Face Value [Explicit Lyrics]

Face Value [Explicit Lyrics]

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
The first artist on Lo-End Records career started as a joke. He would sing along with a song on the radio and off the top of his head, he could create lyrics that spoofed those of the original singer. It was incredibly easy for him to come up with these lyrics, therefore he decided that he should write his own songs.

After graduating from Kettering in 1992, he knew it was time to focus on his ensuing career. Sandman began to concentrate on seeking representation. He began performing at various venues, entering talent shows, and writing constantly. In 1993, he briefly met Daddy Hill, yet a relationship was not formed at that time. He continued to cultivate his talents and in 1998, after performing at a talent show, he was approached by Daddy Hill who had now formed a record company. The following year, he signed with Lo-End Records.

While working on his first album, he continued to grace the stage, headlining shows and opening for artists such as Cash Money. He has freestyled over airways around the country, giving people a taste of whatÕs in store. Sandman has certainly proved himself with the release of his first single ÒAhh Dee AhhÓ and is concentrating on paving the way for up and coming artists and raising his two daughters.

Product Description
Release April 15, 2003 made it to the top 100 on the Bill Board Chart.

Face Value,Sandman,Loend Records,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop
Face Value
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Speaks to Your Soul
  • Summer is here !
  • Fantastic Album
  • Huge solo debut by established frontman/drummer...
  • Collins' first, best, most well rounded album.
Face Value
Phil Collins
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002I8D
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. In The Air Tonight
  2. This Must Be Love
  3. Behind The Lines
  4. The Roof Is Leaking
  5. Droned
  6. Hand In Hand
  7. I Missed Again
  8. You Know What I Mean
  9. Thunder And Lightning
  10. I'm Not Moving
  11. If Leaving Me Is Easy
  12. Tomorrow Never Knows

Amazon.com essential recording

The beginning of Phil Collins's massively successful solo career coincided with the discord in his first marriage, turning Face Value into a compelling churn of emotions, from the utter disgust of "In the Air Tonight" (where Collins dryly comments, "If you told me you were drowning / I would not lend a hand") to the delight he feels in exploring a new relationship ("This Must Be Love"). Collins's thundering drums and punchy horn arrangements--a close approximation of Earth, Wind & Fire's sound, actually--clicked with the public, turning "I Missed Again" and "In the Air Tonight" into Top 20 singles and launching Collins's career as one of the biggest and most unlikely stars of the '80s. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Speaks to Your Soul.......2007-05-30

What can I say? It's Phil Collins, and it's wonderful.

3 out of 5 stars Summer is here !.......2007-05-13

Whenever I listen to Phil Collins music, i think it's summertime. He makes you feel it in the air !! Sun...See...Swimming.. if you know what I mean...

4 out of 5 stars Fantastic Album.......2007-04-03

Phil Collins wrote these lyrics as he experienced the dissolution of his marriage. The lyrics are fantastic. He collaborated with some excellent musicians and created fresh, brilliant sounds. This is a great album.

3 out of 5 stars Huge solo debut by established frontman/drummer..........2007-02-16

1981 - Where do you start? I massively respect Collins as a drummer, producer, soloist, arranger, etc... When he released this album in '81 many thought genesis was through. In fact shortly after it's release genesis was in the studio working on abacab. So that issue was put to rest in a hurry. Collins brought alot of experience to the studio with him including phoenix horns (EWF), eric clapton, shankar, jon martyn, john giblin, daryl stuermer (genesis), & others. Hugh Pagham engineered the album with collins. Hugh Pagham continued to work with collins, genesis, & the police in the 80s. By this time Collins had established himself as a musician who wanted to create & expand & had earned the respect of his peers. The main reason he made this album is because he finally realized (around DUKE 1979-80) that he could write & arrange songs alongside banks & rutherford. Up until then he didn't write much. Around DUKE he brought misunderstanding, in the air tonight, please don't ask, I missed again, & if leaving me is easy to banks/rutherford & they chose misunderstanding & please don't ask for DUKE. They didn't hear a hit in in the air tonight. After the DUKE tour collins used the remiaining tunes for his own album & of course, in the air tonight was huge & still is. The others made it on the album as well. The album as a whole is largely uneven & it encompasses alot of R&B & jazzy sounds which collins enjoyed. Although good, some of the songs sound as if they should be on different albums. The album is largely organic & simplistic. Apart from in the air tonight & hand in hand there is little drum machine. The rest of the album is acoustic drums & persussion. Don't get me wrong, the musicianship is good, just a little inconsistant. There are some good jazzy moments showing Phil's vocal range, solo drumming style, & love for horns (which are awesome) including I missed again, thunder & lightning, & tomorrow never knows (beatles tune). Daryl's guitar work is good but limited & less complex. The roof is leaking is a good acoustic piano tune showing phil's ability to play piano which obviously develops in the 80s (You can hear a Tony Bank's pattern here). In tomorrow never knows there are tracks of hand in hand being played backwards. All in all a classic album showing phil's well-rounded chops & his love for R&B music. It is also a departure from the genesis sound. Many say that when abacab (genesis album following face value) was recorded in late 1981 they could hear a heavier hand of phil collins in the arranging. This is probably true as collins gained alot of confidence in writing & singing. the drumming was obviously not a problem. I think too that genesis lasted longer because they had solo projects. They worked with others & came back with unfinished bits & put them together to make an album. Collins has said it made the group stronger...

