Phil Collins – No Jacket Required
Rarity - Sealed
Vocals, Drums, handclap, Keyboards, Marimba, Percussion, Piano, Tambourine, Trumpet, Timpani, Bass – Phil Collins [click here to see more vinyl featuring Phil Collins]
Backing Vocals – Helen Terry (B5), Peter Gabriel (B5), Sting (A3, B5)
Guitar - Daryl Stuermer
Bass - Leland Sklar (A3-5, B1, B3)
Keyboards - David Frank (A1, B1-2), Daryl Stuermer (A4)
Horns - The Phenix Horns (A1-2, B2)
Saxophone - Gary Barnacle (A4, B2), Don Myrick (A5, B4)
Strings - Arif Mardin (A5)
Written by Phil Collins (all tracks), Daryl Stuermer (A2, A4, B3)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES (Digital Mixing)
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Industry
Label : Simply Vinyl
Original Label : WEA
Recorded in May–December 1984 at the Townhouse, London and Old Croft, Surrey except strings, recorded at Air Studios
Engineered by Hugh Padgham
Mixed at the Townhouse
Produced by Hugh Padgham, Phil Collins
Originally released in February 1985
Reissued in 2000
Tracks:
Side A:
- Sussudio
- Only You Know And I Know
- Long Long Way To Go
- I Don't Wanna Know
- One More Night
Side B:
- Don't Lose My Number
- Who Said I Would
- Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore
- Inside Out
- Take Me Home
Awards:
At the 28th Annual Grammy Awards:
- The album won the award for Album of the Year
- Collins won Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- Collins shared the Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) award with co-producer of the album, Hugh Padgham
At the Brit Awards in 1986 the album received an award for British Album of the Year.
Reviews:
“After the one-two punch of Phil Collins' first two solo albums, Face Value and Hello, I Must Be Going!, plus the hits he was concurrently having with Genesis, it might seem like he was primed for an artistic and commercial drop-off. Instead, he responded with the biggest album of his career. No Jacket Required topped the charts in the U.S. and U.K., won a Grammy for Album of the Year, and spawned four Top Ten singles, including two number ones in "Sussudio" and "One More Night." It was such a monster success that it made Collins one of the biggest stars on the planet, something that a few years before seemed unlikely if not impossible. The reason why No Jacket was such a smash is simple: it combined the aching honesty of Face Value with the pop smarts of Hello, added some seriously focused songwriting, then coated it all in slick digital production that sounded great on the radio. Collins' gift for a huge hook came through most obviously on the Prince-inspired "Sussudio," where he turns nonsense into something almost profound, but also on tracks like the big rocker "I Don't Wanna Know" and the soulful "Inside Out," which featured some of his trademark gated drum bashing. His knack for spilling his guts in heartbreaking everyman fashion hits a new high on "One More Night," one of the most affecting ballads of the '80s. When he combines the hooks and the heartbreak, it comes together brilliantly. "Take Me Home" is a wrenching, soaring song that inspires singalongs and teardrops; "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore" has the perfect combo of big drums, the catchy chorus, and the weary heart. Add in flashy radio monsters like "Don't Lose My Number" and "Only You Know and I Know" that retain the horn-heavy sound of his earlier work while adding up-to-date keyboards, the even more Prince-inspired "Who Said I Would," and the closing piano ballad "We Said Hello Goodbye," and No Jacket Required ends up earning all the sales and accolades it got. Collins was at the top of his considerable game, the sound was state of the art, and there were more classic songs on one record than most pop stars could put together in an entire career. Too bad its chart and airwave dominance was so great that it inspired something of a backlash, one Collins never really recovered from despite having more hits in the future. While Face Value is still his solo masterpiece due to the raw emotion it transmits, No Jacket Required comes very, very close to topping it.” AllMusic Review by Tim Sendra
Ratings:
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.27 / 5