Something’s Going On – This was the first album that Phil Collins got to cut his teeth as a producer.
The album was released in the UK on the 18th September 1982 by Epic Records (EPC 85966), It reached number 18 in the album charts and it remained in these charts for 7 weeks.
Phil already assembled his tried and tested session musicians and Engineer Hugh Padgham to assist him in the album production.
Track listing
Side A:
“Tell Me It’s Over” (Stephen Bishop) – 2:52
“I See Red” (Jim Rafferty) – 4:33
“I Got Something” (Tomas Ledin) – 4:04
“Strangers” (Jayne Bradbury, Dave Morris) – 4:06
“To Turn The Stone” (Pete Belotte, Giorgio Moroder) – 5:26
Side B:
“I Know There’s Something Going On” (Russ Ballard) – 5:29
“Threnody” (Per Gessle, Dorothy Parker) – 4:17
“Baby Don’t You Cry No More” (Rod Argent) – 3:02
“The Way You Do” (Bryan Ferry) – 3:38
“You Know What I Mean” (Phil Collins) – 2:37
“Here We’ll Stay” (duet with Phil Collins) (Tony Colton, Jean Roussel) – 4:10
2005 remaster bonus tracks
“I Know There’s Something Going On (Single Edit)” (Ballard) – 4:07
“Here We’ll Stay” (Solo Version) (Colton, Roussel) – 4:11
Personnel
Anni-Frid Lyngstad – lead vocals, backing vocals
Phil Collins – drums, backing vocals, percussion, Keyboards – Prophet 5
Mo Foster – bass guitar
Daryl Stuermer – guitar
Peter Robinson – keyboards, horn arrangements, string arrangements
Skaila Kanga – harp
The Martyn Ford Orchestra – strings
Martyn Ford – conductor, strings
Gavyn Wright – leader, strings
Brass Section
Don Myrick (The Phenix Horns/Earth, Wind & Fire) – saxophone
Michael Harris (The Phenix Horns) – trumpet
Rahmlee Michael Davis (The Phenix Horns) – trumpet
Louis Satterfield (The Phenix Horns) – trombone
Production
Phil Collins – producer
Hugh Padgham – sound engineer
Hans Gunnar “Paris” Edvinsson – assistant engineer
Digitally recorded and mixed at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm Sweden
Strings and harp recorded at AIR Studios, London England
Henrik Jonsson – mastering
Leif Mases – mastering
Stig Anderson – executive producer
Thomas Johansson – album coordinator
Album Artwork
Yves Poyet – cover illustration
Anders Hanser – photography
Dick Nilson – album design
