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The solo debut of former Genesis frontman, -Sängers and -Drummers can only be described as a creative explosion.
Although he had after Peter Gabriel-exit mid-70 also adopted in his genesis-entry from "Nursery Cryme" (1972), the drums and the singing, but the songwriting he always stood in the shadow of the brilliant Tony Banks, who clearly for Symphonic / art rock stand.Collins who flirted with "black" music, put more emphasis on rhythmic elements in music, as his colleagues, this was indeed out of each album more and more in "his way" (in "Abacab" already clearly hear), at that time but can not enforce.
Here, in his first solo album, he could now show whether he had what it takes to combine high-class compositions with his style and all with the right sound to garnish and as he could!
The whole album does not contain an excessive Stück.Auf the Cover "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Beatles) and the joy of playing almost bursting rendition of "Behind the Lines" (Genesis) would be able to dispense (but not necessarily).
The rest is a collection of emotional and evocative dream pieces to strong level, you look forward to when listening to returning Stück.Mich takes the music still gefangen.Augen to and dream ....
Only the successor "Hello, I Must Be Going" has reached this level again.
The sound quality is very high; there is (was) although a limited Gold CD of Atlantic, which had been re-mastered superbly by Ted Jensen (Sterling Sound) (very punchy, untenrum full) and a Gold CD Audio Fidelity (which I never heard of) but even the "normal" CD of Atlantic sounds so good that the desire for tonal revision has its limits.
Should it really be someone else, the "Face Value" does not know: Full recommendation!