Single disc remasters • In a box • No bonus tracks • Great price
After the deluxe reissue campaign of 2016, Warners will gather all eight remastered Phil Collins‘ studio albums and issue them in a great value Take A Look At Me Now box set.
The eight-CD box shares the moniker and design of the one that came with the deluxe reissues of Face Value and Both Sides but this set isn’t about expanded reissues, it’s about bringing together album-only remasters. Long-players in the box are Collins’ entire solo studio discography: Face Value; Hello, I Must Be Going;No Jacket Required; …But Seriously, Both Sides, Dance Into The Light, Testify and Going Back.
There is obviously no reason to get this if you have a complete collection of the deluxe sets, but it’s fair to say that those reissues – curated by Collins himself – were rather haphazard affairs, often missing of favourite remixes, or sought after demos in favour of live tracks. If you only cherry-picked a few favourites, then this could be for you.
This new Take A Look At Me Now box is incredible value at under £20 in the UK and from the image above each album appears to be presented in a gatefold card wallet. The covers are the rather innovative revised art, with Phil re-creating the old covers at the age of 64, although you could argue that doesn’t necessarily make sense if you’re just re-presenting remastered versions of the originals.
Update (25 Oct): There are actually two versions of this box set. The one pictured above at just under £20 comes in a slipcase box and has gatefold wallets for each album, but a slightly cheaper variant (not that much cheaper) comes in a clamshell box and the album wallets are not gatefold.
The Take A Look At Me Now box set will be released on 24 November 2017.
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Take A Look At Me Now - 8CD slipcase box with gatefold wallets
CD 1 – Face Value
1. In The Air Tonight (2015 Remastered)
2. This Must Be Love (2015 Remastered)
3. Behind The Lines (2015 Remastered)
4. The Roof Is Leaking (2015 Remastered)
5. Droned (2015 Remastered)
6. Hand In Hand (2015 Remastered)
7. I Missed Again (2015 Remastered)
8. You Know What I Mean (2015 Remastered)
9. Thunder And Lightning (2015 Remastered)
10. I’m Not Moving (2015 Remastered)
11. If Leaving Me Is Easy (2015 Remastered)
12. Tomorrow Never Knows (2015 Remastered)
CD 2 – Hello, I Must Be Going
1. I Don’t Care Anymore (2016 Remastered)
2. I Cannot Believe It’s True (2016 Remastered)
3. Like China (2016 Remastered)
4. Do You Know, Do You Care? (2016 Remastered)
5. You Can’t Hurry Love (2016 Remastered)
6. It Don’t Matter To Me (2016 Remastered)
7. Thru These Walls (2016 Remastered)
8. Don’t Let Him Steal Your Heart Away (2016 Remastered)
9. The West Side (2016 Remastered)
10. Why Can’t It Wait ‘Til Morning (2016 Remastered)
CD 3 – No Jacket Required
1. Sussudio (2016 Remastered)
2. Only You Know And I Know (2016 Remastered)
3. Long Long Way To Go (2016 Remastered)
4. I Don’t Wanna Know (2016 Remastered)
5. One More Night (2016 Remastered)
6. Don’t Lose My Number (2016 Remastered)
7. Who Said I Would (2016 Remastered)
8. Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore (2016 Remastered)
9. Inside Out (2016 Remastered)
10. Take Me Home (2016 Remastered)
11. We Said Hello Goodbye (2016 Remastered)
CD 4 – …But Seriously
1. Hang In Long Enough (2016 Remastered)
2. That’s Just the Way It Is (2016 Remastered)
3. Do You Remember? (2016 Remastered)
4. Something Happened On The Way To Heaven (2016 Remastered)
5. Colours (2016 Remastered)
6. I Wish It Would Rain Down (2016 Remastered)
7. Another Day In Paradise (2016 Remastered)
8. Heat On The Street (2016 Remastered)
9. All Of My Life (2016 Remastered)
10. Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (2016 Remastered)
11. Father To Son (2016 Remastered)
12. Find A Way To My Heart (2016 Remastered)
CD 5 – Both Sides
1. Both Sides Of The Story (2015 Remastered)
2. Can’t Turn Back The Years (2015 Remastered)
3. Everyday (2015 Remastered)
4. I’ve Forgotten Everything (2015 Remastered)
5. We’re Sons Of Our Fathers (2015 Remastered)
6. Can’t Find My Way (2015 Remastered)
7. Survivors (2015 Remastered)
8. We Fly So Close (2015 Remastered)
9. There’s A Place For Us (2015 Remastered)
10. We Wait And We Wonder (2015 Remastered)
11. Please Come Out Tonight (2015 Remastered)
CD 6 – Dance Into The Light
1. Dance Into The Light (2016 Remastered)
2. That’s What You Said (2016 Remastered)
3. Lorenzo (2016 Remastered)
4. Just Another Story (2016 Remastered)
5. Love Police (2016 Remastered)
6. Wear My Hat (2016 Remastered)
7. It’s In Your Eyes (2016 Remastered)
8. Oughta Know By Now (2016 Remastered)
9. Take Me Down (2016 Remastered)
10. The Same Moon (2016 Remastered)
11. River So Wide (2016 Remastered)
12. No Matter Who (2016 Remastered)
13. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (2016 Remastered)
CD 7 – Testify
1. Wake Up Call (2016 Remastered)
2. Come With Me (2016 Remastered)
3. Testify (2016 Remastered)
4. Don’t Get Me Started (2016 Remastered)
5. Swing Low (2016 Remastered)
6. It’s Not Too Late (2016 Remastered)
7. This Love This Heart (2016 Remastered)
8. Driving Me Crazy (2016 Remastered)
9. The Least You Can Do (2016 Remastered)
10. Can’t Stop Loving You (2016 Remastered)
11. Thru My Eyes (2016 Remastered)
12. You Touch My Heart (2016 Remastered)
CD8 – Going Back
1. Going Back (2016 Remastered)
2. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) [2016 Remastered]
3. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave (2016 Remastered)
4. Some Of Your Lovin’ (2016 Remastered)
5. Going To A Go-Go (2016 Remastered)
6. Papa Was A Rolling Stone (2016 Remastered)
7. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (2016 Remastered)
8. Something About You (2016 Remastered)
9. Talkin About My Baby (2016 Remastered)
10. Do I Love You (2016 Remastered)
11. Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer (2016 Remastered)
12. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me For A Little While) [2016 Remastered]
13. Too Many Fish In The Sea (2016 Remastered)
14. Uptight (Everything’s Alright) [2016 Remastered]
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By Paul Sinclair
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