History Music / ButSeriously

** Music/SteveWinwood played the hammond organ on "All of My Life"

clearer than you need''\\

And now it's too late''
-->--"Do You Remember?"

''…But Seriously'' is the fourth solo studio album recorded by singer/songwriter/drummer and Music/{{Genesis}} lead singer Music/PhilCollins. It was released through Creator/AtlanticRecords in the United States on 6 November 1989, and through Creator/VirginRecords in the United Kingdom on 20 November 1989.

''And feelings we'll never find\\

clearer than you need\\

[[caption-width-right:300:''The signs are getting clearer, clearer than you need\\
The writing's on the wall for all to see''\\

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-->--'''"Do You Remember?"'''

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->''There are things we won't recall''\\
''And feelings we'll never find''\\
''It's taken so long to see it''\\
''Cause we never seemed to have the time''\\
''There was always something more important to do''\\
''More important to say''\\
''But "I love you" wasn't one of those things''\\
''And now it's too late''

'''''…But Seriously''''' is the fourth solo studio album recorded by singer/songwriter/drummer and Music/{{Genesis}} lead singer Music/PhilCollins. It was released through Creator/AtlanticRecords in the United States on 6 November 1989, and through Creator/VirginRecords in the United Kingdom on 20 November 1989.

** [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung David Crosby]] provided backing vocals for "That's Just the Way It Is"

''She's embarrassed to be there''

Critics were beginning to sour. ''Magazine/RollingStone'' only gave ''…But Seriously'' 2 out of 5 stars. In particular, some people felt "Another Day in Paradise" was tone-deaf by default coming from someone they regarded as privileged; some went so far as to claim Phil was profiteering off the issue of homelessness. To this day, he still gets heat for the song in some circles.

But that song, and the album as a whole, won the hearts of fans and his peers. At least in the short term.

Phil was nominated for the Grammy Awards Triple Crown in 1991, winning Record of the Year for "Another Day in Paradise", and being nominated for Song of the Year, while the album was nominated for Album of the Year. The album also won two American Music Awards.

Six singles were released from the album: "Another Day in Paradise", "I Wish It Would Rain Down", "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven", "That's Just the Way It Is", "Hang in Long Enough", and "Do You Remember?" He scored five hits each in the UK and US, with "Another Day in Paradise" being the biggest of them; hitting #1 in the US, and #2 in the UK.[[note]]On the Billboard Hot 100, "Another Day in Paradise" was the last #1 song of TheEighties, and the first #1 song of TheNineties; it spent 4 weeks at that position, two in 1989 and two in 1990.[[/note]]

Six singles were released from the album: "Another Day in Paradise", "I Wish It Would Rain Down", "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven", "That's Just the Way It Is", "Hang in Long Enough", and "Do You Remember?" He scored five hits each in the UK and US, with "Another Day in Paradise" being the biggest of them; hitting #1 in the US, and #2 in the UK.

Following the tour to promote the latest album for Genesis, ''Music/InvisibleTouch'', even Phil knew he was oversaturated in the market, He took a moment to try his hand at acting, starring in the 1988 film ''Buster'', a RomCom based on The Great Train Robbery.

If he wanted to avoid oversaturation, he failed. Not only that, but fans were starting to think he was becoming too soft as a recording artists.

* ProgressiveRock: Went back to his roots for "Colours".

!!"All I wanted was someone to trope"

Despite its late release, it was the third-best-selling album of 1989 in the United Kingdom, ultimately going nine-times Platinum. It went quadruple-Platinum in the United States. In fact, it was #1 virtually everywhere. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff In Germany]], ''…But Seriously'' remains the second-highest-selling album ''of all time'', and the highest-selling album by a non-German singer.

Phil was nominated for the Grammy Awards Triple Crown for 1990, winning Record of the Year for "Another Day in Paradise", and being nominated for Song of the Year, while the album was nominated for Album of the Year. The album also won two American Music Awards.

'''…But Seriously''' is the fourth solo studio album recorded by singer/songwriter/drummer and Music/{{Genesis}} lead singer Music/PhilCollins. It was released through Creator/AtlanticRecords in the United States on 6 November 1989, and through Creator/VirginRecords in the United Kingdom on 20 November 1989.

** Music/DavidCrosby provided backing vocals for "That's Just the Way It Is"

When he returned to the recording studio in 1989, Phil sought to tackle some serious issues with his songs. Some of the material dated back to the 1970s. His {{Protest Song}}s ran the gamut, shining lights on homelessness, UsefulNotes/{{Apartheid}} in South Africa, even UsefulNotes/TheTroubles.

Following the tour to promote the latest album for Genesis, ''Music/InvisibleTouch'', even Phil knew he was oversaturated in the market, He took a moment to try his hand at acting, starring in the 1988 film ''Film/{{Buster}}'', a RomCom based on UsefulNotes/TheGreatTrainRobbery.