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Analogue Productions (Atlantic Series)
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!
Hello, I Must Be Going! Phil Collins second solo studio album
Featuring You Cant Hurry Love and I Cannot Believe Its True
180-gram 45 RPM double LP release
Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and cut to lacquer from a 1/4 EQd Dolby tape copy of the original master tape
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings and RTI
Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jackets with film lamination by Stoughton Printing
On his first solo album, 1981s Face Value, Genesis drummer-singer Phil Collins showed that he wasnt about to be left behind in the mire of classical-rock sludge. That LP boasted shorter songs and demonstrated that Collins had a true pop sensibility. Hello, I Must Be Going! continues that trend, with some familiar patterns emerging, wrote Rolling Stones John Milward.
First, there are the dramatic rock dirges that use drums as a lead instrument; I Dont Care Anymore, with Collins one-man band playing alongside Daryl Stuermers atmospheric guitars, wins in this category. Then there are the buttery ballads, of which Dont Let Him Steal Your Heart Away is the best by virtue of a Beatles-like melody that buoys Collins anonymously sweet voice. Both of these styles were already Genesis staples; it was Collins uptempo soul tunes on Face Value and Genesis Abacab that surprised old fans and found new ones. I Cannot Believe Its True, with Earth, Wind and Fires Phoenix Horns casting out clean lines, clobbers the other soul contenders on Hello, I Must Be Going!, especially his remake of the Supremes You Cant Hurry Love. Collins took the golden-oldie route on that song and the result isnt soulful, its superfluous. Despite its trend-bucking boast of an 8-track recording, the albums rich luster is of the old classical-rock school. In fact, the LP sounds like stripped-down Genesis, ornamental but not too ostentatious. John Milward, Rolling Stone (3 Stars).
This Analogue Productions (Atlantic Series) reissue of Hello, I Must Be Going! has the essential elements that make it a standout for your collection. First, we turned to Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering to cut lacquers from a 1/4 EQd Dolby tape copy of the original master. Pressing is by Quality Record Pressings and RTI, and the album is housed in tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jackets with film lamination by Stoughton Printing.
Hello, I Must Be Going! was a triple-platinum-selling hit in the U.S. for Collins in the 1980s and it stayed on the U.K. album charts for more than a year, peaking at No. 2. For the fans it is a drummers album, a record that expresses rage and desperation as well as loneliness and longing. Not an album for every day, but one that really speaks to you when you need it, wrote Martin Klinkhardt, in a review for .
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