Phil Collins

• No Jacket Required [Atlantic, 1985] C

Consumer Guide Reviews:

No Jacket Required [Atlantic, 1985]
Between his self-deprecating videos and his good taste in business associates (better Philip Bailey than, say, Steve Perry), Collins isn't as hateful as an art-rock leader-by-default turned best-selling-solo-artist-in-the-world-this-month might be. In fact, he's not hateful at all. But it takes more than that to make me want to hear a stupid love song again. Never mind the absolutely unsurprising lyrics and arrangements and just tell me why this is a great mean of Britpop voices? Is it because no one ever wonders what it sounds like unfiltered? C

Further Notes:

Everything Rocks and Nothing Ever Dies [1990s]