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A 7 page paper which examines the artist, the album and individual tracks, the musical genre, and considers whether or not the album functions as a cohesive whole. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
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infectious soundtrack that featured some of the most popular recording artists of the time. People were still playing 45s and LPs, and a mega smash single from the hit
series entitled "In the Air Tonight" transformed a little-known Genesis drummer named Phil Collins into a superstar and a musical force to be reckoned with. Basking in the glow
of success, Collins released his third solo album in February of 1985 with the quirky title of No Jacket Required. The first single from the album, "Sussudio" had been
released the month previously and quickly cracked the top 20 on the UK chart (No Jacket Required, 2004). Within the next year, hit singles were released in rapid succession
from an album that became number one both in the UK as well as the US (No Jacket Required, 2004). It received widespread commercial and critical acclaim, and No
Jacket Required became required listening and established itself as the quintessential popular music album of the 1980s. For Collins, whose previous musical associations
had been with the dark and deeply philosophical conceptual group, Genesis, the "upbeat" album "represented a change in style" (Newman, 2002, p. 28). While there were introspective song that
examined love experienced within the various phases of life, No Jacket Required never forgets that it is a pop album designed to make people want to dance and sing along.
In a 2002 interview, Collins admitted that his stylistic approach was very much influenced by the musical tastes of the mid-Eighties, explaining, "The songs at the time were like
Billie Jean and Beat It and Prince stuff. I was listening to that stuff and saying, I love that. I want to do that" (Newman, 2002, p. 28).
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