Peter Gabriel’s studio albums

Personally I prefer Passions (1989) - with no any doubt.

Let me present to you the quote from my personal letter to the other Participant of our Forum - Guillermo:

I really suggest you to listen Passions (1989)! This is the Masterpiece, at least! I consider this album as the best record of all 80s, it’s on my top-10 of all the records I ever listened. The album is practically instrumental (with choir in one song and Gabriel’s voice without words in another one track), full of absolutely original ideas and different instruments (above 50 musicians worked with this album, Gabriel worked 3 years for it travelling across the whole world and searching and learning musical traditions of many nations – Arabs, Armenians, Turks, Afgans, Zulus, Indians, American-Indians, etc...), tightly contained by real feelings and passions!

A year after release it was based as the soundtrack for very clever movie by Martin Scorcese The Last Temptation Of Christ.

I picked 1 because it has the most "genesisy" sound....yup, im biased. But it also has Robert Fripp!

"Salsbury Hill" and "Here Comes The Flood" also happen to be his best songs, IMO.

Edited by the musical box

the musical box wrote: I picked 1 because it has the most "genesisy" sound....yup, im biased. But it also has Robert Fripp! "Salsbury Hill" and "Here Comes The Flood" also happen to be his best songs, IMO.

 

The 1st album by Gabriel is my personal 3rd favorite one after PASSIONS and SECURITY. I cannot say that it's close to Genesis - it's maybe the closest to pure Progressive Rock at all among peter's records. HERE COMES THE FLOOD is my very favorite composition in all the Gabriel's discography, and DOWN TO THE DOLCE VITA is one of the most favorite too

Such is my prog training that I felt genuinely ashamed to say "So" ... I rifled through my head for all manner of excuses to chose another album ... thought of all the great songs he's done ... but the truth is it will always be So. 

Wow, at last a PG solo thread - they hardly ever appear, I was getting the impression he was persona non grata (or may progger non grata) after 1975!

For me it's hard to separate III, Us and Passion - they're all outstanding albums. But I'm gonna go with Us, cause nobody else has voted for it.

Pete's had some dodgy moments (most of So and Ovo) but he is always a fascinating artist and still a vital, innovative and creative talent even as he heads into his 50s - which very, very, very few prog musicians can claim.  and I'm still p***ed off I couldn't make it to see him tour last summer.

So hats off to Mr G - a true maverick and an outstanding talent and one of my all-time faves

First I wanna say that all his efforts including Us and So are brilliant.  Pete is such an underated guy and isn't taken seriously by proggers because he had a #1 hit with Sledge Hammer.  That is very sad. "So" has some greast songs on it. 

III gets my vote. After that "Security" & then "So" 

The only one I have had a hard time listening to is "II".  Great songs but Pete has some really annoying effects on his vocals that just irritate me to death. Anyone feel the same?

I know it's hard to discount all his early albums, but I voted for 'Us', with 'Up' being a close second as my favourite. That being said, 'So' as commercial as it is/was, is still his finest.

IV (Security)

Where's the love for UP?? I think it's his masterpiece! (Although I've only listened to III up and Secret World live , and a  few downloaded songs)