Face Value: (Phil Collins 1979-1981) - From Crisis to Star: The Amazing Rise Of Phil Collins

The first book on the seminal album by Phil Collins, now available in English!January 1979: after returning from the "And Then There Were Three" world tour with GENESIS, Phil Collins wants to save his marriage, which has been in a serious crisis for some time, at all costs: he puts the band on ice and follows his wife and children to Canada. After just a few weeks, however, he is forced to admit his defeat and returns to England. Vacillating between melancholy, sadness and anger, he fights his way out of his deep life crisis by throwing himself into numerous musical projects, including with Peter Gabriel, in the spring/summer of 1979. Above all, however, he processes his feelings in his first songs as a solo artist, songs created in his home studio in 1979. In his new book, Mark Bell provides the first comprehensive account of how the drummer and singer succeeded in transforming his major personal life crisis into one of the most important albums of the 1980s and establishing his career as a solo star.Contains additional photos not available in the original version! Read more