Unlike No Jacket Required, this album was a pop-rock album, but also included various styles and influences, like R&B, dance-pop, jazz, soul and gospel. The album was a departure from the dance pop of the No Jacket Required album. He wrote the text on the "Another Day in Paradise" single on the inbound from the album's European press trip in November 1989. Īs with his previous albums Collins wrote the sleeve notes by hand because "that's all part of the personal statement" the exception being No Jacket Required. But unlike some of his earlier work, Collins takes a more mature and reflective approach when looking at the relationships in his life. But Seriously does not abandon the theme of relationships. There is emotional turmoil underneath the polished studio production and many of the songs are unambiguous and unveiled in their melancholy. Collins expanded his focus to the exploration of socio-economic and political themes. As the title suggests, the album is a change of pace from the lighter tone of Collins's previous work. The initial title was Serious Business, before Collins decided against the potential connotations of business or corporations that it may have on the public. Ĭollins experienced difficulty in naming the album. In the end, a small amount of reverb and delay for a slap echo effect were used. Collins made a conscious decision not to rely on vocal effects on the album as his previous recordings, including with Genesis, involved the use of a harmoniser and echo and he looked back on this as a way of hiding the perceived drawbacks he had about his singing. He also prominently used keyboards and electric piano and fewer synthesisers. The album saw Collins use a live drum kit in contrast with No Jacket Required which had greater use of a drum machine. It was produced by Collins and Hugh Padgham, who had worked on his previous solo albums and with Genesis throughout the decade. But Seriously was recorded between April and October 1989 at The Farm in Chiddingfold, Surrey and A&M Studios in Los Angeles, California. Some bits of music originated as far back as 1978. That wasn't where I was coming from." When he started work on his next solo album, Collins deliberately shifted styles by addressing more serious issues in his lyrics and songs with greater depth than the dance-oriented approach for No Jacket Required. Collins recorded " Two Hearts" and " A Groovy Kind of Love" for the soundtrack, which led to his belief that people thought his songs had become "Very, very light. To combat this, Collins took a year out solely from music and accepted a lead role in Buster (1988), a romantic comedy film based on the Great Train Robbery. He had scored a series of hit singles with his previous solo album No Jacket Required (1985) and with Genesis on Invisible Touch (1986), and recognised this period as "severe danger of overkill" due to the high amount of radio airplay the songs had received. In July 1987, Collins finished touring commitments with the band Genesis and resumed his solo career. In 2016, the album was remastered with additional studio, live, and demo tracks, and updated artwork. Collins supported the album with the Seriously, Live! World Tour in 1990. The lead single, " Another Day in Paradise", won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. It was the best-selling album of 1990 in the UK, eventually selling 2.75 million copies there and 4 million in the US. 1 in the UK and the US for 15 and 4 non-consecutive weeks, respectively. But Seriously was a huge commercial success worldwide, reaching No. By the spring of 1989, Collins had written material for a new solo album, which addressed more serious lyrical themes, like socio-economic and political issues, as opposed to his previous dance-oriented album, No Jacket Required (1985). After Collins finished touring commitments with the rock band Genesis in 1987, the group entered a four-year hiatus, during which Collins starred in the feature film Buster (1988). It was released on 24 November 1989 in the United States by Atlantic Records and on 20 November 1989 in the United Kingdom by Virgin Records. But Seriously is the fourth solo studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins.
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