Phil Collins – No Jacket Required (1985/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1 kHz | Time – 50:51 minutes | 542 MB | Genre: Rock
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No Jacket Required is the third solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins, the lead vocalist and drummer for the rock band Genesis. It features guest backing vocalists, including Helen Terry, Peter Gabriel and Sting. On release, the album was received favourably by the majority of music critics, although opinions have become more negative in subsequent decades and it has rarely been featured in “Best Albums of the 1980s” lists since. It won three Grammy Awards including for Album of the Year in 1986.
The winner of the 1985 Grammy for Pop Album of the Year, No Jacket Required found Phil Collins fully embracing horn-driven pop music, drum machines, and sentimental ballads over his previous darker and more dramatic solo material. The record established him as a major commercial force, and as one of the most recognizable voices of the 1980s. Although the major hits here, “Sussudio,” “One More Night,” “Who Said I Would,” and “Don’t Lose My Number” quickly came to sound dated, the album contains several standout tracks. “Long Long Way to Go,” which features a cameo by Sting, is one of Collins’ most effective ballads, while the pulsating “Take Me Home” utilizes the drama of “In the Air Tonight” on a more wistful track. “Only You Know and I Know” and “Inside Out,” meanwhile, show an effective aggressive side to the singer. It’s not a completely satisfying recording, but it is the best example of one of the most dominating and influential styles of the 1980s.
Tracklist:
01 – Sussudio
02 – Only You Know And I Know
03 – Long Long Way To Go
04 – I Don’t Wanna Know
05 – One More Night
06 – Don’t Lose My Number
07 – Who Said I Would
08 – Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore
09 – Inside Out
10 – Take Me Home
11 – We Said Hello Goodbye
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