Benny Sings on Phil Collins’ “Face Value” (1981)

Episode notes

This week, we talk to producer/singer Benny Sings about Phil Collins’ solo debut album, Face Value. We get into the incredible drum fill of In The Air Tonight, it’s iconic use on Miami Vice, and the real life issues Collins was going through when making this album.

More on Benny Sings

Check out Benny’s new album Music
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More on Face Value

Phil explaining the origins of In The Air Tonight
In The Air Tonight on Miami Vice
Check out Chris Molanphy’s episode of Hit Parade on Phil Collins

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Face Value unless otherwise indicated)

This Must Be Love
Droned
Benny Sings: Sunny Afternoon
Phil Collins & Phillip Bailey: Easy Lover
One More Night
If Loving Me Is Easy
Droned
Hand In Hand
I Missed Again
Behind the Lines
In The Air Tonight
I’m Not Moving
In The Air Tonight
If Leaving Me Is Easy
I’m Not Moving
Gino Vanneli: Love & Emotion
Frank Sinatra: Only the Lonely
Paul McCartney: Say Say Say

In this episode...

Oliver Wang

Host

Morgan Rhodes

Host

Christian Dueñas

Producer

Guests

Benny Sings

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