Albums That Should Exist: Phil Collins - Stick It - Demos from the Early Years (1980-1990) (A MIKE SOLOF GUEST POST)

Monday, June 7, 2021

Phil Collins - Stick It - Demos from the Early Years (1980-1990) (A MIKE SOLOF GUEST POST)

Here's another post by my musical friend Mike Solof. If you've been following my blog, you may have seen that he's made two guest posts already, one about the Monkees and the other about Genesis. Generally speaking, there are some musical artists that I either don't like or at least don't like enough to create albums for them. Genesis/Phil Collins is a good case in point. I'm somewhat of a fan, but not enough of a fan to do a deep dive. So Mike can pick up the slack on that. Knock on wood, more guest posts from him should be coming soon.

I'm not going to say much about this album, because Mike likes to create PDF files with explanations and pictures. So I'll mostly leave the comments to him in the PDF. But the really short version is that this is a collection of the demos of many songs from Phil Collins' 1980s albums. The demos usually aren't acoustic, but they're often stripped down compared to the final released versions, and sometimes they have significant differences. Most of the songs come from bonus tracks, but there are some unreleased ones, including some songs that haven't been officially released in any form.

By the way, all the songs are studio versions, except the last two, which are kind of live bonus tracks, from "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" in 1981.

This album is an hour and 42 minutes long.

01 In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins)
02 This Must Be Love (Phil Collins)
03 The Roof Is Leaking (Phil Collins)
04 Please Don’t Ask (Phil Collins)
05 Hand in Hand (Phil Collins)
06 Against All Odds (Phil Collins)
07 Please Don’t Break My Heart (Phil Collins)
08 Tomorrow Never Knows (Phil Collins)
09 Misunderstanding (Phil Collins)
10 Oddball [Do You Know, Do You Care] (Phil Collins)
11 Thru These Walls (Phil Collins)
12 Don’t Let Him Steal Your Heart Away (Phil Collins)
13 The West Side (Phil Collins)
14 Why Can’t It Wait Til Morning (Phil Collins)
15 Sussudio (Phil Collins)
16 Only You Know and I Know (Phil Collins)
17 One More Night (Phil Collins)
18 Take Me Home (Phil Collins)
19 Something Happened on the Way to Heaven [Broadway Chorus] (Phil Collins)
20 Another Day in Paradise [Homeless] (Phil Collins)
21 Do You Remember (Phil Collins)
22 I Wish It Would Rain Down (Phil Collins)
23 The Roof Is Leaking (Phil Collins)
24 In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins)