Phil Collins All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Two Hearts" and "Another Day in Paradise". Born and raised in west London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor. He then pursued a music career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Collins began a solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing a series of successful albums, including "Face Value"
Testify (Phil Collins album) are derived from demos Collins made in his bedroom studio and finished off with the help of producers Rob Cavallo and James Sanger, engineer Allen Sides, guitarist Tim Pierce, and bassist Paul Bushnell. Phil worked extensively with computers during production, work that can be seen throughout the album. After Phil made "Dance into the Light" without any drum machine, he returned to the device for "Testify". The album begins with an up-tempo "Wake Up Call". It was based on a 16-bar doodle Phil wrote, and only began to formalise when he brought it into studio. The title track, the longest