July 10, 2002 — Phil Collins has announced the upcoming release of his new album, Testify. Slated for release November 12th, this marks Collins's first all-new solo album in six years, and his first new music since the 1999 release of his soundtrack for the Walt Disney animated feature film, Tarzan. The latter -- which featured the hit single "You'll Be In My Heart" -- earned Collins an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a Grammy in 2000.

The new album was inspired by his marriage in 1999 and fatherhood in 2001. Collins penned all the songs, including tracks "Can't Stop Loving You," "Don't Get Me Started," "Testify," "Driving Me Crazy," and "Least You Can Do" (co-written by Daryl Stuermer).

"The songs for this album were written over the last two years," says Collins. "Working with new toys and new tools, they pretty much wrote themselves, and only occasionally needed nudging along. Though I used 90% of my demos, I was lucky to have a fantastic team to help me finish the record, particularly Rob Cavallo, Allen Sides, Tim Pierce, and James Sanger. There are some songs here that are amongst the best I have ever written."

Since releasing his first solo album just over twenty years ago, Collins has sold 100 million records around the world (not counting his work with Genesis), earned seven Grammy Awards, and scored an enviable string of hit singles. It is a career that has really been many careers -- drummer, singer, composer, producer -- from art-rock beginnings to pop stardom, from soundtrack master to big-band leader.

In 1998, Collins' solo career to date was recapped on the multi-million-selling Hits collection. In addition to his music for Tarzan, 1999 saw the release of A Hot Night in Paris, a live album which marked the debut recording by Collins's big band, the formation of which was the fulfillment of a life-long ambition.

Last month, Phil served as the house drummer for the Queen's Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace, where he backed everyone from Ozzy Osbourne to longtime mate Eric Clapton.