SECONDS OUT

After many many years of wanting to buy this album, but always getting something else, I recently purchased this album. I have to tell you, it was a disappointment. It not that Collins is singing and Gabriel is not (that goes without saying); it's that the musicianship of the band is really lacking on this album.

If you compare the versions of the songs found on this album and Archive - Volume 1: 1967-1975, you will quickly hear the difference. The band, at the time of this recording, couldn't hold a flame to it's old self. Perhaps Chester Thompson wasn't as comfortable in the band was he would eventually become. Perhaps Phil Collins is a much better drummer that we even give him credit for. Perhaps Steve Hacker knew his time was limited and really wasn't putting his heart into it. I don't know, but you're better spending your money buying Archive - Volume 1 and Trick of the Tale, than purchasing this album.