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Hello, I Must Be Going!

 
Album Review: Hello, I Must Be Going!
 

  • Artist: Phil Collins
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1982
  • Total Time: 45:03
  • Genre: Rock

Review

As his hit cover of "You Can't Hurry Love" demonstrates, Phil Collins began to inject his highly melodic pop songwriting with more soul and R&B influences on his second solo album, Hello, I Must Be Going! While some of the material was successful, much of it showed that he was still coming to grips with how to incorporate R&B techniques into his style; in retrospect, Hello, I Must Be Going! laid the groundwork for his breakthrough album, No Jacket Required. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
I Don't Care Anymore Phil Collins Phil Collins (5:00)
I Cannot Believe It's True Phil Collins Phil Collins (5:14)
Like China Phil Collins Phil Collins (5:05)
Do You Know, Do You Care? Phil Collins Phil Collins (4:57)
You Can't Hurry Love Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland Phil Collins (2:50)
It Don't Matter to Me Phil Collins Phil Collins (4:12)
Thru These Walls Phil Collins Phil Collins (5:02)
Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away Phil Collins Phil Collins (4:43)
The West Side Phil Collins Phil Collins (4:59)
Why Can't It Wait Till Morning Phil Collins Phil Collins (3:01)

Credits

Phil Collins (Percussion), Phil Collins (Piano), Phil Collins (Trumpet), Phil Collins (Drums), Phil Collins (Keyboards), Phil Collins (Marimba), Phil Collins (Tambourine), Phil Collins (Vocals), Phil Collins (Handclapping), Phil Collins (Producer), Phil Collins (Tympani [Timpani]), Phil Collins (Main Performer), Peter Gabriel (Vocals), Mo Foster (Bass), Daryl Stuermer (Banjo), Daryl Stuermer (Guitar), Gary Barnacle (Saxophone), Rahmlee Michael Davis (Trumpet), Martyn Ford (Strings), David Frank (Keyboards), John Giblin (Bass), Michael Harris (Trumpet), Don Myrick (Saxophone), Don Myrick (Sax (Alto)), Don Myrick (Sax (Tenor)), Hugh Padgham (Producer), Peter Robinson (Keyboards), Peter Robinson (Piano), Peter Robinson (Glockenspiel), Peter Robinson (Vibraphone), Louis Satterfield (Trombone), Helen Terry (Vocals), Peter Newton (Vocals), Daryl Steurmor (Guitar), Leland Sklar (Bass), Trevor Key (Photography)
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Wikipedia: Hello, I Must Be Going! (album)
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Hello, I Must Be Going!
Hello, I Must Be Going! cover
Studio album by Phil Collins
Released November 1, 1982
CD issue: June 1988
Recorded May - September 1982
Genre Soft Rock
Length 45:03
Label Virgin (UK/Ireland)
Atlantic (North America)
WEA (rest of the world)
Producer Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Professional reviews
Phil Collins chronology
Face Value
(1981)
Hello, I Must Be Going!
(1982)
No Jacket Required
(1985)

Hello, I Must Be Going! is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was originally released November 1, 1982 and a CD version released in 1988. This album's name comes from the Marx Brothers' song with the same name, featured in the movie Animal Crackers. The album was promoted with a tour of the same name

One of the highlights of the album is the cover version of the Supremes hit "You Can't Hurry Love", which is one of Collins' best-known singles, although none of the other single releases from the album made any significant impact on the charts. Other notable tracks include the modern-jazz instrumental "The West Side", and "Thru These Walls", a dark voyeuristic song about a man listening through the wall to his neighbors partaking in unseemly nighttime activities -- or at least that's what he's imagining at the time.

The more upbeat tracks serve as a preamble to the more commercial sound of the next album No Jacket Required. The album takes much of its inspiration from the problems in Collins' personal life, most notably the painful divorce he was going through at the time. This accounts for the dark and embittered tone on several of the tracks, including the single "I Don't Care Anymore". Co-produced with Hugh Padgham, the gated reverb sound of the drum kit is employed in full yet again, with a mixture of very dry drum sounds on tracks like "I Cannot Believe It's True" in contrast to the huge acoustics used on "Do You Know, Do You Care?".

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Phil Collins except as noted.

Side one

  1. "I Don't Care Anymore" - 5:00
  2. "I Cannot Believe It's True" - 5:14
  3. "Like China" - 5:05
  4. "Do You Know, Do You Care?" - 4:57
  5. "You Can't Hurry Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:50

Side two

  1. "It Don't Matter to Me" - 4:12
  2. "Thru These Walls" - 5:02
  3. "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" - 4:43
  4. "The West Side" - 4:59
  5. "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" - 3:01

Personnel and arrangements


1. "I Don't Care Anymore"
  • Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, bass pedals
  • Daryl Stuermer - guitars
2. "I Cannot Believe It's True"
  • Phil Collins - keys, drums, vocals, percussion
  • Daryl Stuermer - guitars
  • John Giblin - bass
  • Don Myrick - alto sax solo
  • Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Michael Harris - Phenix Horns
  • Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Phil Collins, Peter Newton - Phenix Choir
3. "Like China"
  • Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, claps
  • Daryl Stuermer - guitars
  • John Giblin - bass
4. "Do You Know, Do You Care?"
  • Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, pedals, tymps, trumpet
  • Daryl Stuermer - guitars
5. "You Can't Hurry Love"
  • Phil Collins - drums, vocals, tambourine
  • Daryl Stuermer - guitars
  • John Giblin - bass
  • Peter Robinson - piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone
  • Strings arranged by Martyn Ford
6. "It Don't Matter to Me"
  • Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, percussion
  • Daryl Stuermer - guitars
  • Mo Foster - bass
  • Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Michael Harris - Phenix Horns
7. "Thru These Walls"
  • Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, marimba
  • Daryl Stuermer - guitars
  • Mo Foster - bass
8. "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"
  • Phil Collins - piano, drums, vocals
  • Daryl Stuermer - guitars
  • John Giblin - bass
  • Strings arranged by Martyn Ford
9. "The West Side"
  • Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, percussion, vocals, pedals
  • Daryl Stuermer - guitars
  • Don Myrick - alto saxophone
  • Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Michael Harris - Phenix Horns
10. "Why Can't It Wait' Til Morning?"
  • Phil Collins - piano, vocals
  • Strings arranged by Martyn Ford


  • Produced by Phil Collins
  • Assisted by Hugh Padgham
  • Engineered by Hugh Padgham
  • Assisted by Howard Gray
  • Thanks to Martyn Ford for extra mixing hands on the orchestral tracks
  • Recorded at Old Croft On 1" 8 track,
  • Overdubbed at 'The Farm' and 'Townhouse' May-June '82
  • Strings recorded at CBS, Engineered by Mike Ross
  • Main cover photo by Trevor Key
  • Mastered by Ian Cooper
  • The Mountain Fjord Orchestra was conducted by Martyn Ford and led by Garyn Wright.
  • The Phenix Horns are Don Myrick - Tenor and Alto, Louis Satterfield - Trombone, Rhamlee Michael Davis - Trumpet Michael Harris - Trumpet, Arranged by Tom-Tom 84

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