... But Seriously

... But Seriously
Phil Collins studio album
Publication (s)	November 7, 1989
admission	April 1988 – October 1989
Label (s)	WEA Records
Format (s)	CD, LP, MC
Genre (s)	Rock , pop
Title (number)	10 (LP) 12 (CD)
running time	54:24 (LP) 59:45 (CD)
occupation	Phil Collins: vocals, synthesizers , drums , percussion Nathan East : Bass Daryl Stuermer : guitar Dominic Miller : guitar David Crosby : vocals Leland Sklar : Bass Pino Palladino : Bass Stephen Bishop: Singing Eric Clapton : guitar Steve Winwood : Hammond organ The Phenix Horns : Don Myrick: Saxophone Louis Satterfield: Trumpet Harry Kim: Trumpet Rhamlee Michael Davis: Trumpet Alex Brown: Backing vocals Marva King: Backing vocals Lynne Fiddmont: background vocals
production	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Studio (s)	The Farm, Surrey (England) A & M Studios, Los Angeles (USA)
chronology 12 ″ ers (1987) ... But Seriously Serious hits… Live! (1990)
Single releases October 9, 1989 Another day in paradise January 20, 1990 I wish it would rain down April 28, 1990 Something Happended on the Way to Heaven July 25, 1990 That's just the way it is September 1990 Hang In Long Enough November 1990 Do you remember?

... But Seriously (Engl. For "... But seriously") is the fourth studio album by British rock singer Phil Collins . It was released on November 7, 1989. With over three million copies sold (6 times platinum ), it is the second most successful album in Germany since the official awards were introduced in 1975. Worldwide it is the most successful album after its predecessor No Jacket Required that Collins produced in his solo career.

Emergence

After Collins and his band Genesis in 1986 and 1987 experienced one of the greatest successes of his musical career with the album Invisible Touch and the accompanying tour, he started his fourth solo album in spring 1988, which he again produced together with Hugh Padgham. While Collins needed a few months to record his previous albums, he worked on the song material for ... But Seriously for a year and a half. Only the recordings of Collins' last studio album with his own songs Testify (2002) took even more time.

Similar to previous albums, he got the support of some well-known musicians: Stephen Bishop is on Do You Remember? , David Crosby on That's Just the Way It Is and Another Day in Paradise heard as a background singer. Steve Winwood , who plays the Hammond organ on All of My Life , and Eric Clapton , who can be heard on guitar on I Wish It Would Rain Down, were also involved in the album .

Music genre

On his first three solo albums, Collins mainly addressed interpersonal relationships, which mainly resulted from the separation of his then wife in the early 1980s, on this album he mainly deals with serious issues such as homelessness and war scenarios as well as socio-economic and political problems. The album title already indicates this change in Collins' music. With Do You Remember? and I Wish It Would Rain Down , the work contains just two of Collins' classic love songs about the pain of separation.

Also musically, Collins went different ways than on his predecessors and consciously played the tracks instead of with a drum computer by hand on the drums and also increasingly used the keyboard . … But Seriously also combines the instrumental piece Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Colors, the shortest and longest piece from Collins' solo career on one album; the latter is musically comparable to the progressive rock he played with his band Genesis.

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

... But Seriously   US 1 12/30/1989 (90 weeks)   UK 1 12/02/1989 (68 weeks)   DE 1 December 4th, 1989 (80 weeks)   AT 1 December 15, 1989 (44 weeks)   CH 1 December 3rd, 1989 (52 weeks)

Singles

Another day in paradise   US 1 December 23, 1989 (18 weeks)   UK 2 11/04/1989 (11 weeks)   DE 1 11/06/1989 (30 weeks)   AT 2 December 01, 1989 (20 weeks)   CH 1 11/26/1989 (20 weeks) I wish it would rain down   US 3 March 31, 1990 (17 weeks)   UK 7th 01/27/1990 (9 weeks)   DE 8th 02/05/1990 (20 weeks)   AT 26th 04/01/1990 (3 weeks)   CH 8th 02/11/1990 (14 weeks) Do you remember?   US 4th 06/30/1990 (19 weeks) Something Happened on the Way to Heaven   US 4th 10/06/1990 (22 weeks)   UK 15th April 28, 1990 (7 weeks)   DE 26th May 14, 1990 (21 weeks)   CH 26th 06/03/1990 (3 weeks) That's just the way it is   UK 26th 07/28/1990 (5 weeks)   DE 51 08/27/1990 (14 weeks)   CH 29 08/26/1990 (1 week) Hang In Long Enough   US 23 01/12/1991 (13 weeks)   UK 34 10/06/1990 (3 weeks)

Track list

All titles are written by Phil Collins, exceptions are indicated. Since the CD and LP / MC version not only have a different number of tracks, but also a differentiated track arrangement, both track lists follow separately.