5 out of 5 stars Collins' first, best, most well rounded album........2006-07-30

To those unfamiliar with Collins-Genesis history, this album was recorded after Collins took a break from Genesis to dwell on his recent divorce. That is reflected painfully throughout this album in the lyrics to his own songs, and the covers he chose to include, such as the Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows". In no future albums would Collins recapture the soul put into this album, though "Hello, I Must Be Going" might be a slghtly better, more polished album. Painful ballads like the jazzy, smoky "If Leaving Me Is Easy" are balanced by R&B selections like "Missed Again, Thunder and Lightning" the pulsating, toe tapping "Hand in Hand," (appreciated best when played full blast or with head phones), or the jazzier version of the Genesis tune "Behind the Lines". Yet the best selections are indeed the ones that let him bleed from his divorce. "You Know What I Mean (the ballad lead-in to)/Thunder and Lightning" seems the theme to Collins' failed marriage. "This Must Be Love" poses those questions we ask ourselves about our relationships. Of course, we all know about the tune "In the Air Tonight". This album had a 2-fold effect - the introduction of Collins as a genuine soloist, and the rise, or fall (depending on how you look at it) of Genesis. Future Genesis albums would pack more radio play wallup due to Collin's take over in direction, but at the cost of departing from their progressive roots for the sake of commercial success. There have always been 2 such camps in Genesis following, though their earlier fans are more passionate obout that era than the newer fans are about their newer music. Anyone looking for a Genesis type album, look elsewhere. This album was to get the Collins musical side out of his system, to express himself without any Genesis conflicts. Regardless, anyone who's ever had their heart broken or just likes to indulge into some brooding, Face Value is a sumptuous listen.
Face Value
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Speaks to Your Soul
  • Summer is here !
  • Fantastic Album
  • Huge solo debut by established frontman/drummer...
  • Collins' first, best, most well rounded album.
Face Value
Phil Collins
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  2. No Jacket Required
  3. But Seriously
  4. Invisible Touch
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ASIN: B000002IWJ
Release Date: 1994-06-07

Tracks:

  1. In The Air Tonight
  2. This Must Be Love
  3. Behind The Lines
  4. The Roof Is Leaking
  5. Droned
  6. Hand In Hand
  7. I Missed Again
  8. You Know What I Mean
  9. Thunder And Lightning
  10. I'm Not Moving
  11. If Leaving Me Is Easy
  12. Tomorrow Never Knows

Amazon.com essential recording

The beginning of Phil Collins's massively successful solo career coincided with the discord in his first marriage, turning Face Value into a compelling churn of emotions, from the utter disgust of "In the Air Tonight" (where Collins dryly comments, "If you told me you were drowning / I would not lend a hand") to the delight he feels in exploring a new relationship ("This Must Be Love"). Collins's thundering drums and punchy horn arrangements--a close approximation of Earth, Wind & Fire's sound, actually--clicked with the public, turning "I Missed Again" and "In the Air Tonight" into Top 20 singles and launching Collins's career as one of the biggest and most unlikely stars of the '80s. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Speaks to Your Soul.......2007-05-30

What can I say? It's Phil Collins, and it's wonderful.

3 out of 5 stars Summer is here !.......2007-05-13

Whenever I listen to Phil Collins music, i think it's summertime. He makes you feel it in the air !! Sun...See...Swimming.. if you know what I mean...

4 out of 5 stars Fantastic Album.......2007-04-03

Phil Collins wrote these lyrics as he experienced the dissolution of his marriage. The lyrics are fantastic. He collaborated with some excellent musicians and created fresh, brilliant sounds. This is a great album.

