Lyrically and vocally it’s far less a conventional song than something theatrical – you can imagine the Artful Dodger coming out in Collins. There was still eccentricity on his second album, Hello … I Must Be Going, notably this, a heavy rock character piece delivered in a broad cockney accent, which sounds very much like it would be at home in a musical. ![]() This instrumental from his debut solo LP, Face Value, proves how many directions were open to Collins at that point. ![]() What would Collins’ solo career have been like had In the Air Tonight not been a monstrous hit? Perhaps it would have reflected more closely the Collins who was a noted collaborator of Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, and who continued working with Peter Gabriel after he had left Genesis. It’s also a far better stab at social commentary than Another Day in Paradise. ![]() The vocal phrasing is similar in places, the coolness of the instrumentation very similar. Just Another Story (1996)Ĭollins’ love of Prince was evident in the 80s, but you can hear it strongly a decade later Just Another Story is pretty much an attempt to rewrite Sign o’ the Times.
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