Blu-ray Audio · Dolby Atmos · 5.1 Surround · Stereo
Steven Wilson's new mixes for the forty-fifth anniversary of Face Value, Phil Collins' first solo album.
The Blu-ray Audio carries the Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and stereo mixes Wilson made in 2026 and, next to them, the remastered original stereo mix, in 24-bit / 96 kHz PCM.
The story of the album
Released in February 1981, while Collins was still the drummer and singer of Genesis, Face Value was born after the end of his first marriage and co-produced with Hugh Padgham. It went to number one in the UK, number seven in the US and number eight in Italy, and has sold around twelve million copies.
The single "In the Air Tonight" reached number two in Britain and made its drum sound, with the "gated" reverb, famous. The record also features the Phenix Horns, the horn section of Earth, Wind & Fire, and Eric Clapton; "Behind the Lines", first cut with Genesis, returns as a funk number, and the album closes with a take on the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows".
In the Dolby Atmos mix the drum entry of "In the Air Tonight" becomes a physical event, and the horns and keyboards open up in the space around the listener.
Four ways to hear the same album
DOLBY ATMOS
The new mix and the reason for this edition: instruments and voices are placed in front, to the sides, behind and above the listener.
5.1 SURROUND
Steven Wilson's multichannel mix for surround systems without height channels, at 24-bit / 96 kHz.
STEVEN WILSON STEREO
The new two-channel mix, made together with the multichannel ones.
ORIGINAL STEREO
The mix the album was released with in 1981, in its 2016 remaster, to compare before and after.
Why this edition
Mixes by Steven Wilson
Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and the new stereo are all his work.
The original mix too
The disc carries the 1981 stereo, not only the new mixes.
Forty-fifth anniversary edition
The same treatment given to No Jacket Required, applied to the debut.
12-page booklet
With excerpts from the original notes and a new interview with Phil Collins.
Region-free Blu-ray
The disc plays on players from every region.
