LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 13, 2019…IT WAS 1981 AND PHIL COLLINS RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM INTERNATIONALLY. THE ALBUM WAS ‘FACE VALUE’. MOST OF THE MATERIAL ON THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED AFTER COLLINS’ WIFE FILED FOR DIVORCE. IT WAS REALLY DARK IN NATURE AND ALL THE SONGS DEALT WITH HIS PERSONAL LIFE. THE MONSTER SALES WERE FUELED BY THE HIT SINGLE ‘IN THE AIR TONIGHT’.
SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT COLLINS, BUT WORLDWIDE SALES FOR ‘FACE VALUE’ IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT 10 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. IN JANUARY 2016, ‘FACE VALUE’ WAS REISSUED WITH BONUS TRACKS AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHY. THE COVER WAS ISSUED IN THE SAME STYLE, BUT FEATURED A PRESENT DAY PHIL COLLINS.
HERE’S THE VIDEO FOR ‘IN THE AIR TONIGHT’
