Face Value (album)

For other uses, see Face value (disambiguation).

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Face Value is the title of Phil Collins' debut solo album, released in February of 1981. The album includes one of Collins' greatest hits "In the Air Tonight".

Like the following album, Hello, I Must Be Going!, most of the songs on Face Value are based on the pain and anger Collins felt while he was going through his divorce. Other singles didn't have the same chart success as "In the Air Tonight", they were: "I Missed Again", which reached No. 14 in the UK and No. 19 in the USA. Also "If Leaving Me Is Easy" was released as a single, reaching No. 17 in the UK, but was never released as a single in the USA.

This is the only Phil Collins album to include a hidden track.

Track Listing and Instrumental Contributions

1. "In the Air Tonight"

• Phil Collins: Roland Drum Machine, Vocals, Drums, Prophet, Rhodes, Vocoder
• John Giblin: Bass
• Daryl Stuermer: Guitars
• Shankar: Violins

2. "This Must Be Love"

• Phil Collins: Percussion, Vocal, Prophet, Fender
• Stephen Bishop: Backing Vocals
• Alphonso Johnson: Bass
• Daryl: Guitar

3. "Behind the Lines"

• Phil Collins: Vocals, Drums
• Alphonso Johnson: Bass
• Daryl: Guitar
• Louis Satterfield: Trumbone
• Rahmlee, Micheal Davis, and Micheal Harris: Trumpets
• Peter Robinson: Prophet

4. "The Roof Is Leaking"

• Phil Collins: Piano, Vocals
• Daryl: Banjo
• Joe Partridge: Slide Guitar

5. "Droned"

• Phil Collins: Piano, Prophet, Congas, Voice, Claps
• Shankar: Violins, Tamboura, Voice, Drums
• Daryl: 12-String Guitar

6. "Hand In Hand"

• Phil Collins: Roland D.M, Prophet, Piano, Drums, Marimba, Voice, Vocoder
• Alphonso Johnson: Bass
• Children from the church of Los Angeles
• Don Myrick: Tenor
• Louis Satterfield: Trumbone
• Rahmlee, and Micheal: Trumpet

7. "I Missed Again"

• Phil Collins: Piano, Vocals, Drums, Prophet
• Alphonso Johnson: Bass
• Daryl: Guitar
• Don Myrick: Tenor
• Louis Satterfield: Trumbone
• Rahmlee and Micheal: Trumpets
• Ronnie Scott: Tenor Solo
• Shankar: Violins

8. "You Know What I Mean"

• Phil Collins: Vocals, Piano (strings arranged by Arif Mardin)

9. "Thunder And Lightening"

• Phil Collins: Piano, Fender, Drums, Vocals, Claps
• John Giblin: Bass
• Daryl: Guitar
• Don Myrick: Tenor
• Louis Satterfield: Trumbone
• Rahmlee and Micheal: Trumpets

10. "I'm Not Moving"

• Phil Collins: Piano, Drums, Vocals, Prophet, Vocoder, Percussion
• John Giblin: Bass

11. "If Leaving Me Is Easy"

• Phil Collins: Rhodes, Drums, Vocals, Prophet
• Alphonso Johnson: Bass
• Eric Clapton: Guitar
• Daryl: Guitar
• Don Myrick: Alto Sax
• Rahmlee and Micheal: Flugel Horns

(Strings arranged by Arif Mardin)

12. "Tomorrow Never Knows", /"Over the Rainbow" ([[Hidden Echo on Track 12])

• Phil Collins: Vocals, Roland D.M, Drums, Prophets
• John Giblin: Bass

(cameo appearances by Daryl, EWF Horns, children of L.A., and Shankar)

All songs by Phil Collins

Produced by Phil Collins

Assisted by Hugh Padgham

Engineered by Hugh Padgham (8 track engineering by Phil Collins)

Assistant engineers: Nick Launay (London), Karen Segal (L.A.)

Recorded at Old Croft, The Townhouse, Village Recorder L.A.

Mastered at Sterling Sound NY

EWF Horns courtesy of Earth, Wind, and Fire arranged by Tom Tom 84

Music Prepartion by Maurice Spears

Strings arranged by Arif Mardin

Strings (courtesy of Martyn Ford)

Violins: Gavyn Wright (leader), Ken Sillitoe Richard Studt, Irvine Arditti, Bruce Dukor, Peter Oxen, David Woodcock, Liz Edwards, Bill Benham

Violas: Brian Hawkins, Roger Best, Simon Whistler

Cellos: Clive Anstee, Nigel Warren-Green, Tony Pleeth

Double Bass: Chris Lawrence

All Songs written by Phil Collins Except 'Behind The Lines' written by Banks, Collins, Rutherford and `Tomorrow Never Knows'

written by Lennon and McCartney

Many thanks to: Geoff Banks (cook, chauffeur and good bloke), Steve Jones, Dale Newman, Andy Mackrill, Tony Smith, Carole Willis, Hit and Run, Run It NYC, Townhouse, the Wonderful EWF Horns and Tom Tom, Ahmet, Arif, John Kalodner, Geoff Levinson, Nick and Leslie and the Queen Victoria, Eric and Patti, and my lovely children Simon arid Joely

Eric appears courtesy of R.S.O. Bish appears courtesy of WEA

Photography: Trevor Key

Hidden Track info

At the end of the song Tomorrow Never Knows which is the last track of the album, if one turns up the volume to a mid-high level, Collins can be heard singing "Over the Rainbow" with an echo. The hidden secret starts at 4:14 and ends at 4:43. (Collins has stated in interviews that he used this song to warm up his voice - and added the recording to the end as a sort of inside joke.)