CD & MC

1. Hang in Long Enough - 4:44
2. That's Just the Way It Is - 5:20
3. Do you remember? - 4:36
4. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven - 4:51 (Music: Daryl Stuermer , Phil Collins / Text: Phil Collins)
5. Colors - 8:51
6. I Wish It Would Rain Down - 5:27
7. Another Day in Paradise - 5:22
8. Heat on the Street - 3:51
9. All of My Life - 5:35
10. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - 1:25 (Music: Phil Collins, Thomas Washington)
11. Father to Son - 3:28
12. Find a Way to My Heart - 6:10

LP

1. Hang in Long Enough - 4:44
2. That's Just the Way It Is - 5:20
3. Find a Way to My Heart - 6:10
4. Colors - 8:51
5. Father to Son - 3:28
6. Another Day in Paradise - 5:22
7. All of My Life - 5:35
8. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven - 4:51
9. Do you remember? - 4:36
10. I Wish It Would Rain Down - 5:27

Song information

• That's Just the Way It Is : According to Collins, he wrote the song after seeing nothing new in the American anti-war film The West . Thematically, this song deals with the feelings and thoughts of soldiers in war.

• Something Happened on the Way to Heaven was originally written as the closing song for the movie Der Rosenkrieg with Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. However, the piece was rejected by the film producers and thus appeared unplanned on this album instead of on the film's soundtrack. This is the only song on the album that was created in collaboration with Daryl Stuermer.

• Colors is a political song that deals with apartheid in South Africa . Nelson Mandela was released from prison just a few months after this track appeared on the album .

• Heat on the Street : The song is about the problems of street children .

• For All of My Life and Father to Son , there are two very personal songs of the artist. All of My Life deals with the relationship with his late father and the feeling that you only realized afterwards that he had not spent enough time with him. Father to Son Collins wrote for his son Simon; it contains a lot of advice that he would like to give his son on the way.

tour

A good quarter of a year later, the album was released by Seriously Live! World Tour, during which Collins visited three continents with 113 concerts and also gave six concerts in Germany. The tour first performed on February 23, 1990 in Nagoya , Japan . The world tour ended on October 3, 1990 with a concert in New York's Madison Square Garden .

As with all other Genesis and solo tours, Collins got the support of the drummer Chester Thompson and the guitarist Daryl Stuermer on this tour. The tour's setlist was relatively extensive with more than 20 songs and, in contrast to Collins 'previous tours, focused almost exclusively on material from Collins' previous solo albums. The material for the tour was the live album Serious Hits… Live! and the VHS cassette Seriously Live in Berlin , which was recorded at the concert on July 15, 1990 in the Berlin Waldbühne . The concert was re-released on September 22, 2003 with new 5.1 surround sound and various bonus material under the title Serious Hits… Live as a double DVD.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	3 × platinum	180,000
Australia (ARIA)	6 × platinum	420,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	6 × platinum	3,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	74,715
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Italy (FIMI)	3 × platinum	300,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	7 × platinum	700,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Portugal (AFP)	2 × platinum	80,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	5 × platinum	250,000
Spain (Promusicae)	7 × platinum	700,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	9 × platinum	2,750,000
All in all	2 × gold 59 × platinum 1 × diamond	14,039,715

Main article: Phil Collins / Music Sales Awards

See also

• List of the best-selling music albums certified by BVMI in Germany

Web links

• http://www.genesis-fanclub.de/c-Phil-Collins-But-Seriously-CD-Rezension-s306.html

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 35 years of gold / platinum - Herbert Grönemeyer in first place in the official ranking . ( Memento from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Musikindustrie.de, July 2, 2010
2. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
3. ^ Rob Copsey: The UK's biggest studio albums of all time. officialcharts.com, October 13, 2018, accessed November 9, 2018 .