Serious hits… Live!

chronology
Serious Hits ... Live!
Live album by Phil Collins
Publication ; (s)	1990 (CD, LP) 2003 (DVD / CD)
Label (s)	Warner Music Group
Format (s)	CD, LP, DVD
Genre (s)	Rock , pop
Title (number)	15th
running time	76:53
occupation	Phil Collins : vocals, drums, keyboards; Daryl Stuermer : guitar; Chester Thompson : drums; Leland Sklar : Bass; Brad Cole: keyboards;
production	Phil Collins, Robert Colby

Serious Hits ... Live! is a live album by Phil Collins from 1990 which was released on LP, 1990 on CD and 2003 on DVD. The songs on the CD version are from various concerts during the Serious Hits! Trip.

General

As the name of the album suggests, the selection of tracks is on "Hits".

The DVD version shows an entire concert on July 15, 1990 on the Berlin Waldbühne , shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. A special moment is when the concert was interrupted by sustained applause after Something Happened on the Way to Heaven .

Serious hits… Live! was awarded 3 × platinum in Germany for over 1.5 million records sold. Thus it is not only one of the best-selling music albums in Germany , but together with Westernhagens Live it is the best-selling live album in Germany.

Track list CD

Phil Collins 1996

"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" - 4:59 (Collins / Stuermer)
" Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) " - 3:28 (Collins)
"Who Said I Would" - 4:28 (Collins)
"One More Night" - 5:49 (Collins)
" Don't Lose My Number " - 4:42 (Collins)
"Do You Remember?" - 5:40 (Collins)
" Another Day in Paradise " - 5:36 (Collins)
" Separate Lives " (feat. Bridgette Bryant ) - 5:16 (Stephen Bishop)
" In the Air Tonight " - 6:35 (Collins)
" You Can't Hurry Love " - 2:54 ( Lamont Dozier / Eddie Holland / Brian Holland )
"Two Hearts" - 3:07 (Collins / Dozier)
" Sussudio " - 7:14 (Collins)
" A Groovy Kind of Love " - 3:30 ( Carole Bayer Sager / Toni Wine)
" Easy Lover " - 4:46 ( Philip Bailey / Collins / Nathan East )
"Take Me Home" - 8:39 (Collins)

Title List DVD

"Hand in hand"
"Hang in Long Enough"
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
"Don't Lose My Number"
"Inside Out"
"Do You Remember?"
"Who Said I Would"
"Another Day in Paradise"
"Separate Lives"
"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"
"The West Side"
"That's Just the Way It Is"
"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"
"Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore"
"One More Night"
"Colors"
"In the Air Tonight"
"You Can't Hurry Love"
"Two Hearts"
"Sussudio"
"A Groovy Kind of Love"
"Easy Lover"
"Always"
"Take Me Home"

reception

Professional reviews
source	rating
Allmusic

Reviewer Mike DeGagne gave Allmusic three out of five stars . He praised the passion, but criticized the smooth perfection.

Entire cast

Daryl Stuermer (1980)

The Serious Guys

Phil Collins - vocals, piano, drums
Daryl Stuermer - guitar
Chester Thompson - drums
Leland Sklar - bass
Brad Cole - keyboards

The Seriousettes

Bridgette Bryant - vocals
Arnold McCuller - vocals
Fred White - vocals

Phenix Horns

Don Myrick - alto saxophone
Louis "Lui Lui" Satterfield - trombone
Rahmlee Michael Davis - trumpet
Harry Kim - Trumpet

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	5 × platinum	300,000
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Brazil (PMB)	3 × platinum	750,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × platinum	1,500,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	41,520
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Portugal (AFP)	2 × platinum	80,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × platinum	150,000
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	2 × gold 34 × platinum 1 × diamond	9,896,520