Face Value (album)
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| Studio album by Phil Collins | |||||
| Released | February 9, 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | August 1980 — January 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Soft Rock Progressive Rock |
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| Length | 47:49 | ||||
| Label | Virgin Records (UK and Ireland) Atlantic Records (rest of the world) |
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| Producer | Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham | ||||
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Face Value is the title of Phil Collins' debut solo album, released in February of 1981. The album includes one of Collins' greatest hits "In the Air Tonight".
Like the following album, Hello, I Must Be Going!, most of the songs on Face Value are based on the pain and anger Collins felt while he was going through his divorce. Other singles didn't have the same chart success as "In the Air Tonight", they were: "I Missed Again", which reached No. 14 in the UK and No. 19 in the USA. Also "If Leaving Me Is Easy" was released as a single, reaching No. 17 in the UK, but was never released as a single in the USA.
This is the only Phil Collins album to include a hidden track.
[edit] Track Listing and Instrumental Contributions
1. "In the Air Tonight" 5:32
- Phil Collins: Roland Drum Machine, Vocals, Drums, Prophet, Rhodes, Vocoder
- John Giblin: Bass
- Daryl Stuermer: Guitars
- Shankar: Violins
2. "This Must Be Love" 3:55
- Phil Collins: Percussion, Vocal, Prophet, Fender
- Stephen Bishop: Backing Vocals
- Alphonso Johnson: Bass
- Daryl: Guitar
3. "Behind the Lines" 3:53
- Phil Collins: Vocals, Drums
- Alphonso Johnson: Bass
- Daryl: Guitar
- Don Myrick: Tenor saxophone
- Louis Satterfield: Trombone
- Rahmlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris: Trumpets
- Peter Robinson: Prophet
4. The Roof Is Leaking 3:16
- Phil Collins: Piano, Vocals
- Daryl: Banjo
- Joe Partridge: Slide Guitar
5. "Droned" 2:55
- Phil Collins: Piano, Prophet, Congas, Voice, Claps
- Shankar: Violins, Tamboura, "Voice Drums"
- Daryl: 12-String Guitar
6. "Hand In Hand" 5:12
- Phil Collins: Roland D.M, Prophet, Piano, Drums, Marimba, Voice, Vocoder
- Alphonso Johnson: Bass
- Children from the churches of Los Angeles
- Don Myrick: Tenor
- Louis Satterfield: Trombone
- Rahmlee and Michael: Trumpets
7. "I Missed Again" 3:41
- Phil Collins: Piano, Vocals, Drums, Prophet
- Alphonso Johnson: Bass
- Daryl: Guitar
- Don Myrick: Tenor
- Louis Satterfield: Trumbone
- Rahmlee and Michael: Trumpets
- Ronnie Scott: Tenor Solo
- Shankar: Violins
8. "You Know What I Mean" 2:33
- Phil Collins: Vocals, Piano (strings arranged by Arif Mardin)
9. "Thunder And Lightning" 4:12
- Phil Collins: Piano, Fender, Drums, Vocals, Claps
- John Giblin: Bass
- Daryl: Guitar
- Don Myrick: Tenor
- Louis Satterfield: Trombone
- Rahmlee and Michael: Trumpets
10. "I'm Not Moving" 2:33
- Phil Collins: Piano, Drums, Vocals, Prophet, Vocoder, Percussion
- John Giblin: Bass
11. "If Leaving Me Is Easy" 4:54
- Phil Collins: Rhodes, Drums, Vocals, Prophet
- Alphonso Johnson: Bass
- Eric Clapton: Guitar
- Daryl: Guitar
- Don Myrick: Alto Sax
- Rahmlee and Michael: Flugelhorns
(Strings arranged by Arif Mardin)
12. "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Over the Rainbow" (Hidden echo on Track 12) 4:46
- Phil Collins: Vocals, Roland D.M, Drums, Prophets
- John Giblin: Bass
(cameo appearances by Daryl, EWF Horns, children of L.A., and Shankar)
All songs by Phil Collins
Produced by Phil Collins
Assisted by Hugh Padgham
Engineered by Hugh Padgham (8 track engineering by Phil Collins)
Assistant engineers: Nick Launay (London), Karen Segal (L.A.)
Recorded at Old Croft, The Townhouse, Village Recorder L.A.
Mastered at Sterling Sound NY
EWF Horns courtesy of Earth, Wind & Fire arranged by Tom Tom 84
Music Prepartion by Maurice Spears
Strings arranged by Arif Mardin
Strings (courtesy of Martyn Ford)
Violins: Gavyn Wright (leader), Ken Sillitoe, Richard Studt, Irvine Arditti, Bruce Dukor, Peter Oxen, David Woodcock, Liz Edwards, Bill Benham
Violas: Brian Hawkins, Roger Best, Simon Whistler
Cellos: Clive Anstee, Nigel Warren-Green, Tony Pleeth
Double Bass: Chris Lawrence
All Songs written by Phil Collins Except 'Behind The Lines' written by Banks, Collins, Rutherford and `Tomorrow Never Knows' written by Lennon and McCartney
Many thanks to: Geoff Banks (cook, chauffeur and good bloke), Steve Jones, Dale Newman, Andy Mackrill, Tony Smith, Carole Willis, Hit and Run, Run It NYC, Townhouse, the Wonderful EWF Horns and Tom Tom, Ahmet, Arif, John Kalodner, Geoff Levinson, Nick and Leslie and the Queen Victoria, Eric and Patti, and my lovely children Simon arid Joely
Eric Clapton appears courtesy of R.S.O.
Bish appears courtesy of WEA
Photography: Trevor Key
[edit] Hidden Track info
At the end of the song Tomorrow Never Knows which is the last track of the album, if one turns up the volume to a mid-high level, Collins can be heard singing "Over the Rainbow" with an echo. The hidden secret starts at 4:14 and ends at 4:43. (Collins has stated in interviews that he used this song to warm up his voice - and added the recording to the end as a sort of inside joke.)
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