Editing ...But Seriously (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="orens">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=but-seriously-r4334|pure_url=yes}} |title=...But Seriously |author=Geoff Orens |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 October 2010}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Classic Pop]]''
| rev2Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2020/03/review-phil-collins-but-seriously/|title=Review: Phil Collins – ...But Seriously|first=John|last=Earls|website=[[Classic Pop]]|date=2 March 2020|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Collins, Phil|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=phil+collins|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|year=2011|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev4Score = 5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/phil-collins-2016-rhino-reissues-part-two-2495423028.html|title=Phil Collins: No Jacket Required / ...But Seriously / Testify / Going Back|first=Evan|last=Sawdey|website=[[PopMatters]]|date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816111014/http://www.popmatters.com/review/phil-collins-2016-rhino-reissues-part-two/|url-status=live|archive-date=16 August 2016|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Eccleston|first=Danny|title=Against All Odds|url=https://archive.org/details/mojo-december-2015/page/67/mode/1up |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=265|date=December 2015|access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[MusicHound]]''
| rev6Score = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |publisher=Visible Ink Press|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|chapter=Phil Collins|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/260/mode/1up 260]}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Collins |first=Andrew |date=25 November 1989 |title=LP - Long Play |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/51836591567/ | magazine=[[New Musical Express]] |page=34}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev8Score = 2.5/5<ref>{{cite magazine|last=O'Shaughnessy|first=Catriona|title=Phil Collins: ...But Seriously|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/51576331937/|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|volume=36|date=25 November 1989|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/but-seriously-19900111 |title=But Seriously |first=J.D. |last=Considine |author-link=J. D. Considine |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=11 January 1990 |access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev10Score = 6½/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Heath|first=Chris|magazine=[[Smash Hits]]|title=Phil Collins: ...But Seriously|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/37143338314/|issue=287|date=29 November 1989|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{Listen
| filename    = Sample of "Another Day in Paradise".ogg
| title       = "'''Another Day in Paradise'''"
| description = Collins' last of seven American number one songs.
}}

In his review for [[AllMusic]], Geoff Orens praised the decision to use more live instrumentation than ''No Jacket Required'', saying "there's no doubt that tracks such as 'Find a Way to My Heart' and 'Hang in Long Enough' have enough bite to outlast his more dated sounding mid-80s material." He criticised the album for "too many generic ballads", but added that "when Collins moves out of his formula", citing "the dramatic gospel-influenced 'I Wish it Would Rain Down', [...] the results are staggering."<ref name="orens"/> In 2014, Corey Deiterman wrote for ''[[Houston Press]]'', "One need only look at his album ''...But Seriously'' to see some of the blueprint for being serious without being boring. That album wasn't perfect, by any means, and nowhere near as good as his preceding three records, but it allowed Collins to delve into serious subject matter and more serious musical territory while also retaining the sense of slick, fun pop he had traded in throughout the '80s."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.houstonpress.com/music/lana-del-rey-a-fine-line-between-serious-and-boring-6764777 | title= Lana Del Rey: A Fine Line Between Serious and Boring | work=Houston Press | first=Corey | last=Deiterman | date=25 June 2014 | access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>

[[Mark Beaumont (journalist)|Mark Beaumont]], writing for ''[[NME]]'' in 2016, included it on his list of eight of the all-time best-selling albums in the UK to have "no redeeming features whatsoever", calling the album the "beginning of [[Phil Collins#Criticism|Collins' solo rot]]" and particularly criticizing "Another Day in Paradise".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist) |date=2016-07-05 |title=Eight Of The All-Time Best-Selling Albums In The UK Have No Redeeming Features Whatsoever |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-eight-all-time-best-selling-albums-in-the-uk-that-have-no-redeeming-features-whatsoever-6053 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=[[NME]] |language=en}}</ref>