Both Sides
by Phil Collins
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Both Sides is ranked 5th best out of 15 albums by Phil Collins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Phil Collins is Face Value which is ranked number 1338 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,287.
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Both Sides track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Both Sides rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 49 Music Albums of 1993 | 44/49 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s Pt 2 | 86/100 | - |
| 2026 | thenat | Top 20 Music Albums of 1993 | 9/20 | 3 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 13/100 | 83 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1993 | 22/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s Pt 3 | 8/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 12 Europe British Isles 2 | 56/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1993 | 19/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 233 | |||
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| ! | 12/07/2025 07:29 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2024 15:26 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2024 02:10 | M4thSoad3r | 312 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.4/100, a mean average of 62.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.2.
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paladisiac 05/14/2014 14:35 in What album are you listening to right now?Both Sides comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/13/2011 22:16 | #32866 | TOP COMMENT
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He basically recorded a bunch of demos and handed them into Atlantic records as his new album. The reason being that the material was so personal for him he holed up at home for a while knocking these out. I'm fine with that as long as the song ideas are flushed out well -- but "raw cut" doesn't sound as good on Phil Collins as it would say for Radiohead or Wrens. He even approximated the sound of a guitar on keyboards. So there really was no excuse and in retrospect, even though i'm not a fan of record labels telling artists what to do, they should've said "F this" and "come back when these songs are more flushed out". However, there are still some arresting songs on here given they're just "glorified demos". The on-the-edge-of-heartattack "we fly so close" is probably my favorite. "everyday" also works well in demo form. But there could've been more upbeat numbers on this.
Eastwood 06/08/2015 19:31 | #143323 | TOP COMMENT
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Good album. Best 10 songs average is 85,8/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best song is "Both sides" 95/100, followed by "Everyday" 90/100 and next "Can't turn back the years" and "We wait and we wonder" both 85/100. All other songs average/only just good.
Genre: Pop Rock
Squonk007 09/09/2022 02:43 | #289522 | TOP COMMENT
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A lot of this is very good. A very personal album, not readily accessible and not what you'd expect from Phil. But the tracks are solid and bare, quite raw too which is something quite brave to do.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/28/2013 20:06 | #82633 | TOP COMMENT
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At this point, even his bland work with a dying Genesis was more interesting.
It would have been better if this album would have had no sides.
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