Rank Gabriel's albums...

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   I only have 4 of P. Gabriel albums, , but I'll start by ranking them in order of preference:

1. Up - progressive rock, art rock without doubt. A mature piece of art. 

2. So - underrated, I don't see where the "pop" accusations come from (other than slegdehammer maybe, and Big time, but even those songs are good pop)

3. 3 ("Melt"), slightly overrated for me, is good, but there are some tracks that look like fillers to me. 

4. Us - weak, very weak. In this case I couldn't go against the flow, it's a weak album. This is the pop one , more so than SO. 

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The T Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493	Topic: Rank Gabriel's albums... Posted: March 07 2007 at 13:43
	I only have 4 of P. Gabriel albums, , but I'll start by ranking them in order of preference: 1. Up - progressive rock, art rock without doubt. A mature piece of art. 2. So - underrated, I don't see where the "pop" accusations come from (other than slegdehammer maybe, and Big time, but even those songs are good pop) 3. 3 ("Melt"), slightly overrated for me, is good, but there are some tracks that look like fillers to me. 4. Us - weak, very weak. In this case I couldn't go against the flow, it's a weak album. This is the pop one , more so than SO.


Ricochet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301	Posted: March 07 2007 at 16:24
	1. Peter Gabriel 3 - Melt 2. Peter Gabriel 4 - Security 3. Secret World Live 4. Up 5. Plays Live 6. Peter Gabriel 2 - Scratch 7. Passion. 8. Peter Gabriel 1 - Car 9. Us 10. So 11. Ovo 12. Long Walk Home 13. Birdy


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	2 Security UP 3 Passion So Us 1

salmacis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Content Addition Joined: April 10 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3928	Posted: March 08 2007 at 08:21
	Don't have Up, but I know most of the rest well. My fave of his is the Shaking The Tree best of, but anyway.. 3 Us So 4- Security Passion 2 1

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	4 ( Sci Fi Screen) 3 (Oil) So Us Passion 2 (Fingers) 1 (Blue) Edited by Snow Dog - March 08 2007 at 08:27


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	- 4 (Security) - Up - 3 (Melt) - Plays Live - Shaking the Tree - So

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	i hate them all! lol im kidding please dont attack me
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Guest Group	Posted: March 14 2007 at 22:27
	I only really care for 2 of them - Gabriel's 3rd one, in my opinion, ranks with his best work in Genesis, & So is as good as "modern" serious rock gets. The rest, really it's pick & choose. None held me in thrall from beginning to end.

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	3 Up Plays Live 1 Security So 2 Us Can't put OVO on there yet as I haven't listened to it enough...


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	3 - One of the best albums ever recorded (not overrated). 1 - Amazing considering this was the first thing he did after Genesis. He took a completely new direction from the start. Security - Almost as good as 3 Up - Probably the densest thing I have ever heard. It takes a while to open up. So - Almost as good as Security Us - Yeah, he was a bit off his game on this one, but still a very good album. 2 - Transitional, and contains some very good music. I just get a bit bored by the end. No matter what, I wouldn't part with any of them.
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Zargus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 08 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 3491	Posted: March 19 2007 at 11:58
	3 (Melt) and well thats all i got and im not planing to buy anything more since its his best i feel the other stuff is probobly not worth it i liked it when i bought it very much but got fast tierd of it. If i however buy anything more it will probobly be 4. (but first i must buy all 40+ Peter Hammill solo albums wich i find much more intresting, i got everything up til and including "silent corner and empty stage" so far, next stop "in camera". ) Edited by Zargus - March 19 2007 at 12:06


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	basicaly it's not very good really. still enjoy I, Melt an So though, OVO was quite nice
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	I only have Up (which is very good by the way) and SO (which is okay)

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	3 1 2 Plays Live 4 (Deutsches album) 4 I had So but I only liked a couple of songs, it should have been called So-So! It put me off listening to any of his subsequent albums. I have the German language version of 4 which I prefer to the English version.
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	2 1 3 ... but 'Biko' is my #1 PG song So Birdy Secret World Live Plays Live Ovo 4 ... but 'I Have The Touch' is in my top 5 PG songs Passion Us ... but 'Blood of Eden' is in my top 10 PG songs Up Long Walk Home
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	Up is my favorite, then Passion. Haven't heard the others in a while so I can't rank them at the moment.

prog4evr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 22 2005 Location: Wuhan, China Status: Offline Points: 1455	Posted: June 24 2007 at 01:33
	The first four albums, from which Plays Live gets its material, are his best. Saw him live in LA at the Greek Theatre in the early 1908s. The man was (is still?) quite the showman! Made me wish I had been old enough to see him at some European venue when he was touring with Genesis in those early years...

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	3 4 So 1 Passion 2

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	4 3 Us Up 1 Ovo 2 So
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Easy Livin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585	Posted: July 02 2007 at 14:40
	I've always felt Gabriel's output had the pattern good album, poor album, good album poor album etc.