Serious Hits... Live!

Serious Hits... Live!
Live album by Phil Collins
Released	5 November 1990 (CD) 2003 (CD/DVD)
Recorded	1990
Genre	Pop rock
Length	76:53
Label	Virgin (UK and Ireland) Atlantic (US and Canada) WEA (Rest of the world)
Producer	Phil Collins, Robert Colby
Phil Collins chronology
...But Seriously (1989) Serious Hits... Live! (1990) Both Sides (1993)
Singles from Serious Hits... Live!
"Do You Remember? (Live)" Released: November 1990 "Who Said I Would (Live)" Released: April 1991 (US only)

Serious Hits... Live! is the name of Phil Collins' 1990 live album with a CD as well as the DVD video recording of that concert. The songs on the CD version are taken from various concerts during the Serious Hits! tour, though it sounds as if the CD was recorded over one entire concert. It was recorded during The Seriously, Live! World Tour. At the Brit Awards in 1992, the album brought Collins a nomination for British Male Artist.

History

Instead of providing a live concert experience, they took the approach of putting a "hits only" selection for the album. The album has a very "stadium crowd feel" quality that various other live albums from the early 1990s had.

The live video and DVD version features one entire concert. The concert captures a live performance at Berlin's Waldbühne on 15 July 1990, which Collins has hailed as his best performance due to the energy of the German people after the fall of the Berlin wall. On the final song of the album, Collins thanks the fans in Chicago. The DVD presents an in-depth personal look at his solo concert experience. Special moments include the crowd not allowing the concert to continue with prolonged applause after "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" and the lighter vigil during "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore".

CD track listing

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

DVD track listing

1. "Hand in Hand"
2. "Hang in Long Enough"
3. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
4. "Don't Lose My Number"
5. "Inside Out"
6. "Do You Remember?"
7. "Who Said I Would"
8. "Another Day in Paradise"
9. "Separate Lives"
10. "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"
11. "The West Side"
12. "That's Just the Way It Is"
13. "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"
14. "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore"
15. "One More Night"
16. "Colours"
17. "In the Air Tonight"
18. "You Can't Hurry Love"
19. "Two Hearts"
20. "Sussudio"
21. "A Groovy Kind of Love"
22. "Easy Lover"
23. "Always"
24. "Take Me Home"

The version of "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore" performed on the Serious Hits... Live! recording differs considerably from the original version on the album No Jacket Required – having been re-arranged into a ballad style.

Personnel

The Serious Guys

• Phil Collins – lead vocals, Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, drums, tambourine
• Leland Sklar – bass guitar
• Daryl Stuermer – guitars
• Chester Thompson – drums
• Brad Cole – keyboards

The Seriousettes

• Bridgette Bryant – vocals
• Arnold McCuller – vocals
• Fred White – vocals

The Phenix Horns

• Don Myrick – alto saxophone
• Louis "Lui Lui" Satterfield – trombone
• Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet
• Harry Kim – trumpet

Production Credits

• Directed by Jim Yukich
• Produced by Phil Collins & Robert Colby
• Engineered by Paul Gomersall
• Mixed by Paul Gomersall & Robert Colby

Charts

Album

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1]	5
French Albums (SNEP)[2]	2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3]	1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4]	2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5]	9
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[6]	8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	16
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	2

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	2
Canadian Albums (RPM)[10]	5
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[11]	1
Italian Albums (AFI)[12]	3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	2
US Billboard 200[14]	11

Singles

Year	Title	Charts
		UK [15]	US [16]	CAN [17][18]	AUS [19][20]	GER [21]	NL Top 100 [22]	NL Top 40 [23]	FRA [24]	IRE [25]
1990	"Do You Remember?" (Live)	57	—	—	83	46	20	20	22	25
1991	"Who Said I Would" (Live)	—	73	34	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[26]	6× Platinum	360,000^x
Australia (ARIA)[27]	3× Platinum	210,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[28]	Platinum	50,000^x
Brazil (ABPD)[29]	3× Platinum	750,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[30]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[31]	Gold	41,520[31]
France (SNEP)[32]	Diamond	1,000,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[33]	3× Platinum	1,500,000^^
Japan (RIAJ)[34]	Gold	100,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[35]	Platinum	100,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[36]	Platinum	15,000^^
Portugal (AFP)[37]	2× Platinum	80,000^x
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[38]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[39]	3× Platinum	150,000^x
United Kingdom (BPI)[40]	4× Platinum	1,200,000^^
United States (RIAA)[41]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Reception

• allmusic link

See also

• Phillip Collins Ltd v Davis [2000] 3 All ER 808
• List of best-selling albums in Argentina
• List of best-selling albums in Germany

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