Hits (Phil Collins album)

...Hits
Greatest hits album by
Phil Collins
Released5 October 1998
Recorded1980–1998
Genre
Length74:01
Label
Producer
Phil Collins chronology
Dance into the Light
(1996) 		...Hits
(1998) 		Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
(1999)
Singles from ...Hits
  1. "True Colors"
    Released: 26 October 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Hits (stylised as ...Hits) is the first greatest hits album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released on 5 October 1998 in the United Kingdom,[2] and one day later in the United States.[3] The collection included fourteen top 40 hits, including seven American number one songs, spanning from the albums Face Value (1981) through Dance into the Light (1996). One new Collins recording, a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors", also appeared on the collection and was a popular song on adult contemporary stations. Hits was also the first Phil Collins album to include four songs originally recorded for motion pictures (all of them US number-one hits) as well as his popular duet with Philip Bailey, "Easy Lover" (a UK number-one hit).

In 1998, the album reached number one in the United Kingdom and number 18 in the United States. It was reissued in 2008, following the usage of "In the Air Tonight" in a successful Cadbury advertisement campaign. On 4 August 2008, it became the number one album on the New Zealand RIANZ album chart. In July 2012, the album re-entered the US charts, reaching number six on the Billboard 200 when the album price was deeply discounted very briefly by Amazon.[4][5] It has sold 3,429,000 in the US as of July 2012.[5]

The compilation's cover features stylised versions of the cover art for Collins' first six albums, the collection's primary sources of songs.

Since the release of Hits there have been further compilations of Phil Collins songs. The Platinum Collection and Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New were both released in 2004, while The Singles appeared in 2016.

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "...Hits review". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "British album certifications – Phil Collins – ...Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  3. ^ "American album certifications – Phil Collins – ...Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Adele Claims 74th Week in Billboard 200 Top Ten As Nas Takes Number One Spot". Capital. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b Paul Grein (2012). "Week Ending July 22, 2012. Albums: What's He Doing Here?". Yahoo Music. Retrieved 25 July 2012.