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Sep 02, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Phil Collins

1980s hitmaker and Genesis frontman/drummer Phil Collins will be releasing deluxe reissues of two of his albums on November 6 via Atlantic, his 1981 debut solo album Face Value and 1993’s Both Sides. What makes this news somewhat interesting is that Collins has recreated the original album covers with new photos of how his face looks now. See the new covers above.

The reissues are the first part of the “Take a Look at Me Now” retrospective reissue campaign of all eight of his solo albums. The reissues will include demos and live tracks and will be released in 2-CD and digital formats, as well as on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl (as a single LP for Face Value and a double LP for Both Sides). There will also be box set versions in both CD and vinyl that include both albums and leave space for the other six reissues to come.

Collins commented on the reissues in a press release: “I’ve always been quite proud of my demos and have often made them available as B-sides, but with a few exceptions, I have avoided including those on these collections. Instead, I’ve focused on how nicely the songs developed when played on stage, rather than showing how they originated.”

Below are the tracklists for the reissues, followed by an instrumental demo of “Against All Odds” that surfaced online some years back and the original video for Face Value‘s opening track “In The Air Tonight” (which has close to 70 million views on YouTube!). And just for the fun of it, I’ve also included The Postal Service’s cover of “Against All Odds.”

Face Value: Deluxe Edition Tracklist:

Original Album Remastered:

1. “In The Air Tonight”
2. “This Must Be Love”
3. “Behind The Lines”
4. “The Roof Is Leaking”
5. “Droned”
6. “Hand In Hand”
7. “I Missed Again”
8. “You Know What I Mean”
9. “Thunder And Lightning”
10. “I’m Not Moving”
11. “If Leaving Me Is Easy”
12. “Tomorrow Never Knows”

Bonus Tracks - CD & Digital Formats Only:

1. “Misunderstanding” - Live
2. “If Leaving Me Is Easy” - Live*
3. “In The Air Tonight” - Live*
4. “Behind The Lines” - Live*
5. “The Roof Is Leaking” - Demo*
6. “Hand In Hand” - Live*
7. “I Missed Again” - Live*
8. “....And So To F” - Live*
9. “This Must Be Love” - Demo*
10. “Please Don’t Ask” - Demo*
11. “Misunderstanding” - Demo*
12. “Against All Odds” - Demo

Both Sides: Deluxe Edition Tracklist:

Original Album Remastered:

1. “Both Sides Of The Story”
2. “Can’t Turn Back The Years”
3. “Everyday”
4. “I’ve Forgotten Everything”
5. “We’re Sons Of Our Fathers”
6. “Can’t Find My Way”
7. “Survivors”
8. “We Fly So Close”
9. “There’s A Place For Us”
10. “We Wait And We Wonder”
11. “Please Come Out Tonight”

Bonus Tracks - CD & Digital Formats Only:

1. “Take Me With You”
2. “Both Sides Of The Story” - Live*
3. “Can’t Turn Back The Years” - Live*
4. “Survivors” - Live*
5. “Everyday” - Live*
6. “We Wait And We Wonder” - Live*
7. “Can’t Find My Way” - Demo*
8. “I’ve Been Trying”
9. “Both Sides Of The Story”
10. “Hero” - Demo

* Previously unreleased on CD