NO JACKET REQUIRED (ilm polls it)

Sussudio, easily

Long Long Way To Go is possibly the last time Sting's voice on a recording was a feature and not a bug.

TAKE ME HOME

Hard to believe this hasn't been polled.

I appreciate how NJR still sounds like demos lovingly assembled into monster jams.

"Billy Don't Lose My Number" is silly boringness and "Take Me Home" and "One More Night" dreary. But "Susudio" still kills.

I'm voting for "I Don't Wanna Know," which has a sick breakdown at the halfway point.

Oh "Long Long Way to Go," used to chilling effect in Miami Vice is Phil's only poignant tune about the homeless.

No fucking way am I listening to this again.

lol

I've got a purist music fan friend who pretty much only listens to old scratchy 78s, and otherwise generally only jazz, give or take. On three separate occasions I've had this playing on low volume when he came over, but he hasn't said anything yet. Will keep you updated.

Anyway, Long Way to Go (with Sting) or Take Me Home (with Sting *and* Gabriel!).

"Billy Don't Lose My Number" is silly boringness

alfred we're breaking up

I think about this post every time I see the No Jacket Required album cover

A bunch of people at school went to see Phil on the NJR tour and all turned up the next day in t-shirts with Phil's horrible sweaty baked-bean face on the front.

― gotta lol geir (NickB), Tuesday, October 8, 2013 10:24 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seriously though, has Phil ever said in an interview exactly what he was going for with that cover image? (aside from a continuation of the theme that all of his album covers feature a close up photo of his face- but why red/sweaty/sinister facial expression etc?)

I just listened to this album for the first time. I've known Sussudio for years, and the record's reputation for inspiring some of the worst drum production in music history. Gated reverb and all that. The record sucks, every song sounds the same, and Sussudio is the only one with any kind of hook. All the songs that follow are a weaker variation on Sussudio. They're completely lifeless, boring, and empty.

ppl who hate this record suck

bingo

it's 2017 who has the energy to hate on gated drums ffs

i don't hate gated drums. my favorite Hüsker Dü album is Flip Your Wig. i hate the monotony of this album, full of awful sounding rhythms and no melodies. i don't dislike Phil Collins but 42 minutes is a lot to spend with the man. too much for me.

ppl who hate this record suck

― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, June 25, 2017 5:46 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bingo

― pray for BoJo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, June 25, 2017 5:47 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Preach

Still can't get over the 'deluxe edition' cover redos

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Phil_Collins_No_Jacket_Required_2016_cover.jpeg

Hours recreating that exact same nose glisten.

https://youtu.be/6eDaMSBJF4w

lol

crap title, i mean it's *got* a jacket hasn't it?

IT can't be the same because "Long Long Way to Go" and "Take Me Home" don't sound like "Sussudio."

wait, are there different versions of phil collins' giant sweaty head? i thought i'd look for the biggest headshots on the whole dam internet, and ran across these two:

http://i.imgur.com/S1fay9p.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/C9aW5eI.jpg

those are different, right? the tuft of hair at the top looks different, along with the eyes.

RealPhil and BadPhil iirc

The...word.

Su...Su...

Sussudio.

case files

Turn around if you want to.

alfred we're breaking up

― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, June 25, 2017 4:20 PM

boo, we need a fight once a week to keep things freesh

ppl who hate this record suck

― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, June 25, 2017 9:46 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ In this context, the above is actually a compliment.

i thought i'd look for the biggest headshots on the whole dam internet,

Oh wow, I'd never even thought about this. Giant version of the 2016 reissue cover:

http://image.iheart.com/ihr-ingestion-pipeline-production-wmg/new_release/20160819021025291/603497885251/resources/603497885251.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dN9ivjI.jpg

eat shit turrican

less successful follow up to Eat Pray Love

soref, that is beautifully cropped

Oh "Long Long Way to Go," used to chilling effect in /Miami Vice/ is Phil's only poignant tune about the homeless.

The beep sequence on Take Me Home is the best part of this record

Also: if this had not been made, what would they play in stores?

This album is awesome fufufuiudo

lmao thank you tim

Moist.

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Ooh, surprise ending!

I've never been able to hear 'One More Night' in the same way since I found out it soundtracked a condom advert in the '80s.

lol