3 out of 5 stars Huge solo debut by established frontman/drummer..........2007-02-16

1981 - Where do you start? I massively respect Collins as a drummer, producer, soloist, arranger, etc... When he released this album in '81 many thought genesis was through. In fact shortly after it's release genesis was in the studio working on abacab. So that issue was put to rest in a hurry. Collins brought alot of experience to the studio with him including phoenix horns (EWF), eric clapton, shankar, jon martyn, john giblin, daryl stuermer (genesis), & others. Hugh Pagham engineered the album with collins. Hugh Pagham continued to work with collins, genesis, & the police in the 80s. By this time Collins had established himself as a musician who wanted to create & expand & had earned the respect of his peers. The main reason he made this album is because he finally realized (around DUKE 1979-80) that he could write & arrange songs alongside banks & rutherford. Up until then he didn't write much. Around DUKE he brought misunderstanding, in the air tonight, please don't ask, I missed again, & if leaving me is easy to banks/rutherford & they chose misunderstanding & please don't ask for DUKE. They didn't hear a hit in in the air tonight. After the DUKE tour collins used the remiaining tunes for his own album & of course, in the air tonight was huge & still is. The others made it on the album as well. The album as a whole is largely uneven & it encompasses alot of R&B & jazzy sounds which collins enjoyed. Although good, some of the songs sound as if they should be on different albums. The album is largely organic & simplistic. Apart from in the air tonight & hand in hand there is little drum machine. The rest of the album is acoustic drums & persussion. Don't get me wrong, the musicianship is good, just a little inconsistant. There are some good jazzy moments showing Phil's vocal range, solo drumming style, & love for horns (which are awesome) including I missed again, thunder & lightning, & tomorrow never knows (beatles tune). Daryl's guitar work is good but limited & less complex. The roof is leaking is a good acoustic piano tune showing phil's ability to play piano which obviously develops in the 80s (You can hear a Tony Bank's pattern here). In tomorrow never knows there are tracks of hand in hand being played backwards. All in all a classic album showing phil's well-rounded chops & his love for R&B music. It is also a departure from the genesis sound. Many say that when abacab (genesis album following face value) was recorded in late 1981 they could hear a heavier hand of phil collins in the arranging. This is probably true as collins gained alot of confidence in writing & singing. the drumming was obviously not a problem. I think too that genesis lasted longer because they had solo projects. They worked with others & came back with unfinished bits & put them together to make an album. Collins has said it made the group stronger...

5 out of 5 stars Collins' first, best, most well rounded album........2006-07-30

To those unfamiliar with Collins-Genesis history, this album was recorded after Collins took a break from Genesis to dwell on his recent divorce. That is reflected painfully throughout this album in the lyrics to his own songs, and the covers he chose to include, such as the Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows". In no future albums would Collins recapture the soul put into this album, though "Hello, I Must Be Going" might be a slghtly better, more polished album. Painful ballads like the jazzy, smoky "If Leaving Me Is Easy" are balanced by R&B selections like "Missed Again, Thunder and Lightning" the pulsating, toe tapping "Hand in Hand," (appreciated best when played full blast or with head phones), or the jazzier version of the Genesis tune "Behind the Lines". Yet the best selections are indeed the ones that let him bleed from his divorce. "You Know What I Mean (the ballad lead-in to)/Thunder and Lightning" seems the theme to Collins' failed marriage. "This Must Be Love" poses those questions we ask ourselves about our relationships. Of course, we all know about the tune "In the Air Tonight". This album had a 2-fold effect - the introduction of Collins as a genuine soloist, and the rise, or fall (depending on how you look at it) of Genesis. Future Genesis albums would pack more radio play wallup due to Collin's take over in direction, but at the cost of departing from their progressive roots for the sake of commercial success. There have always been 2 such camps in Genesis following, though their earlier fans are more passionate obout that era than the newer fans are about their newer music. Anyone looking for a Genesis type album, look elsewhere. This album was to get the Collins musical side out of his system, to express himself without any Genesis conflicts. Regardless, anyone who's ever had their heart broken or just likes to indulge into some brooding, Face Value is a sumptuous listen.
Nothing Says I Love You Like P
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • GENERAL STAR FOREVER!!!!!!
  • A PUNK COMP. EVERYONE SHOULD OWN!!!
  • Punk Rules
Nothing Says I Love You Like P
Noggin Toboggan , Face Value , Freeto Boat , and Philmore
Manufacturer: Diamante--DNA--
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1999-12-28

