Phil Collins - No Jacket Required (WEA 251699)
No Jacket Required is the third solo studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released on 18 February 1985.
The album features Helen Terry, Peter Gabriel, and Sting as guest backing vocalists. Some songs, like "Don't Lose My Number" and "Sussudio", were based around improvisation, and others, like "Long Long Way to Go", had a political message.
No Jacket Required was received favourably by the majority of critics and was a huge worldwide commercial success, reaching number one in the UK for five consecutive weeks and for seven non-consecutive weeks in the US. It was the second-best-selling album of 1985 in the UK.
In 2001, No Jacket Required was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 12 million copies in the US and amassed worldwide sales of over 25 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. It won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.
Side One
- Sussudio
- Only You Know And I Know
- Long Long Way To Go
- I Don't Wanna Know
- One More Night
Side Two
- Don't Lose My Number
- Who Said I Would
- Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore
- Inside Out
- Take Me Home