100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #13: Phil Collins, Take Me Home

Collins’ most accomplished solo piece, Take Me Home has a percussion part which manages to be hypnotic, pulsating and wistful at the same time, and which proves beyond doubt that, first and foremost, he is the greatest drummer of his generation.  The lyrics, about a disturbed patient in an asylum, make this an ideal song for those days when one’s grip on reality really starts to slip (we all have those days, right?).  Collins is the most commercially successful member of Genesis for a very good reason, and his unerring ability throughout his career to describe so plainly emotions which many of us feel absolutely demands respect.

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