[Review] George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (1970)
George had developed as a songwriter, but even Abbey Road didn’t prepare you for the creative outpouring of this triple-elpee set.
Category: Phil Collins
[Review] Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Apparently, Eno was just getting warmed up on Jets. Once heard, this album will change your world.
[Review] Eno: Another Green World (1975)
Eno’s warped pop sensibilities and ambient interests merge on his magnum opus.
[Review] Brian Eno: Before And After Science (1977)
Not quite another Another Green World, but a final airing out of vocal ideas featuring Eno’s skewed pop/rock sensibilities.
[Review] Brian Eno: Music For Films (1978)
Ambient bits and pieces create a kind of Whitman’s Sampler of wispy works.
[Review] Peter Gabriel (1980)
His breakthrough third album mixes world music with world politics to sometimes shocking effect.
Phil Collins: “In The Air Tonight” (1981)
Da-dum, da-dum, da-dum, da-dum, dum, dum. Smartest thing he’s ever done.
[Review] Phil Collins: Face Value (1981)
This is coin of the realm for Phil Collins’ albums, leaving no misunderstanding that a star had been born.
Phil Collins: “I Missed Again” (1981)
Phil didn’t need to move heaven and earth to have a hit, just earth, wind and fire.
Eric Clapton: Behind The Sun (1985)
Kronomyth 13.0: YOU’RE NO SUN OF MINE. Phil Collins’ plans for world domination apparently included producing at least one Eric Clapton album. Warner…
[Review] Paul McCartney: Press To Play (1986)
Paul’s best album in years. Also, his only album in years. Macca strikes a modern sound, Phil Collins lurks suspiciously in the background.
[Review] Eric Clapton: August (1986)
Great material, august guests and Phil Collins’ magic bag of Motown produce one of Clapton’s best albums from any period, period.
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Playing For Keeps (1986)
The Bed and Breakfast Club. Not that I saw the film, but I did buy the soundtrack to hear the one Townshend track.
[Review] Recorded Highlights of The Prince’s Trust 10th Anniversary Birthday Party (1987)
Rock’s royalty and real royalty join forces for a good cause that actually pre-dates Live Aid.