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}} ''Both Sides'' is the fifth solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins. Featuring an adult-oriented soft rock based sound, the release came out in November 1993. Collins notably created the album entirely by himself without any collaborations from outside songwriters and performers, and he picked up mixed to positive critical reviews with the release, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stating that the album's "artistically satisfying" songs feature "troubled, haunting tales".〔 A special two-disc edition of the album featuring the ''Live from the Board – Official Bootleg'' EP〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Phil Collins - Live From The Board - Official Bootleg (CD) )〕 as a second disc,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Phil Collins Far Side Of The World Tour '95 Australian 2 CD album set (Double CD) (42406) )〕 titled ''Far Side... of the World: Gold Souvenir Tour Edition'' after the final leg of the ''Both Sides'' tour, was released in Southeast Asia and Australia in 1995. It peaked at No. 13 in Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=australian-charts.com - Phil Collins - Far Side... Of The World )〕 The album achieved commercial success, reaching number one in the U.K., number eight in Australia, and number thirteen in the U.S. Collins also went on the highly successful Both Sides of the World Tour upon its release. That effort involved over a hundred performances in a tour that went over a year,〔http://www.noise11.com/news/phil-collins-starts-work-on-catalogue-remasters-20150513〕 and it showed that he remained a big performer live despite the shifts in the Anglo-American musical landscape taking place. ==Development== ''Both Sides'' was notable for the fact that Collins made it entirely on his own, without usual collaborators producer Hugh Padgham, guitarist Daryl Stuermer, bassist Leland Sklar and the Phenix Horns. After recording demos at home, the album was finished in just six weeks at the Farm with the help of producer/engineer Paul Gomersall. For the first and only time in his career, Collins played all the instruments himself as well as taking care of the primary production duties. In addition, Collins wrote sleeve notes explaining the meaning of each song, another first. Collins claims this album to be the one of which he is most proud. It is seen as his most personal album. "In the end I had 17 songs, and kicked out all those that did not fit that mood. As far as performance is concerned this has more heart and soul than anything I have done before."〔[http://www.genesis-news.com/c-Phil-Collins-Both-Sides-CD-review-s181.html Genesis News Com [it]: Phil Collins – Both Sides – CD review]. Genesis-news.com. Retrieved 27 April 2012.〕 Collins expresses both his feelings and personal problems and addresses political issues over the course of the album. He touches on politics and "the daily cloud of terrorism Britain seems to live under" on "We Wait and We Wonder", but also on a maturing disenchantment with the youth culture on "We're Sons of Our Fathers". The melancholy style of the majority of the songs—as a return to the style of his early albums ''Face Value'' and ''Hello, I Must Be Going!''—was because the songs chronicled the widely publicised break-up of his second marriage to Jill Tavelman. About the influence of his emotions on his songs he adds: "I have reached this point. Very intimate, very private songs seem to flow easily. I suddenly felt I had a lot to say."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Both Sides」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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