- rock, adult contemporary, pop rock
- 47 min
- 12 tracks
- Atlantic
Face Value is the debut studio album by the English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released on 13 February 1981, by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and Atlantic Records in North America.
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Character
Spare, character-led, classical in form and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- PopMatters9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Record Mirror5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Sounds4/5 ★
- Uncut7/10
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Tracks
- A1In the Air Tonight5:30
- A2This Must Be Love3:56
- A3Behind the Lines3:53
- A4The Roof Is Leaking3:19
- A5Droned2:49
- A6Hand in Hand5:21
- B1I Missed Again3:40
- B2You Know What I Mean2:33
- B3Thunder and Lightning4:13
- B4I'm Not Moving2:32
- B5If Leaving Me Is Easy4:54
- B6Tomorrow Never Knows4:45
12 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Phil Collins
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- 1981
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- JP
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