...But Seriously
	Produced by Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham
	Released on November 1989
	UK CHART POSITION #1 . . . US CHART POSITION #1 . . . 3x PLATINUM (8/14/90), 4x PLATINUM (8/8/94)
	Find it at GEMM
82050-1 cover [high resolution photo]

T he title is no laughing matter, …But Seriously is serious stuff. The album deals with a trio of estrangements that Phil was feeling at the time: from society, from his father, from his wife. It’s all done with the immaculate studio production, upbeat horn arrangements and ingratiating melodies that fans (and his record company) had come to expect, but the slick surface is a smokescreen for the emotional turmoil underneath. The songs are often achingly poignant, from the bittersweet “Do You Remember?” to the cautiously optimistic “Find A Way To My Heart.” There has always been a melancholy side to Phil’s music, but the decision to stare it unblinking in the face after a pair of light, romantic singles (“A Groovy Kind of Love,” “Two Hearts”) gives …But Seriously added contrast. The record still contained a cache of hits, including “Another Day In Paradise,” “Something Happened On The Way To Heaven,” “I Wish It Would Rain Down” and “That’s Just The Way It Is.” Topping the charts in the US and UK, it’s unclear how many listeners really looked beneath the pleasant surface to share the pain underneath, but most likely the majority didn’t miss the melancholy message. …But Seriously remains a mature, vulnerable, yet remarkably well-crafted record. Here, Phil’s sober self-assessment resonates more deeply than the less personal No Jacket Required.

82050-1 back cover w. promo stamp	82050-1 lyric sleeve

TRACK LISTING

1. HANG IN LONG ENOUGH    4:44
2. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS    5:10
3. FIND A WAY TO MY HEART    6:08
4. COLOURS    8:51
5. FATHER TO SON    3:43
6. ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE    5:21
7. ALL OF MY LIFE    5:36
8. SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO HEAVEN    (Phil Collins/Daryl Stuermer)    4:50
9. DO YOU REMEMBER?    4:36
10. I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN    5:28
    
    All songs written by Phil Collins unless noted
    
    Japanese (and German?) CD track listing as below:
    
1. HANG IN LONG ENOUGH
2. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS
3. DO YOU REMEMBER?
4. SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO HEAVEN
5. COLOURS
6. I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN
7. ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
8. HEAT ON THE STREET
9. ALL OF MY LIFE
10. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
11. FATHER AND SON
12. FIND A WAY TO MY HEART

CREDITS

PHIL COLLINS -- keyboards, drums, vocals, percussion, tambourine, mixing
LELAND SKLAR -- bass
DARYL STUERMER -- guitar
Stephen Bishop -- vocals (9)
Alex Brown -- backing vocals
Eric Clapton -- guitars (10)
David Crosby -- vocals
Nathan East -- bass (1)
Lynn Fiddmont -- backing vocals
Marva King -- backing vocals
Dominic Miller -- guitar
Pino Palladino -- bass (9,10)
The Phoenix Horns:
  Rhamlee Michael Davis -- trumpet
  Harry Kim -- trumpet
  Don Myrick -- saxophone
  Louis Satterfield -- trombone
Maurice Spears -- music repair
Tom Tom 99 -- horn arrangements
Steve Winwood -- Hammond organ (7)
Hugh Padgham -- engineer, mixing

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