''Serious Hits… Live!'' is the name of

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis and had a successful solo career, ac ...

' 1990 live album, released on vinyl, cassette and CD. It is also the title of the 2003 DVD video release of his concert at Berlin's

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on 15 July 1990. (The original 1990 VHS and Laserdisc version of the video was titled ''Seriously Live''.) The songs on the CD version are taken from various concerts during the Seriously, Live! World Tour. At the Brit Awards in

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, the album brought Collins a nomination for British Male Artist.

History

When compiling the tracks for the album, instead of providing the experience of a complete live concert, the producers took the approach of putting together a "hits only" selection of songs. On the final song of the album, Collins thanks the fans in Chicago. The live video and DVD version features one entire concert. The live performance at Berlin's Waldbühne has been hailed by Collins as his best performance due to the energy of the German people after the fall of the

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. The DVD presents an in-depth look at his solo concert experience. Special moments include the crowd not allowing the concert to continue with prolonged applause after "

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" and the lighter vigil during "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore".

Track listing

Original 1990 LP

DVD track listing

#"Hand in Hand" #"

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" #"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" #"Don't Lose My Number" #"Inside Out" #"Do You Remember?" #"Who Said I Would" #"Another Day in Paradise" #"Separate Lives" #"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"/"The West Side" #" That's Just the Way It Is" #"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" #"Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore" #"One More Night" #"Colours" #"In the Air Tonight" #Band Introductions #"You Can't Hurry Love" #"Two Hearts" #"Sussudio" #"A Groovy Kind of Love" #"Easy Lover" #"Always" #"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 ''

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'', having been re-arranged into a ballad.

Personnel

The Serious Guys

– vocals,

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, synthesizer, drums * Brad Cole – keyboards *

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– guitars *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylu ...

– bass *

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– drums

The Seriousettes

* Bridgette Bryant – vocals *

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– vocals * Fred White – vocals

The Phenix Horns

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– alto saxophone * Louis "Lui Lui" Satterfield – trombone * Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet * Harry Kim – trumpet

Production

* Directed by Jim Yukich * Produced by Paul Flattery and Tony Smith * Audio Produced by Phil Collins and Robert Colby * Engineered by Paul Gomersall * Mixed by Paul Gomersall and Robert Colby * Remixed at The Farm,

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(Los Angeles, CA). * Design – Phil Collins and Wherefore Art? * Photography – Lewis Lee

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Album

Video

Critical reception

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References

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