...Hits

Great album

Its a good CD. Came fast.

Phil Collins is a man who needs no introduction. He has been singing and recording music, with and without Genesis, for nearly thirty-five years. This is an excellent collection of some of his greatest singles as a solo artist including one new track, "True Colors".I became interested in Phil's music shortly before I began high school. From the time I got my first Genesis album, I knew I had to own all of his recordings, those that made the pop charts and those that didn't. It took me five years worth of Christmases and birthdays to acquire them all. (I plan to get the Genesis Archive 2 boxed set sometime in 2001.)Needless to say, this album brings back a lot of memories. Phil was literally the soundtrack of my high school years. After I taught myself to play "In The Air Tonight" on the piano---and sing while I played it---completely out of the blue---I was so thrilled that I had to share it with my school choir. That same year, since I had a lot of friends in that choir who were graduating before I was, I told them: "Wouldn't you agree/baby, you & me/got A Groovy Kind of Love." "Sussudio" was the nickname I once gave to a girl I was madly in love with. Those are just a few examples.What I love most about the music of Phil Collins is that he continues to surprise me. Just when you think you've got his game all figured out, he turns around and does something entirely unexpected. Who would have thought that after the commercial failure of "Both Sides" (really a shame, since for the first time he sings every vocal line and plays every instrument) he would bounce back in 1996 with "Dance Into the Light"? Or that he would take the "Tarzan" soundtrack and turn out tremendous honors for "You'll Be In My Heart"?"Hits" is a must for every Phil Collins fan you know. Happy 50th Birthday in 2001, Phil!

Awesome songs.

I resisted this for a long time because of what's missing but finally gave in and got it.* Missing, of course, are "I Missed Again", "Don't Lose My Number", and "Do You Remember?", among several lower-charting hits. But, at 74 minutes, there was probably only room for one more song. I feel that "I Missed Again" should have been that song: it was Collins' first solo hit and one of his best.Over time, "True Colors" pales even more in comparison to the other songs here. However, it was hardly unusual to include a new song on a hits disc and it did become a sizable Adult Contemporary (and minor pop airplay) hit.What's here are the bulk of Collins' biggest chart hits through 1998 ("You'll Be In My Heart" came after this was released), and they are great. This collects soundtrack hits from "Buster" ("A Groovy Kind of Love" and "Two Hearts") and "White Nights" ("Separate Lives", a duet with Marilyn Martin). It also includes "Easy Lover", the #2 duet with Philip Bailey, from Bailey's album "Chinese Wall".When these were hits, I was actually a bit resentful of Phil Collins' saturation airplay. I couldn't understand why other pop/AC icons I enjoyed, such as Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, and James Taylor, could barely dent the chart while Collins and Lionel Richie were played constantly. Of course, this was a radio programming choice and had nothing to do with the artists. I have grown to appreciate these songs more over time. Phil Collins didn't look like your typical Top 40 pretty boy, and pulled off this string of hits with humor, class, and taste. As of 2012, sadly, pop radio is as deaf to Phil as it was to the above stars back in the day. This should have been a 2-disc set, with all Phil's 28 chart hits plus some LP cuts like "Like China" from "Hello, I Must Be Going".*Now I see that there is an import 2-disc set that has most of the hits this is missing. With the exception, oddly, of "Take Me Home".

Great

The lead singer and drummer of Genesis had a remarkable set of hits apart from the group and this disc has many:Easy LoverAgainst All OddsOne More NightGroovy Kind of Love16 in totalThe disc arrived quickly, wrapped and in perfect condition.Almost a must own.

My c.d. player is in my car, so can't wait for my next drive to enjoy these wonderful songs by Phil Collins. I already know it will take me into another time in my memory of things long past and long missed. It's a wonderful thing and then snap, you're where you were headed in your car to do it all over again when you head back.