Phil Collins’ fifth solo album, 1993’s Both Sides, will get an expanded reissue in an upcoming 30th-anniversary edition, set for release on September 20th.
The centerpiece of the 5xLP collection — fittingly titled Both Sides (All the Sides) — is a remastered edition of the original album cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Also featuring early demo tracks and rarities, the box set comes with newly written liner notes by journalist Michael Hann. Other rare tracks on Both Sides (All the Sides) are live recordings of “Can’t Turn Back the Years,” “Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore,” and “Both Sides of the Story,” the latter of which is taken from Collins’ 1994 MTV Unplugged performance.
Both Sides was Collins’ fifth album and was written, performed and produced all by Collins himself at his home studio in just six weeks. The LP, released two years after his final album with Genesis, We Can’t Dance, included the Top 30 hits “Both Sides of the Story” and “Everyday.” Upon its original release, the album reached No. 1 in the UK and throughout Europe and No. 13 in the US and has become a global multi-platinum seller. Both Sides also marked his first solo record in four years, following .. But Seriously, which reached No. 1 and was nominated for more than a half-dozen Grammy Awards.
Collins will also release Live From the Board: Official Bootleg, a limited-edition LP for RSD Black Friday on Nov. 29. The four-track EP was first issued in 1995 and includes songs recorded on 1994’s Both Sides tour, and features songs recorded on the Both Sides Tour in 1994 under the artist name Phil Collins & The Indescribable Din, including tracks “Sussudio,” “Easy Lover,” “Separate Lives,” and “My Girl.”
Both Sides (All the Sides) can be pre-ordered – here or via Rhino Records: here.
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