Phil Collins released a compilation album in 2004 titled 'Love Songs…' that gathered his collection of romantic ballads and emotionally intimate songs assembled over several years of careful curation. Collins personally described the album as representing his finest work within the love song category, drawn from his decades of recording both as a solo artist and with Genesis.

The compilation paired Collins' commercially successful romantic hits with overlooked deep cuts from albums that failed to achieve broad commercial recognition, alongside his interpretations of songs by other artists. The project demonstrated Collins' comfort with sentimental, heartfelt music at a time when numerous fellow rock musicians were reluctant to explore such emotionally vulnerable territory.