Both Sides Songs Ranked
Both Sides is the fifth solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins. Featuring an adult-oriented soft rock based sound, the release came out in November 1993. Collins notably created the album entirely by himself without any collaborations from outside songwriters and performers, and he picked up mixed to positive critical reviews with the release, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stating that the album’s “artistically satisfying” songs feature “troubled, haunting tales”. A newly remastered, two-disc deluxe edition of the album was released on 29 January 2016, as part of the Take a Look at Me Now series of Collins’s studio album reissues. Here are all of Both Sides songs ranked.
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10. I’ve Forgotten Everything
“I’ve Forgotten Everything” is a slow moving song about closure, and how it sometimes can be hard to forget a past relationship..and the hurt with it. This is one of the weaker songs on Both Sides.”
9. We’re Sons of Our Fathers
“We’re Sons of our Fathers” is a good song in my opinion. Phil talks about how things have changed since he was a child, how todays youth are harder to control. The song has an excellent foundation, and could have been great if given a bit more attention.”
8. Please Come Out Tonight?
“Please Come Out Tonight” gently eases the listener out of the album. The song has a gentle, melancholy mood to it, something to listen to when you are lovesick. At the time I didn’t enjoy Please Come Out Tonight, but now it’s one of my favorite love songs.
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7. There’s a Place for Us
“There’s A Place For Us”,a really dreamy jazz-fusion type of song that totally escapes being torchy and is definately a highpoint. No this music isn’t particularly commercial this should’ve at least been critically acclaimed. But perhaps that 80’s issue took care of that.Phil had’nt been a critics darling since the earliest days of his solo career and it is unlikely even this could change that”.
6. We Fly So Close
“We Fly So Close” is excellent! The song has an incredible opening that invokes images of waves crashing against a rocky shore, dark clouds and rain, which fade into the song itself. The imagery and FEEL of this song are indescribable, another In The Air Tonight-ish song, and definitely a must-hear! Buy Both Sides for this song if for nothing else!”
5. Survivors
“Survivors” are people who know what they want in life and fight until they get it. “Survivors” are people with a severe sickness, who keep up their fight to beat that sickness. This is a song that I keep close to heart.”
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4. Can’t Turn Back the Years
“I really wish that I could turn back the years, because there are things in life that I really wanted to experience, but never did. This is the song for anybody who wishes they could turn back the time. “Can’t Turn Back the Years” is a song about growing old, about how we all wish we could go back and live again, but the past must remain the past.”
3. Everyday
“Everyday” also sounds like Both Sides material. This deeply moving song about love and heartbreak will bring tears to your eyes, it did for me. 🙂 Definitely one of Phil’s best songs ever.”
2. Both Sides of the Story
“Both Sides of the Story”, a rousing cry for compassion and understanding, gets the album off to a great start. Both Sides opens with the incredible “Both Sides of the Story,” a song that truly shows both sides of life, and sounds like it should have been on “But Seriously”.”
1. We Wait and We Wonder
. “We Wait and We Wonder” sounds similar to Both Sides of the Story, earlier in the album. Though not quite as good, one of the catchier and definitely one of the stronger songs on the album, I believe they even made a music video for this one.”
