No Jacket Required
by Phil Collins

No Jacket Required by Phil Collins
Year: 1985
Release date: 1985-02-18
Overall rank: 1,785th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 259 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (23rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (278th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,785th)

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Phil Collins bestography

No Jacket Required is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Phil Collins on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Phil Collins is Face Value which is ranked number 1317 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,294.

Phil Collins album bestography « Higher ranked (1,317th)
Face Value
This album (1,785th)
No Jacket Required
Lower ranked (2,390th) »
...But Seriously

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Overall rank: 1,785th | 1980s rank: 278th | 1985 rank: 23rd

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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 259 votes)
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02/07/2026 12:17 Juneof44  Ratings distribution  2,58469/100
 
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01/16/2026 17:20 mlemmler  Ratings distribution  494/100
 
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01/14/2026 18:26 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,88770/100
 
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12/31/2025 16:58 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,42765/100
 
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11/14/2025 11:30 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,38669/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.9/100, a mean average of 67.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.9.

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70/100
From 04/07/2025 08:40 | #308380
Album of the year at the Grammys in 1986.
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80/100
From 08/15/2022 16:30 | #288512
A mixed bag for me and a weaker effort than Phil's first two albums. There's some great tracks, Inside Out, Take Me Home, Long Long Way From Home being the picks. Too pop-tastic overall for me but it's still played.
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85/100
From 08/01/2022 13:31 | #288044
Suco do pop!
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80/100
From 11/21/2021 20:23 | #276527
One of my most played albums from P. C.
All hits are top here, Take me home my personal favourite.
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90/100
From 06/24/2020 12:52 | #254409
Phil's BEST!
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From 08/22/2019 19:24 | #241533
95/100

This album es enjoyable from start to finish, having good dancing songs, cool ballads and excellent music, maybe too much Pop for the Rockers on this site and i understand it

Peter Gabriel didn't left Genesis because of Phil and that is why i think a lot of people got mad at Collins

I like A lot more Genesis with Peter Gabriel and Phil at Drums

Enjoy Phil Collins, one of the biggest 80s stars
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50/100
From 06/10/2018 11:38 | #216476
The album I stopped being interested in Phil Collin’s solo work. Too eighties sounding, songs are fluff, and simply has no holding power for me to listen to it from start to finish. Oh it does have Sussudio....huge hit and I hated it and still do!
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Rating:  
70/100
From 12/02/2017 03:15 | #202496
My first ever job was standing at the entrance to a Big W ( Bundaberg QLD Australia) checking bags and just near where I stood was “ The Music Section “ . Here the selection was truely awful bar one album.. No Jacket Required by Phil Collins. I recall playing this album over and over again to pass the time to very boring job. Every song is etched in my psych . It doesn’t quite make my all time list, but it’s still a terrific album
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55/100
From 01/28/2017 20:05 | #184454
The music isn't bad, but the production is too 80's for me.
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From 12/24/2016 06:11 | #180884
Highlights: Sussudio, One More Night, Inside Out
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