October this year sees the release of Phil Collins The Singles, a new extensive, three-CD compilation… 　　The Singles charts Collins’ entire solo career from his 1981 debut In The Air Tonight to the title track from his most recent studio album, 2010’s Going Back. It takes in an impressive seven American number ones, plus numerous other Top 10 hits. 　　It also includes songs from films, such as the Oscar winning, You’ll Be In My Heart (from Disney’s Tarzan) and A Groovy Kind of Love from 1988’s Buster (Collins’ only transatlantic number one single). 　　In addition to the three-CD set, there will be a 33-track 4LP edition, which is also available as a two-CD set. Nick Davis is again the man at the helm when it comes to remastering. It has to be noted that like the Pure McCartney compilation, there’s little sign of any rarities or those 12-inch remixes that were missing from the deluxe ‘Take A Look At Me Now’ reissues. 　　Will there be a further ‘mopping up’ rarities set? Seems unlikely, but if you want to cling to hope then in May last year when the ‘Take A Look At Me Now’ campaign was announced, we were told that as well as the album reissues, we would be getting “uniquely curated titles from the vaults”. Note the ‘S’ on titles… 　　Singles is released on 14 October 2016.