Both Sides (All The Sides)

Artist Name
Phil Collins
Release Date

Phil Collins

Both Sides (All The Sides) 5-LP Vinyl Boxset

Releasing September 20

Live From the Board: Official Bootleg

A Limited Edition Four-Track EP For RSD Black Friday

LOS ANGELES—In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Phil Collins’ fifth solo studio album, Both Sides, it is to be reissued as a special edition 5-LP box set, releasing on September 20. 

This deluxe edition contains the remastered full original album, cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, and is a compendium of early demo tracks from the recording of the album as well as rarities from the singles originally released on the album - “Both Sides of the Story,” “Everyday” and “We Wait and We Wonder.” Both Sides (All The Sides) brings this full collection together with live tracks from the era, such as “Can’t Turn Back the Years,” “Both Sides of the Story” taken from Collins’ MTV Unplugged performance, “Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore” and more, as one release for the first time on vinyl. The set is housed in a slipcase with picture sleeves and a 16-page booklet containing newly written and extensive liner notes by esteemed journalist Michael Hann. 

Proclaimed by Collins as his most personal album to that point in his career, Both Sides, originally released in 1993, is Phil Collins’ fifth album and was written, performed and produced all by Collins himself at his home studio in just six weeks. In a 2016 interview with The Guardian newspaper, Collins named it as his "favorite album from a songwriting and creative perspective," going on to reveal how “… the songs just streamed out of me, and as a writer, that's the kind of thing that you dream of.”

Upon its original release, the album reached No. 1 in the UK and throughout Europe and No. 13 in the US and has gone on to be a global multi-platinum seller. 

As written by Michael Hann in his notes, “Time has magnified its virtues, and perspective has amplified its truths. Both Sides may not have been the monster hit its predecessors were, but it might be the most important record in the Phil Collins discography.”

Also announced today is Live From the Board: Official Bootleg, a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl for RSD Black Friday (November 29). This four-track EP was originally released in 1995 and features songs recorded on the Both Sides tour in 1994 under the artist name Phil Collins & The Indescribable Din. It features the tracks “Sussudio,” “Easy Lover,” “Separate Lives,” and “My Girl.”

Both Sides (All The Sides)

Tracklist

LP 1  

Side One – Original Album

  1. Both Sides of the Story
  2. Can’t Turn Back the Years
  3. Everyday

Side Two  – Original Album

  1. I’ve Forgotten Everything
  2. We’re Sons of Our Fathers
  3. Can’t Find My Way

LP 2  

Side One – Original Album

  1. Survivors
  2. We Fly So Close
  3. There’s a Place for Us

Side Two  – Original Album

  1. We Wait and We Wonder
  2. Please Come Out Tonight

LP 3  

Side One

  1. Can’t Find My Way (Demo)
  2. Hero (Demo)
  3. Both Sides of the Demo (Early Demo)
  4. Everyday (Early Demo)  

Side Two 

  1. Don’t Call Me Ashley
  2. Rad Dudeski
  3. For a Friend
  4. I’ve Been Trying

LP 4  

Side One

  1. Both Sides of the Story (Live)
  2. Can’t Turn Back the Years (Live)
  3. Survivors (Live) 

Side Two 

  1. Everyday (Live)
  2. We Wait and We Wonder (Live)
  3. Both Sides of the Story (MTV Europe Unplugged)

LP 5  

Side One

  1. Hang in Long Enough (Live)  
  2. Hand in Hand (Live)
  3. Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore (Live)

Side Two 

  1. Always (Live)
  2. Stevies Blues (There's a Place for Us Instrumental)
  3. Take Me With You