Released on Rhino/Atlantic/Face Value Records in the fall of 2004, Love Songs is a good idea executed poorly. Since Phil Collins is known for his romantic hit ballads, the idea to have all of these hits on one disc is appealing. That's not what Love Songs is - as the subtitle A Compilation...Old and New suggests, it has grander ambitions than that. It spans two disc, adding several new songs, rarities, and live recordings into the mix, sometimes substituting alternate versions for the hit version (as on a live version of "Separate Lives" and a rehearsal take, of all things, for "True Colors"). While the low-key, romantic atmosphere is more or less kept throughout the 25 songs, the preponderance of unfamiliar material and sheer length makes this a less than ideal make-out record. This is one case when less would have been more.

Track List:
cd1
1 Tearing and Breaking Collins, Martyn 5:32
2 Do You Remember? Collins 4:37
3 One More Night Collins 4:52
4 Against All Odds Collins 3:25
5 Can't Turn Back the Years Collins 4:38
6 Groovy Kind of Love Sager, Wine 3:30
7 Everyday Collins 5:42
8 Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away Collins 4:46
9 Please Come Out Tonight Collins 5:48
10 This Must Be Love Collins 3:34
11 It's in Your Eyes Collins 2:53
12 Can't Stop Loving You Nichols 4:18
cd2
13 Testify Collins 6:32
14 True Colours [live] Kelly, Steinberg 5:32
15 You'll Be in My Heart Collins 4:18
16 If Leaving Me Is Easy Collins 4:54
17 I've Been Trying Mayfield 5:00
18 I've Forgotten Everything Collins 4:36
19 Somewhere Bernstein, Sondheim 4:01
20 Least You Can Do Collins, Stuermer 5:07
21 Two Hearts Collins, Dozier 3:24
22 Separate Lives [live] Bishop 5:15
23 My Girl [live] Robinson 3:43
24 Always [live] Berlin 4:31
25 The Way You Look Tonight [live] Fields, Kern 4:00

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