Face Value
by Phil Collins
- Type: Album
- Released: 9 February 1981
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:48:53
- Community rating: 3.04/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Crafted in the devastating wake of his divorce, Phil Collins's debut solo album famously introduced the immense, gated-reverb drum sound on 'In the Air Tonight'. 'Face Value' is a remarkably eclectic, highly sentimental pop-rock triumph that balances deeply introspective, passionate ballads with sophisticated, occasionally soulful arrangements.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, breakup
Tracklist
- In The Air Tonight (5:36)
- This Must Be Love (3:56)
- Behind The Lines (3:55)
- The Roof Is Leaking (3:16)
- Droned (2:49)
- Hand In Hand (5:22)
- I Missed Again (3:46)
- You Know What I Mean (2:33)
- Thunder And Lightning (4:13)
- I'm Not Moving (2:35)
- If Leaving Me Is Easy (4:55)
- Tomorrow Never Knows (4:52)
- Misunderstanding - Live (4:42)
- If Leaving Me Is Easy - Live (7:23)
- In The Air Tonight - Live (7:51)
- Behind The Lines - Live (3:39)
- The Roof Is Leaking - Demo (3:12)
- Hand In Hand - Live (9:47)
- I Missed Again - Live (4:22)
- ...And So To F (Live) (6:22)
- This Must Be Love - Demo (3:44)
- Please Don't Ask - Demo (4:01)
- Misunderstanding - Demo (2:53)
- Against All Odds - Demo (2:58)
Credits
- Phil Collins - primary artist, producer, written-by, drum machine [roland], drums, electric piano [rhodes], synthesizer [prophet], vocoder, electric piano [fender], percussion, congas, handclaps, marimba
- Tom Tom 84 - arranged by [horns]
- Alphonso Johnson - bass
- John Giblin - bass
- Anthony Pleeth - cello
- Clive Anstee - cello
- Nigel Warren-Green - cello
- Martyn Ford - conductor [strings]
- Chris Laurence - double bass
- Hugh Padgham - engineer, producer [assistant], producer
- Karen Segal - engineer [assistant - l.a.]
- Nick Launay - engineer [assistant - london]
- Daryl Stuermer - guitar, banjo, twelve-string guitar
- Maurice Spears - musical assistance [preparation - horns]
- Trevor Key - photography by
- Brian Hawkins - viola
- Roger Best - viola
- Simon Whistler - viola
- Bill Benham - violin
- Bruce Dukov - violin
- David Woodcock - violin
- Elizabeth Edwards - violin
- Irvine Arditti - violin
- Kenneth Sillito - violin
- Peter Oxer - violin
- Richard Studt - violin
- Gavyn Wright - violin [leader]
- Shankar - violin, drums [voice], tambura
- Stephen Bishop - backing vocals
- Peter Robinson - synthesizer [prophet]
- Don Myrick - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Louis Satterfield - trombone
- Michael Harris - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Rahmlee Michael Davis - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Mike Rutherford - written-by
- Tony Banks - written-by
- Jo Partridge - slide guitar
- Children From The Churches Of Los Angeles - choir, choir [cameo]
- Ronnie Scott - soloist [tenor sax]
- Arif Mardin - arranged by [strings]
- Eric Clapton - guitar
- The Phenix Horns - horns [cameo]
- Lennon-McCartney - written-by
- E.Y. Harburg - written-by
- Harold Arlen - written-by