Phil Collins-Face Value (1981)

Genesis had finally achieved a number one in 1980 thanks to his album "Duke", a work that was distanced in part from the progressive rock of yesteryear and that would undoubtedly be the seed of what Phil Collins would do alone later.
A year after the publication of this album, Collins was released solo with the album "Face Value" which showed the paths where his mother band would also follow.
Here Collins opts for a sophisticated pop-oriented commercial sound while still looking at what Peter Gabriel had done on his first three solo albums.
Face Value is a forceful and powerful album at times, like the initial one and already become a pop classic "In The Air Tonight", the instrumental "Hand in Hand" or the delicate ballad "This Must Be love", without stopping mention the progressive converted into a soul jazz version "Behind the Lines" or the magnificent version of The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows" that make this debut a sensational work of pop rock.