Serious Hits… Live!

Infobox Album |
Name = Serious Hits... Live!
Type = Live album
Artist = Phil Collins


Background = lightblue
Released = 1990
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Pop, rock
Length = 76:03
Label = Virgin (UK and Ireland)
Atlantic (US and Canada)
WEA (rest of the world)
Producer = Phil Collins, Robert Colby
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3kpsa9tgb23h link]
Last album = "...But Seriously"
(1989)
This album = "Serious Hits... Live!"
(1990)
Next album = "Both Sides"
(1993)

Serious Hits... Live! is the name of Phil Collins' 1990 live album as well as the video recording of that concert.

History

Instead of providing a live concert experience, they took the approach of putting a 'hits only' selection for the album. While the performances feature Collins and his band at their best, the audio quality was sub-par for the CD version. The album has a very 'stadium crowd feel' quality that various other live albums from the early 90's had.

The live video (and recently released DVD) version features one entire concert. The concert captures a live performance from Germany, which Collins has hailed as his best performance due to the energy of the people of Germany after the collapse of the Berlin wall.

At this point in Collins' career, his vocal skills and band playing were probably at their best. 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 continued applause after Something Happened on the Way to Heaven, and the lighter vigil during One More Night.

Miscellanea

*The track numbers for the song Another Day in Paradise on the "Serious Hits...Live!" CD are the same track numbers on the album they were taken from ...But Seriously.
*Even though it does sound like the CD was recorded over one entire concert, the songs on the CD version are taken from various concerts during the "Serious Hits!" tour.

CD track listing

#"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" – 4:59
#"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" – 3:28
#"Who Said I Would" – 4:28
#"One More Night" – 5:49
#"Don't Lose My Number" – 4:42
#"Do You Remember?" – 5:40
#"Another Day in Paradise" – 5:36
#"Separate Lives" – 5:16
#"In the Air Tonight" – 6:35
#"You Can't Hurry Love" – 2:54
#"Two Hearts" – 3:07
#"Sussudio" – 7:14
#"A Groovy Kind of Love - 3:25
#"Easy Lover" – 4:46
#"Take Me Home" – 8:39

DVD track listing

#"Hand in Hand"
#"Hang in Long Enough"
#"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"
#"You Can't Hurry Love"
#"Two Hearts"
#"Sussudio"
#"A Groovy Kind of Love"
#"Easy Lover"
#"Always"
#"Take Me Home"