The Vinyl Countdown # 1786
Lindsey Buckingham, Law & Order (1981) What a time for Lindsey Buckingham – the early 1980s. An amazing run really – following his masterpiece, Tusk (almost a solo album) with this; his first...
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Phil Collins, No Jacket Required (1985) The rules are pretty simple. You are allowed to like Phil Collins for his early work with Genesis (especially when he was a drummer). You are in fact allowed to...
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Phil Collins, Face Value (1981) I tried, a wee while ago, to talk about Phil Collins’ Face Value album – it’s my favourite album by Phil Collins, one that I feel deserves a chance even if you have no...
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Phil Collins, …But Seriously (1989) I had to have this – I saw it in a shop in Hastings (natch) and I had to get it. The last Phil Collins album that it’s okay to listen to/own (well, there’s the live...
View ArticlePhil Collins: Face Value (Deluxe Edition)
Phil Collins Face Value (Deluxe Edition) – Take A Look At Me Now: Reissue Series Rhino Records/Warners I still think Face Value – here reissued, as part of a thoughtful career-overview/overhaul reissue...
View ArticlePhil Collins: Both Sides (Deluxe Edition)
Phil Collins Both Sides (Deluxe Edition) – Take A Look At Me Now: Reissue Series Rhino Records/Warners Where Face Value was easy to defend/praise I didn’t think that would be the case with Both Sides,...
View ArticlePhil Collins: Hello, I Must Be Going! (Deluxe Edition)
Phil Collins Hello, I Must Be Going! (Deluxe Edition) – Take A Look At Me Now: Reissue Series Rhino Records/Warners The reissue series made me dig out my vinyl copy of this album again – and I’ve...
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