Phil Collins - No Jacket Required [Atlantic Records 781240-1] (25 January 1985)

Dynamic Range Released: 18 February 1985
Country: US
Label: Atlantic Records
Catalog: 781240-1
Genre: Rock / Pop

Item# SR-AT7812401
Ratings: C=NM-; LP=NM

Pressing: Allied Record Company

T R A C K L I S T:
01 Sussudio
02 Only You Know And I Know
03 Long Long Way To Go
04 I Don't Wanna Know
05 One More Night
06 Don't Lose My Number
07 Who Said I Would
08 Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore
09 Inside Out
10 Take Me Home




No Jacket Required
Phil Collins


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Album Review

by Geoff Orens [allmusic.com]

The winner of the 1985 Grammy for Pop Album of the Year, No Jacket Required found Phil Collins fully embracing horn-driven pop music, drum machines, and sentimental ballads over his previous darker and more dramatic solo material. The record established him as a major commercial force, and as one of the most recognizable voices of the 1980s. Although the major hits here, ''Sussudio,'' ''One More Night,'' ''Who Said I Would,'' and ''Don't Lose My Number'' quickly came to sound dated, the album contains several standout tracks. ''Long Long Way to Go,'' which features a cameo by Sting, is one of Collins' most effective ballads, while the pulsating ''Take Me Home'' utilizes the drama of ''In the Air Tonight'' on a more wistful track. ''Only You Know and I Know'' and ''Inside Out,'' meanwhile, show an effective aggressive side to the singer. It's not a completely satisfying recording, but it is the best example of one of the most dominating and influential styles of the 1980s.