Artist...............: Phil CollinsAlbum................: Face ValueYear.................: 1981Genre................: Pop/RockType.................: StudioDuration.............: 47:51Number of Songs......: 12Audio Format.........: LosslessRipper...............: EACEncoder..............: FLACHz...................: 44,100Channels.............: StereoSource...............: CD
Face Value is the debut solo album by Genesis front man Phil Collins, released in February 1981 on the Virgin label internationally and Atlantic Records in North America. It was released in the UK 11 days after his 30th birthday. The album includes the hit single, "In the Air Tonight", whose dark mood was inspired by the fallout of Collins' first marriage with his wife Andrea.
Track listingAll songs written and composed by Phil Collins, except where noted. No. Title Length 1. "In the Air Tonight" 5:322. "This Must Be Love" 3:553. "Behind the Lines" (lyrics by Mike Rutherford; music by Tony Banks, Collins & Rutherford) 3:534. "The Roof is Leaking" 3:165. "Droned" 2:556. "Hand in Hand" 5:127. "I Missed Again" 3:418. "You Know What I Mean" 2:339. "Thunder and Lightning" 4:1210. "I'm Not Moving" 2:3311. "If Leaving Me Is Easy" 4:5412. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 4:46
Personnel Phil Collins: vocals, drums, percussion, Vocoder, piano, Roland CR-78 drum machine, Prophet-5 synthesizer on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12; Fender Rhodes, claps John Giblin: bass on tracks 1, 9, 10, 12 Daryl Stuermer: guitars; banjo on track 4 Shankar: violins on tracks 1, 5, 6; tamboura on track 5, "voice drums" on track 5 Alphonso Johnson: bass on tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 11 J. Peter Robinson: Prophet on track 3 Joe Partridge: slide guitar on track 4 Stephen Bishop: background vocals on track 2 Eric Clapton: guitars on tracks 4 & 11 Arif Mardin: string arrangements on tracks 8 and 11 EWF Horns: Don Myrick: alto and tenor saxophones, alto sax solos on track 11 Louis Satterfield: trombone Rahmlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris: trumpets; flugelhorns on track 11 Ronnie Scott: tenor saxophone, solo on track 7 Other background vocals on track 6 by several children choirs in Los Angeles