Serious Hits... Live! Explained

Serious Hits... Live!
Type:live
Artist:Phil Collins
Cover:SeriousHitsLive.jpg
Released:
  • 29 October 1990 (VHS)[1]
  • 5 November 1990 (Album)[2]
  • 25 August 2003 (DVD)
Recorded:1990
Venue:Waldbühne (DVD)
Genre:Pop rock
Label:Virgin
Director:Jim Yukich
Prev Title:…But Seriously
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Both Sides
Next Year:1993

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.[3]

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

DVD track listing

  1. "Hand in Hand"
  2. "Hang in Long Enough"
  3. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
  4. "Don't Lose My Number"
  5. "Inside Out"
  6. "Do You Remember?"
  7. "Who Said I Would"
  8. "Another Day in Paradise"
  9. "Separate Lives"
  10. "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"
  11. "The West Side"
  12. "That's Just the Way It Is"
  13. "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"
  14. "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore"
  15. "One More Night"
  16. "Colours"
  17. "In the Air Tonight"
  18. Band Introductions
  19. "You Can't Hurry Love"
  20. "Two Hearts"
  21. "Sussudio"
  22. "A Groovy Kind of Love"
  23. "Easy Lover"
  24. "Always"
  25. "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

The Seriousettes

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for Serious Hits... Live!
Chart (1990–2019)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (BEA)[4] 3
Canadian Albums (RPM)[5] 6
Danish Albums (IFPI)[6] 4
European Albums (IFPI)1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)4
Finnish Music DVD (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 7
French Albums (IFOP)[8] 2
Greek Albums (IFPI)[9] 7
Irish Albums (IRMA)[10] 2
Italian Albums (AFI)[11] 3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12] 7
New Zealand Music DVD (RMNZ)[13] 1
Portuguese Albums (AFP)2
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[14] 6
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[15] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)!scope="col"
Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] 22
Japanese Albums (Oricon)75
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 32
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[18] 63
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[19] 84
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 104
Chart (1991)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] 27
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22] 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24] 21
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[25] 83
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 9

Certifications

Video

Reception

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: American video certifications - Phil Collins - Seriously Live . . 30 August 2022.
  2. Web site: British album certifications - Phil Collins - Serious Hits... Live! . . 30 August 2022.
  3. Web site: History.
  4. Web site: Top 3 Albums in Europe. Music and Media. worldradiohistory.com. 7. 1 December 1990. 18 April 2021.
  5. Web site: RPM 100 Albums (CD & Cassettes). https://web.archive.org/web/20160314193912/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1422&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. 14 March 2016. dead. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 26 January 1991. 18 April 2021.
  6. Web site: Top 10 in Europe. Music and Media. worldradiohistory.com. 29. 12 January 1991. 18 April 2021.
  7. Web site: Suomen virallinen lista – DVD 42/2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418145959/https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/dvd/2012/42/. 18 April 2021. live. fi. 18 April 2021.
  8. Web site: Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – Lettre C. Institut français d'opinion publique. fr. 18 April 2021.
  9. Web site: Top 10 in Europe. Music and Media. worldradiohistory.com. 52. 22 December 1990. 18 April 2021.
  10. Web site: Top 10 in Europe. Music and Media. worldradiohistory.com. 29. 26 January 1991. 18 April 2021.
  11. Web site: Top 3 Albums in Europe. Music and Media. worldradiohistory.com. 7. 15 December 1990. 18 April 2021.
  12. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.
  13. Book: Scapolo, Dean. The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Maurienne House. 2007. 978-1-877443-00-8.
  14. Web site: Top 10 in Europe. Music and Media. worldradiohistory.com. 24. 19 January 1991. 18 April 2021.
  15. Phil Collins Chart History (Top Current Album Sales). Billboard. 18 April 2021.
  16. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1990. dutchcharts.nl. 13 February 2022.
  17. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1990. Recorded Music NZ. 14 February 2022.
  18. Web site: Alben 1990 Norwegen – Album-Charts – Top 40 Auswertung. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418093310/https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/album-charts-norwegen/jahrescharts/alben-1990/top-40/2. 18 April 2021. live. chartsurfer.de. de. 18 April 2021.
  19. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st . September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  20. Web site: Alben 1990 Schweiz – Album-Charts – Top 100 Auswertung. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418093725/https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/album-charts-schweiz/jahrescharts/alben-1990/top-100/3. 18 April 2021. live. chartsurfer.de. de. 18 April 2021.
  21. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1991. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017171654/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1991/albums-chart. 17 October 2020. live. Australian Recording Industry Association. 18 April 2021.
  22. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1991. dutchcharts.nl. 13 February 2022.
  23. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 13 February 2022.
  24. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1991. Recorded Music NZ. 12 February 2022.
  25. Web site: Alben 1991 Norwegen – Album-Charts – Top 40 Auswertung. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418093044/https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/album-charts-norwegen/jahrescharts/alben-1991/top-40/2. 18 April 2021. live. chartsurfer.de. de. 18 April 2021.
  26. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1991. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418093536/https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1991/alben. 18 April 2021. live. Hung Medien. de. 18 April 2021.

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