How Phil Collins became cool (no, really)

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How Phil Collins became cool (no, really)

By Andre Spicer, Michael Beverland and Pinar Cankurtaran
Phil Collins during “Mama” at Manchester, 7 July 2007
Phil Collins during “Mama” at Manchester, 7 July 2007

Fans and critics loved him then hated him and now they love him again, write Andre Spicer, Michael Beverland and Pinar Cankurtaran

Following the ups and downs of Collins’ long career in music enabled us to identify an N-shaped curve of artistic trajectory, which we labelled the “P