "There is no Fairlight on this record." The Fairlight was a popular digital sampler during the time of the release of this album, and this remark was probably a sly comment on its recent prevalence on many recordings.
• There was another Phil Collins CD release called 12"er's which contained extended remixes of many tracks from No Jacket Required.
• In 2003, the hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony heavily sampled the song "Take Me Home" for its single "Home", and featured Collins in the video for their version.
• No Jacket Required is also the name for a 12-piece Phil Collins tribute band in the UK, visit [2]

v • d • e Phil Collins
Bands
Genesis| Brand X | Flaming Youth | The Phil Collins Big Band
Notable Touring And Studio Artists
Phil Collins | Hugh Padgham | Daryl Stuermer | Chester Thompson Other Artists
Studio Albums
Face Value | Hello I Must Be Going! | No Jacket Required | ...But Seriously | Both Sides | Dance into the Light | Testify | Complete Discography | List of Phil Collins's awards
Movie and Broadway Soundtracks
Against All Odds | White Nights | Buster | Tarzan | Brother Bear | Tarzan (Broadway)
Live Albums
Serious Hits... Live! | A Hot Night in Paris
Compilations
12"ers | Hits | Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New
Box sets
The Platinum Collection