Phil Collins has lyrical notes for possible new album

As Phil Collins prepares to release his collaborative album Plays Well With Others, he admits he has other ideas up his sleeve

Last week, Phil Collins revealed that he’ll release a new album titled Plays Well With Others on September 28.

The 4CD set will focus on his collaborative work throughout the years with a range of artists including Brian Eno, Robert Plant, John Martyn, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Robert Fripp.

But asked in a new interview with Rolling Stone if he’d been writing any new material or had thought about recording his first album of original material since 2002’s Testify, Collins reports that it’s something he’s considered.

Phil Collins has lyrical notes for possible new album | Louder

He says: “I will have to. Someone said yesterday it’s been 16 years since a new album. I didn’t realise it was that long at all. I do have a little studio in my house.

“There is myself and my Mrs. and we have an office in the same room, so the busier the office is the less chance I get at going in there. I make notes. I’ve got lyrical ideas. I make notes and I keep them in a place that at some point I’ll get to them.”

Looking back on how he managed to split his time between Genesis, his solo work and collaborations during the 80s, Collins says: “I had a patient wife, I guess.

“It was one of those things where – and I mention this in the sleeve notes – it was like Mr. Incredible on the way to his wedding seeing something happening and thinking, ‘I can do that. I’ve got time for that.’

“A lot of it was just great playing opportunities. That’s really it. Obviously, there’s only 24 hours in my day. If someone called me and asked me to do it and I had the time available, I’d do it.”

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Phil Collins has lyrical notes for possible new album

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