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 Face Value is the debut solo album by English musician and Genesis frontman Phil Collins. It was released through Virgin Records in the United Kingdom, and Atlantic Records globally, on 13 February 1981.Many of the songs recorded for Genesis' 1980 album, Duke, explored the fallout from Collins' 1979 divorce. But Collins wasn't finished telling the story, so he returned to the recording studio alone.Face Value specifically focused on the artist's emotional state during this turbulent period. The end result was a dark, melancholic album filled with themes of betrayal, distrust, longing, and nostalgia. It reflected the headspace Collins was in at the time, giving a distinctively haunting atmosphere to the entire record: from the Tranquil Fury of its opening track "In the Air Tonight", to even the wistful ballad "If Leaving Me is Easy", and the jaunty "I'm Not Moving". The downright vouyeristic levels with which the songs' personal context permeate their content was intentional for Collins, who sought to take the listener into his head, his state of mind on full display (to the point where the liner notes list "me" in the credits for each song in place of his name).Despite its dark subject matter, the album adopts a more mainstream-friendly sound compared to Genesis' output at the time, even when compared to the band's early explorations of pop rock on ...And Then There Were Three... and Duke, combining elements of Rhythm and Blues, pop rock, and post-disco in addition to its prog elements and setting the stage for Collins and Genesis' gradual shift into increasingly poppy material that would galvanize on Collins' No Jacket Required and Genesis' eponymous 1983 album.Upon release, Face Value was a major commercial success, topping the charts in the UK, Canada, and Sweden, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States. It was certified diamond in Canada, and quintuple-platinum in the US and UK.Face Value was supported by four singles: "In the Air Tonight", "I Missed Again", "If Leaving Me is Easy", and "Thunder and Lightning" (the latter being exclusive to West Germany). This yielded three pop hits on the UK Pop chart, and two on the Billboard Hot 100. "In the Air Tonight" and "I Missed Again" would both peek at #19 in the US, but "In the Air Tonight" peaked at #2 in the UK. The music video for "In the Air Tonight" would air on the first day of broadcast for MTV.Tracklist:Side One "In the Air Tonight" (5:34) "This Must Be Love" (3:55) "Behind the Lines"note Originally by Genesis. (3:53) "The Roof is Leaking" (3:16) "Droned" (2:49) "Hand in Hand" (5:20)Side Two "I Missed Again" (3:41) "You Know What I Mean" (2:33) "Thunder and Lightning" (4:12) "I'm Not Moving" (2:33) "If Leaving Me is Easy" (4:54) "Tomorrow Never Knows"note Originally by The Beatles; contains "Over the Rainbow", originally by Judy Garland, at 4:15. (4:52)I've kept all the pictures, but I trope my feelings so no-one knows:
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