Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New

Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New is a compilation album by English musician Phil Collins. The album was released by Atlantic Recording Corporation and Rhino Entertainment on 28 September 2004.[1] The album was released only a few months after the box set The Platinum Collection, which appeared earlier in the year (see 2004 in music).

Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New
Compilation album by Phil Collins
Released	28 September 2004 (2004-09-28)[1]
Recorded	1980–2004
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	105:28
Label	Atlantic/Rhino Virgin (UK/Éire)
Producer	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham, Arif Mardin, Anne Dudley, Rob Cavallo, Nick Davis, David Pack, Lamont Dozier, Robert Colby[2]
Compiler	Geoff Callingham[2]
Phil Collins chronology
The Platinum Collection (2004) Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New (2004) Going Back (2010)
Singles from Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New
"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away (re-release)[3]" Released: October 2004 "Tearing and Breaking" Released: 2004 "True Colors [Rehearsal] [4]" Released: 2004

The album was compiled of recordings released on previous albums as well as several previously unreleased songs, including a rehearsal take and live recordings.

Background, compilation and songs

The concept of Love Songs had existed since 2000. In that year, Collins and producer Rob Cavallo recorded the songs "Can't Stop Loving You," "Tears of a Clown" and "Least You Can Do" for inclusion in the compilation. However, the album did not see release and the songs were remixed and included on the 2002 studio album, Testify.[5]

The songs on Love Songs were compiled by Geoff Callingham with the track listing being approved by Phil Collins.[2] Several of the recordings—"I've Forgotten Everything," "This Must Be Love," —on the album were sped-up by several beats per minute, while none of the songs were remixed from their original albums.[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Phil Collins, except where indicated.

Disc one

1. "Tearing and Breaking" (lyrics: John Martyn, Collins; music: John Martyn) – 5:32
   • A previously unreleased new song, used as the radio promo single for the album.
2. "Do You Remember?" – 4:36
   • From the album ...But Seriously, and an American Top 5 hit single in 1990.
3. "One More Night" – 4:49
   • From the album No Jacket Required, and a #1 single in the U.S. in 1985.
4. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" – 3:28
   • From the Against All Odds Motion Picture Soundtrack, and a #1 single in the U.S. in 1984.
5. "Can't Turn Back the Years" – 4:38
   • From the album Both Sides, only released as a promo single in 1994.
6. "A Groovy Kind of Love" (Toni Wine, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:29
   • From the Buster Soundtrack, and a #1 single in the U.S. in 1988.
7. "Everyday" – 5:42
   • From the album "Both Sides", and a Top 20 hit in the UK in 1994.
8. "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" – 4:46
   • From the album Hello, I Must Be Going!, and released as a single in 1983.
   • Released again as a single from 'Love Songs', it reached #5 on the Billboard charts in 2005.
9. "Please Come Out Tonight" – 5:47
   • From the album Both Sides.
10. "This Must Be Love" – 3:36
    • From the album Face Value. This version is an edited or sped up version.
11. "It's in Your Eyes" – 3:03
    • From the album Dance Into the Light, and released as a single in 1997.
12. "Can't Stop Loving You" (Billy Nicholls) – 4:18
    • From the album Testify, and released as a single in 2002.

Disc two

1. "Testify" – 6:31
   • From the album Testify.
2. "True Colors" [Rehearsal] (Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly)* – 5:32
   • A previously unreleased rehearsal on 5 July 2004, at the Zenith, Toulouse, France of a cover of the Cyndi Lauper hit, which was released as a single by Phil Collins in its own right in 1998, as part of his Hits album.
3. "You'll Be in My Heart" – 4:17
   • From the Tarzan Soundtrack, and a Top 20 hit single in the UK in 1999. First time available on a Phil Collins album.
4. "If Leaving Me Is Easy" – 4:55
   • From the album Face Value, and a UK Top 20 hit single in 1981.
5. "I've Been Trying" (Curtis Mayfield) – 5:00
   • From the album A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield (1994). First time available on a Phil Collins album.
6. "I've Forgotten Everything" – 4:36
   • From the album Both Sides. This is a sped-up version of the original album version.
7. "Somewhere" (Music: Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim) – 4:01
   • From the album The Songs of West Side Story (1996). First time available on a Phil Collins album. This is the shortened "Radio version Edit" of the original 5:37 album track.
8. "The Least You Can Do" (Music: Daryl Stuermer, Lyrics: Collins) – 5:22
   • From the album Testify, and released as a single in 2003. This is a different version than the original version.
9. "Two Hearts" (Collins, Lamont Dozier) – 3:24
   • From the Buster soundtrack, and a #1 hit single in the U.S. in 1989.
10. "Separate Lives" [Live] (Stephen Bishop) – 5:18
    • A live rendition of the original American #1 hit single from 1985, recorded live as a duet with Bridgette Bryant and taken from the album Serious Hits... Live!.
11. "My Girl" [Live] (Smokey Robinson) – 3:49
    • A 1994 live cover of the Temptations U.S. #1 single, previously released only on the limited-edition EP "Live from the Board" (1995). First time available on a Phil Collins album.
12. "Always" [Live] (Irving Berlin) – 4:37
    • A 1990 live cover of the Irving Berlin song. Previously available only as the B-side of the "Both Sides of the Story" single in 1993. First time available on a Phil Collins album.
13. "The Way You Look Tonight" [Live] (Music: Jerome Kern, Lyrics: Dorothy Fields) – 4:04
    • A 1998 live cover of the classic from Great American Songbook. Previously unreleased.

Charts and certifications

Chart (2004) Peak position Australian Top 50 Albums[7] 37 Austrian Top 75 Albums[8] 4 Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums[9] 6 Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[10] 2 Canadian Albums Chart[11] 9 Danish Top 40 Albums[12] 2 French Compilations[13] 1 German Top 10 Albums[14] 8 Irish Albums Chart[15] 4 Italian Top 20 Albums[16] 9 Netherlands Top 100 Albums[17] 6 Norwegian Top 40 Albums[18] 13 Polish Top 50 Albums[19] 32 Portuguese Top 30 Albums[20] 1 Scottish Top 100 Albums[21] 10 Spanish Top 100 Albums[22] 12 Swedish Top 60 Albums[23] 7 Swiss Top 100 Albums[24] 2 US Billboard 200[25] 51 Chart (2007) Peak position UK Albums Chart[26] 7

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[27]	Gold	15,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[28]	Gold	25,000^*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[29]	Gold	50,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[30]	Platinum	100,000^^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[31]	Platinum	40,000^^
France (SNEP)[32]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[33]	3× Gold	300,000^^
Ireland (IRMA)[34]	Platinum	15,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[35]	Gold	40,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[36]	Platinum	40,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[37]	2× Platinum	600,000^^
United States (RIAA)[38]	Gold	250,000^^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[39]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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