Serious Hits... Live!
{{Short description|1990 live album by Phil Collins}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Serious Hits... Live!
| type = live
| artist = Phil Collins
| cover = SeriousHitsLive.jpg
| alt =
| released =
- 29 October 1990 (VHS){{cite web |title=American video certifications – Phil Collins – Seriously Live |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=seriously+live#search_section |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=30 August 2022}}
- 5 November 1990 (Album){{cite web |title=British album certifications – Phil Collins – Serious Hits... Live! |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5772-3748-2 |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |access-date=30 August 2022}}
- 25 August 2003 (DVD)
| recorded = 1990
| venue = Waldbühne (Berlin) (Seriously Live In Berlin)
various venues (Serious Hits Live)
| genre = Pop rock
| length = {{Duration|m=76|s=53}} (CD)
161:04 (Seriously Live In Berlin)
| label = Virgin
| director = Jim Yukich
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Phil Collins
- Robert Colby
}}
| prev_title = …But Seriously
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Both Sides
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Serious Hits… Live!
| type = live
| single1 = Do You Remember?
| single1date = November 1990 (EU)
| single2 = Who Said I Would
| single2date = February 1991 (US){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/323/mode/2up|page=323|title=Great Rock Discography}}
}}
}}
Serious Hits… Live! is the name of Phil Collins' 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 Waldbühne 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 1992, the album brought Collins a nomination for British Male Artist.{{Cite web | url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1992 | title=History | access-date=23 February 2013 | archive-date=14 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114193144/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1992 | url-status=dead }}
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 Berlin Wall. 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 "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" and the lighter vigil during "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore".
Track listing
=Original 1990 LP=
{{track listing
| all_writing = Phil Collins, except where noted.
| headline = Side 1
| title1 = Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
| writer1 = {{hlist|Collins|Daryl Stuermer}}
| length1 = 4:59
| title2 = Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
| length2 = 3:28
| title3 = Who Said I Would
| length3 = 4:28
| title4 = One More Night
| length4 = 5:49
}}
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = Side 2
| title5 = Don't Lose My Number
| length5 = 4:42
| title6 = Do You Remember?
| length6 = 5:40
| title7 = Another Day in Paradise
| length7 = 5:36
| title8 = Separate Lives
| writer8 = Stephen Bishop
| length8 = 5:16
}}
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = Side 3
| title1 = In the Air Tonight
| length1 = 6:35
| title2 = You Can't Hurry Love
| writer2 = Holland–Dozier–Holland
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = Two Hearts
| writer3 = Collins, Lamont Dozier
| length3 = 3:07
| title4 = Sussudio
| length4 = 7:14
}}
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = Side 4
| title5 = A Groovy Kind of Love
| writer5 = Carole Bayer Sager, Toni Wine
| length5 = 3:30
| title6 = Easy Lover
| writer6 = Philip Bailey, Collins, Nathan East
| length6 = 4:46
| title7 = Take Me Home
| length7 = 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"
- 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 No Jacket Required, having been re-arranged into a ballad.
Personnel
= The Serious Guys =
- Phil Collins – vocals, electric grand piano, synthesizer, drums
- Brad Cole – keyboards
- Daryl Stuermer – guitars
- Leland Sklar – bass
- Chester Thompson – drums
= The Seriousettes =
- Bridgette Bryant – vocals
- Arnold McCuller – vocals
- Fred White – vocals
= [[Phenix Horns|The Phenix Horns]] =
- Don Myrick – 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, Townhouse Studios and Great Linford Manor (England, UK); The Power Station (New York, NY); A&M Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
- Design – Phil Collins and Wherefore Art?
- Photography – Lewis Lee
Charts
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Certifications
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=Album=
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Serious Hits... Live!}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Argentina|award=Platinum|number=5|certyear=2003|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead|title=Estadísticas – Discos de Oro y Platino|publisher=Camara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|language=es|access-date=18 April 2021}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1996|access-date=16 July 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Austria|award=Platinum|certyear=1991|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits .......Live!|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Brazil|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1998|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits...Live|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Canada|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1991|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits...Live|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Finland|award=Gold|certyear=1990|artist=Phil Collins|salesamount=41,520|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=France|award=Diamond|certyear=1990|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits Live|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Germany|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1995|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits…Live!|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Italy|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=1991|certref={{cite web|author=Gloria Pozzi|url=http://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/view_preview.shtml#!/NTovZXMvaXQvcmNzZGF0aS9AOTU5MDU%3D|title=Spettacoli – Rock 1991: re, regine e buffoni|work=Corriere della Sera|publisher=archivio.corriere.it|language=it|date=30 December 1991|access-date=18 April 2021}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Japan|award=Gold|certyear=1991|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits...Live!|access-date=18 April 2021|salesamount=300,000|salesref=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Netherlands|award=Platinum|certyear=1990|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits – Live|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=7|certyear=1992|certref=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Portugal|award=Platinum|certyear=1991|certref={{cite magazine|author=Fernando Tenente|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-05-04.pdf|title=Veloso: Portugal's Pride|magazine=Billboard|via=worldradiohistory.com|page=71|date=4 May 1991|access-date=18 April 2021}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Spain|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2009|certref={{cite web|url=https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/287-Álbumes-semana-32-2009|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 32: del 03.08.2009 al 09.08.2009|publisher=Productores de Música de España|page=2|language=es|access-date=18 April 2021}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1993|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=1992|id=5772-3748-2|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits Live|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=1999|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits ... Live!|access-date=18 April 2021}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1990|region=Europe|award=Platinum|number=5|certyear=1991|certref={{cite web|url=https://pdfhost.io/v/6oWNUGiaa_Music_and_Media_Sep_21_1991.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418085447/https://pdfhost.io/v/6oWNUGiaa_Music_and_Media_Sep_21_1991.pdf|archive-date=18 April 2021|url-status=live|title=European Top 100 Albums|work=Music and Media|publisher=pdfhost.io|date=21 September 1991|access-date=18 April 2021}}}}
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=Video=
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Serious Hits... Live! video}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=video|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Argentina|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=2003|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=P&Tipo=0&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531185849/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=P&Tipo=0&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-date=31 May 2011|title=Estadísticas – Discos de Oro y Platino|publisher=Camara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|language=es|access-date=17 April 2021}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=video|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Australia|award=Gold|certyear=2005|access-date=17 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=video|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Brazil|award=Platinum|certyear=2004|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits Live|access-date=17 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=video|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Germany|award=Platinum|certyear=2008|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits…Live!|access-date=17 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=video|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Netherlands|award=Gold|certyear=2005|artist=Phil Collins|title=Serious Hits Live|access-date=17 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=video|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|certyear=2003|certref=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=video|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=Portugal|award=Platinum|certyear=2011|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/20117.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110521071939/http://www.artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/20117.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-21|title=Top 30 DVD's Musicais – Semana 7 de 2011|publisher=Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|language=pt|access-date=17 April 2021}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=video|relyear=1990|relmonth=11|region=United States|award=Platinum|certyear=1990|artist=Phil Collins|title=Seriously Live|access-date=17 April 2021}}
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Critical reception
- AllMusic {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r33682|pure_url=yes}} link]
See also
References
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Category:Phil Collins live albums
Category:1990s live video albums
Category:Albums produced by Phil Collins
Category:Phil Collins video albums
Category:Virgin Records live albums
Category:Virgin Records video albums
Category:Atlantic Records video albums
Category:Atlantic Records live albums