As Genesis continued to climb in popularity and his solo career
\ntook off, one could think that Phil Collins could do no wrong.
\nAfter all, he was managing both gigs as a solo artist and as the
\nlead vocalist\/drummer for Genesis. But sooner or later, something
\nwas going to have to give. (One could say it finally did when
\nCollins departed Genesis in the ’90s to devote his energy to his
\nsolo career.)<\/p>\n
But in 1982, Collins finally did step on the first landmine,
\nwith his second solo album
\nHello, I Must Be Going!<\/i>. Even though it spawned a major hit
\nwith his cover of The Supremes’s “You Can’t Hurry Love” and a minor
\nhit with “I Don’t Care Anymore,” the remainder of the album was
\nlight fluff, weakly written and sometimes poorly performed. The
\nalbum has its moments, but it also has a lot of mistakes.<\/p>\n
Let’s cover the hits first. “I Don’t Care Anymore,” the album’s
\nopener, is an interesting twist for Collins – a song driven almost
\ncompletely by the drums and some keyboard work. By the time Daryl
\nSteurmer comes in on the guitar, it’s almost unnecessary; the
\nprimitive pounding on the skins is what seals this song from the
\nstart.<\/p>\n
“You Can’t Hurry Love” is also interesting, in that Collins
\nproved on his previous album
\nFace Value<\/i> that he was more than capable as a songwriter. So
\nfor him to go to a cover is a curious fork in the road. Fortunately
\nfor Collins, he nails it with agility and grace. Besides, I guess I
\nreally shouldn’t be surprised that Collins did a cover tune; he did
\nhave his version of “Tomorrow Never Knows” on
\nFace Value<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, that’s where most of the praise stops for
\nHello, I Must Be Going!<\/i>. Some tracks on this album are just
\nmediocre, such as “I Cannot Believe It’s True” and “Do You Know, Do
\nYou Care?”, almost performed as if Collins and crew knew they were
\ncapable of better works. Then there are tracks such as “Like
\nChina,” which are so god-awful annoying that I almost pitched the
\ntape out my car window. Did we really need to hear Collins deliver
\na song in a Cockney accent?<\/p>\n
For every few so-so songs on
\nHello, I Must Be Going!<\/i> like “Don’t Let Him Steal Your Heart
\nAway,” there is at least one undiscovered gem. Case in point, “It
\nDon’t Matter To Me,” a track I’ve heard get a little airplay over
\nthe years. This is a cut that is more indicative of what Collins
\nand crew were capable of; pity it didn’t get the attention it
\ndeserved.<\/p>\n
Collins would obviously recover from this album with his
\nmega-success
\nNo Jacket Required<\/i> (which we’ll get to one of these days;
\nthe inbox is getting to be like Fibber McGee’s closet), but
\nHello, I Must Be Going!<\/i> is an album that is definitely a
\n“for the fans only” release. If you absolutely have to hear the
\nhits from this one, then pick up
\nHits<\/i>. Otherwise, this album might consider following its own
\ntitle, and going for a major retooling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5661],"rating":[5619],"class_list":["post-39254","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-phil-collins","rating-rating-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39254"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}