PETER GABRIEL 3 [AKA: MELT]

PG3 or how to make a concept album from a simple album? PG and programmed emancipation for the cause of music!

1. Intruder with a title that I use as an intro yes it's easy; how to get into an album that revolutionized the world, the musical world? cries, voices, a monolithic vocal, marimbas, a strong bass, a title as a glimpse of the Gabrielesque, murky, malevolent and bubbling universe; the hissing intruder has just entered your brain 2. No Self Control ah this intro, one every 10 years to find one as good; will be taken up on 'Birdy' while waiting for the choirs to leave on Philip GLASS 'The photographer', incredible; already the chorus hits hard with Phil's drums, well, no self control he says, heavy, hard, creative, on the verge of apoplexy, go marimbas again 3. Start for the slap, here comes the sax on a divine synth, a refrain melody that passes; the intro of course of the following title, a gentleness in a violent calm and... 4. I Don't Remember with its catchy, syncopated bass, yes we are captivated by this tune; rock, no Peter yes with unequaled and innovative sounds; a rock outside the norms, AOR Charisma of repressed, avant-garde prog metal with a Tony with his Chapman who splits the air 5. Family Snapshot for one of the most beautiful musical crescendo-decrescendo; divine rise, the electric synth has a lot to do with it, the voice which rises with the bass, the sax in the distance which amplifies, this moment when you are at the top, where you are good, where you say to yourself but that he did well finally leaving to release CA, it wasn't easy, a sound, an angelic sound; final return to the archaic tune, a sound that you listen to until the last note... 6. And Through the Wire...they say there's always one title less, that's the one; good but it didn't inspire me too much, too shouty in the chorus, too predictable and lacking a je ne sais quoi, I want you when the prog blood is better seen; well I'm waiting halfway through, it's ok the break is coming, latent, airy, reflective before the heavy sound resumes its frame 7. Games Without Frontiers yes maybe this title is so strong that it erases a little before, after; in the meantime we recite the first names, we whistle and Kate gives her presence-voice, sublime; it reverberates again and the synths, the air, everything comes together like a game... yes it is indeed by knockout that I am going to leave this title; simple, choppy, simple, immense, simple but strongly progressive at heart, ah these percussions, ah these riffs seeming naturally out of tune, ah Kate! 8. Not One of Us come on I was talking about hard, heavy, strong riff... listen to this rise, 80's rock with a basic synth touch that makes you climb the tree, the craziest title in my opinion with a musical creation at each corner of the verse, at each chorus rise, at each breath of Peter; the explosive break, which we will find in 'Birdy', the passage of the 5th progressive gear, where we fly away, where music becomes a language, the title which kills you while continuing to move forward happy, haggard; phew this riff which vibrates and which ends your apoplexy 9. Lead a Normal Life for the outro before its time? A consensual title that doesn't seem like it, an archaic piece, a proto piece, a slow reflection with an electric piano, marimbas, a latency I said programmed to settle you down... yes with prog we often get high , ah aha this cry from beyond the jungle 10. Biko bon... when I was talking about the jungle, the tribal tune with this hymn to a man who will have his aura after his death, a brave man, but let's come back to the music, there's no point adding more; the basic tune, the heaviness of the notes, the progressive bewitchment, everything is there to make a Dantesque title; nothing special just an ode to life, to respect, to glory. A title that is too repetitive which takes on its full value in concert of course.

Kate, David, Robert, Dave, Paul, Tony, Jerry, Steve and Phil his former friend from GENESIS helped him in the course of this album; with such big names we could only have a perfect concept opus, that's the case. An album that remains anchored in the absolute 5, a real one.