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  1. Nothing Says 'I Love You' - Noggin Toboggan
  2. Ship Up Or Shape Out - Watashi Wa
  3. Thinking Of You - Face Value
  4. Dreams Can Come True - The Centerfold
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  6. Letting Go - Sucker Punch
  7. Kendall - Jesse And The Rockers
  8. She Don't Like Me - The Girlskouts
  9. A Song Nick Wrote - General Star
  10. Still - The Blamed
  11. Endless Thoughts Of You - Sick Of Change
  12. All The Good Ones Go For Jerks - Next In Line
  13. Wish - Donkey's Jawbone
  14. 10th & Woodsborough - Freeto Boat
  15. In My Dreams - Upperhand
  16. You Complete Me - Left Out
  17. Embrace - Duckie
  18. Valentine - 180 Turnaround
  19. Serendipity - Fantastic Five
  20. Sing-A-Long Song - Officer Negative

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars GENERAL STAR FOREVER!!!!!!.......2003-02-12

this comp rules!! g* forever!!! never forget....don't ever forget G*. oh....noggin is pretty good and so are the centerfolds. highly recommend this cd for anyone who likes punk love songs or who is from nebraska and saw G* play. G*! G*! G*!

5 out of 5 stars A PUNK COMP. EVERYONE SHOULD OWN!!!.......2001-07-28

This is a sweet punk comp. Some songs are sorta cheesy but most of them are great. Check out tracks by noggin toboggan, face value, left out, sick of change, and officer negative. If you like punk music you'll like this album.

5 out of 5 stars Punk Rules.......2001-02-14

This Is One Of The Best CD's If You Like Punk Christisn music If You Like "Ska" Try Five Iron Frenzy(FIF)

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Never Stray
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • good cd, bad racording
  • steve dresser rocks my world at guitar
Never Stray
Face Value
Manufacturer: Bettie Rocket
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JYQ5
Release Date: 1999-08-10

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  9. Thinking Of You
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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars good cd, bad racording.......2000-12-28

just like i said its a good cd with some awsome solos from their guitarist but the cd sounds like crap because of the recording. It sounds like it was recorded in a garage, but they have a new cd out that sounds awsome,it doesnt lack anything that this cd has except the bad recording. The name of the cd is "Theres Always The Radio". i hope this helps. thanks

4 out of 5 stars steve dresser rocks my world at guitar.......2000-02-23

face value has talent. their glue is guitarist steve dresser. his solos are incredible! peace and raider pride yo!
Face Value
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Face Value
    Andrew Akopov
    Manufacturer: Red Square Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    Release Date: 2005-04-26

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    The debut recording from the Russian-born pianist and composer of his soulful blend of blues, jazz and fusion innovations.
    I Lost My Mind
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • One of the best Texan punk/rockabilly bands ever!!!
    I Lost My Mind

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    ProductGroup: Music
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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars One of the best Texan punk/rockabilly bands ever!!!.......2005-05-09

    Wow, I can't believe I'm the first to review this album, what an honor. Consider yourself lucky to find either of their albums, I bought both of their albums straight from their label Bettie Rocket Records before the label went out of business. They're self titled album is definately rockabilly, "I lost my mind" is almost straight punk with very little rockabilly influence at all. Its still just as catchy as the self titled album with just as much energy, but this album might be a bit more...hyper I think. War Rocket Ajax is quite unique, and I wish I could find more bands like them.
    Kick It Over
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Kick It Over
      Face Value
      Manufacturer: Doghouse
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00000GC8Z
      Release Date: 1994-09-27
      Kick It Over
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Kick It Over
        Face Value
        Manufacturer: Doghouse Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000008FGU
        Release Date: 1994-09-27
        Choices
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Choices
          Face Value
          Manufacturer: We Bite
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          Release Date: 1995-07-14
          Throw a fit!
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            Throw a fit!
            Temper Tantrums
            Manufacturer: Bettie Rocket Records
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD
            ASIN: B0001ZQ96I

            Product Description

            Includes 18 tracks:Close My Eyes, John-Man, Believe, Acapulco, Boys, What's Wrong With You, Kids of Today, Unappreciated Love Song, Sometimes I hate school, Mophead, River of Life, Never, Be Yourself, Silly Boy, Say Goodbye, Remember Me, Hey Boy,Joe-Joe the Circus Clown

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