Phil Collins

The Singles (Deluxe Edition) (2016)

 

 Disc One 
  1. In the Air Tonight
  2. I Missed Again
  3. If Leaving Me is Easy
  4. Thru These Walls
  5. You Can't Hurry Love
  6. I Don't Care Anymore
  7. Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
  8. Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning
  9. I Cannot Believe it's True
  10.Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
  11.Easy Lover
  12.Sussudio
  13.One More Night
  14.Don't Lose My Number
  15.Take Me Home
  
 Disc Two
  1. Separate Lives
  2. A Groovy Kind of Love
  3. Two Hearts
  4. Another Day in Paradise
  5. I Wish it Would Rain Down
  6. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
  7. That's Just the Way it Is
  8. Hang in Long Enough
  9. Do You Remember?
  10.Who Said I Would
  11.Both Sides of the Story
  12.Everyday
  13.We Wait and We Wonder
  14.Dance Into the Light
  15.It's in Your Eyes
  
 Disc Three
  1. No Matter Who
  2. Wear My Hat
  3. The Same Moon
  4. True Colors
  5. You'll Be in My Heart
  6. Strangers Like Me
  7. Son of Man
  8. Two Worlds
  9. Can't Stop Loving You
  10.The Least You Can Do
  11.Wake Up Call
  12.Look Through My Eyes
  13.No Way Out
  14.(Love is Like a) Heatwave
  15. Going Back

If you're a successful recording artist and it's time for you to release a "greatest hits" package, please use this one as a reference. This thing is perfect in terms of representing Phil Collins' best known material. There are so many times when I pick up a "best of" compilation from one of my favorite artists (some 2 or 3 cds in length) only to find they omitted one or two great songs. Why, I can only speculate. But as a fan, it's incredibly frustrated.

This is a "deluxe" version and consists of 3 cds. So the "standard" edition is only 2. I haven't bothered to look as to what is included in the "standard" version, but after looking at this, there's no need to. You simply must buy this one if you're interested in such a package. Another thing I love about this is that it's done chronologically. So as you're listening, you can feel the time move with you as you reminisce. No, not everything on here is a single (There are a whopping six songs from 1982's Hello, I Must Be Going), but everything on here deserves to be here.

I would also have to speculate that we'll never here anymore new music from Phil Collins since he can't even walk, let alone drum anymore. Sad, but this release shows just what a fabulous career he had.