No Jacket Required is the third solo studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was originally released on 25 January 1985 or 18 February 1985 on Virgin (UK and Ireland), Atlantic (US and Canada) and WEA (rest of the world). It features guest backing vocalists, including Helen Terry, Peter Gabriel and Sting. Some of the songs, like “Don’t Lose My Number” and “Sussudio”, were based around improvisation. Other songs, like “Long Long Way to Go”, had a political message. “One More Night”, “Sussudio”, “Don’t Lose My Number” and “Take Me Home” were released as singles, with corresponding music videos. All four singles were top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with “Sussudio” and “One More Night” reaching number one. The three singles that were released in the UK all reached the top 20 on the UK charts. Many of the songs, including “Take Me Home” and “Long Long Way to Go”, have been featured in episodes of Miami Vice and Cold Case, and “The Man with the Horn” was re-written and re-recorded for the episode “Phil the Shill”. “We Said Hello Goodbye” was remixed for the film Playing for Keeps.
Upon its release, the album was received favourably by the majority of music critics and won three Grammy Awards including for Album of the Year in 1986.
Tracks
1 Sussudio (Phil Collins) 04:23
2 Only You Know And I Know (Phil Collins; Daryl Stuermer) 04:21
3 Long Long Way To Go (Phil Collins) 04:22
4 I Don’t Wanna Know (Phil Collins; Daryl Stuermer) 04:15
5 One More Night (Phil Collins) 04:48
6 Don’t Lose My Number (Phil Collins) 04:48
7 Who Said I Wanted (Phil Collins) 04:01
8 Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore (Phil Collins; Daryl Stuermer) 04:18
9 Inside Out (Phil Collins) 05:15
10 Take Me Home (Phil Collins) 05:53
11 We Said Hello Goodbye (Phil Collins) 04:15
Musicians
1 Sussudio
Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
Horns | The Phenix Horns |
Keyboards | David Frank |
Mini Moog | David Frank |
Synthesizer | Phil Collins |
Synthesizer | David Frank |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
2 Only You Know And I Know
Bass | Phil Collins |
Drums | Phil Collins |
Drums (Linn) | Phil Collins |
Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
Keyboards | Phil Collins |
Horns | The Phenix Horns |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
3 Long Long Way To Go
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
Keyboards | Phil Collins |
Synthesizer | Phil Collins |
Percussion | Phil Collins |
Background Vocals | Sting |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
4 I Don’t Wanna Know
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Phil Collins |
Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
Keyboards | Daryl Stuermer |
Sax | Gary Barnacle |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
5 One More Night
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
Keyboards | Phil Collins |
Synthesizer | Phil Collins |
Sax | Don Myrick |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
6 Don’t Lose My Number
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Phil Collins |
Drums (Linn) | Phil Collins |
Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
Keyboards | Phil Collins |
Keyboards | David Frank |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
7 Who Said I Wanted
Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
Horns | The Phenix Horns |
Keyboards | David Frank |
Keyboards | Phil Collins |
Mini Moog | David Frank |
Synthesizer | Phil Collins |
Kalimba | Phil Collins |
Vocoder | Phil Collins |
Sax | Gary Barnacle |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
8 Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Phil Collins |
Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
Keyboards | Phil Collins |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
9 Inside Out
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Phil Collins |
Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
Keyboards | Phil Collins |
Sax | Don Myrick |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
10 Take Me Home
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Phil Collins |
Keyboards | Phil Collins |
Synthesizer | Phil Collins |
Background Vocals | Helen Terry |
Background Vocals | Peter Gabriel |
Background Vocals | Sting |
Percussion | Phil Collins |
11 We Said Hello Goodbye
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Phil Collins |
Keyboards | Nick Glennie-Smith |
Keyboards | Phil Collins |
Vocals | Phil Collins |
Liner Notes
Producer – Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Arranged By (Horns) – Tom Tom 84 (Tracks 1, 2, 7)
Arranged By (Strings) – Arif Mardin (Track 5)
Engineer – Hugh Padgham, Jon Jacobs
Engineer (Assistant) – Steve Barney Chase
Design – Baker Dave, Chief Gary, Phil Collins
Photography – Peter Ashworth
Mixed At The Town House
Recorded At The Town House
Recorded At Old Croft
Recorded At Air Studios
Phonographic Copyright Virgin Records Ltd
Copyright Virgin Records Ltd