Testify (Phil Collins album)

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Testify
Testify cover
Studio album by Phil Collins
Released November 12, 2002
Recorded 2000 to 2002 in Europe and USA
Genre pop
Label Face Value / Atlantic
Producer Rob Cavallo
Professional reviews
Phil Collins chronology
A Hot Night in Paris
(1999)
Testify
(2002)
The Platinum Collection
(2004)

Testify (2002) was the seventh studio album that Phil Collins released as a solo artist. The album debuted at #30 on the American Billboard Charts, which was also the album's peak position. To date, the album has peaked the lowest of his solo efforts. It was also the second Collins studio album where no track cracked the American Top 40 singles chart.

It is also his lowest-charting album in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at #15—his only solo album not to make the Top 10. It was, however, a much greater success in Continental Europe. In all, the album reached #8 in the United World Chart during the competitive Christmas season.

The main single from the album, a remake of Leo Sayer's "Can't Stop Loving You", had minor airplay and some success on the Adult Contemporary charts. The single peaked at #76 on the Billboard charts.

However, Collins's tour followed the pattern set previously on the "Dance Into the Light" tour (Trip into the Light). Although the album was not a success, his subsequent tour—the "First Final Farewell Tour"—proved to be very popular.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Wake Up Call"
  2. "Come With Me"
  3. "Testify"
  4. "Don't Get Me Started"
  5. "Swing Low"
  6. "It's Not Too Late"
  7. "This Love This Heart"
  8. "Driving Me Crazy"
  9. "The Least You Can Do"
  10. "Can't Stop Loving You"
  11. "Thru My Eyes"
  12. "You Touch My Heart"

[edit] Personnel

  • Daryl Stuermer - guitar (Tracks (9 & 10)
  • Tim Pierce - guitar (all tracks)
  • Paul Bushnell - bass guitar (Tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
  • Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards (Tracks 9 & 10)
  • Eric Rigley - uilleann pipes (Track 9)
  • James Sangar - additional programming (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11)

[edit] Audio sample

  • "Can’t Stop Loving You", from Collins' Testify
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    The most recent Collins single to reach the Billboard Hot 100, 2002’s “Can’t Stop Loving You” only reached #76 before leaving the charts.
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[edit] Miscellanea

  1. The Japanese version of the album also contained the bonus track, "High Flying Angel". "High Flying Angel" was also a B-Side for the "Can't Stop Loving You" single.

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