Peter Gabriel's "UP"
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Topic: Peter Gabriel's "UP"
Posted By: Masque
Subject: Peter Gabriel's "UP"
Date Posted: February 09 2007 at 21:26
Well ? 
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Posted By: White Shadow
Date Posted: February 09 2007 at 21:38
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Brilliance, his best since Security. Personal favorites are "Darkness" and "I Grieve". ------------- [signature] |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: February 09 2007 at 21:39
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fair enough, not very good. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 09 2007 at 21:56
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I have only three of his albums (3, So and Up) and Up is truly his best. At times bordering on masterpiece. I'm ordering "Us" today so I have four. ------------- 
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Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: February 09 2007 at 22:07
Great, one of my personal favorite albums ever, I love each of the songs on there! Personal Favorites: Signal to Noise *** , More Than This, Growing Up
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Posted By: Masque
Date Posted: February 09 2007 at 22:37
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The T wrote:Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 03:37
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Very Good.......Gabriel's work will age well too, which speaks volumes for the music. Up IMO was a huge improvement on Us ( inconsistent). I just hope I/O will be worth the wait and a slight change in direction. I am afraid that all gabriel's side projects might just delay the next album. He is currently working on the Blue Ball project scheduled for release this year. I am looking forward to that too.... ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 03:40
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What's the big number off Up? I don't think I know that one... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 04:37
Excellent.Check my review. "Growing Up" is one of the best Prog songs to dance to  Following DVD is awesome too
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Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 05:21
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In a way, you could say it got me into prog, but i can't say it's anything more than good. I can understand all of you who do, however, but there's something about it that ust doesn't click for me, maybe Gabriel's voice.. I greieve is great, though. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 08:54
Brilliant album! So evocative and emotional 
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Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 12:44
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its a good album for me, nothing marvellous that had really surprised me ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 13:21
| I must hear this album some day... |
Posted By: Guillermizzimo
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 14:31
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I like the album, but it's too downbeat for my personal tastes... great sound work, though, as usual.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 14:37
| Great album, one of PG's best. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 14:53
There really is no big number from that album. It didn't get very much (if any) radio play. "The Barry Williams Show" was intended to be the big single, but it didn't fit along side of Linkin Park, and Pink. Besides, that's not really indicative of what the album really is. It's a dense affair, and takes a while to reveal itself. When it does, it is very good. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: February 10 2007 at 21:09
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VERY good... One of the most amazing PG albums that I´ve heard... ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 02:16
Fair cop; I wouldn't say that Steam is the most representative of "Us," I just wanted to know if I'd heard the album (I haven't, but I know that song. Quite amusing that). ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 17:35
| Very Good |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 21:03
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Great album. His best.
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Posted By: Wotgorilla
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 23:04
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My favourite PG album along with the "Passion" soundtrack. ------------- "Thru the darkest age we can surely fly, thru the darkest age with the Fist of Fire" |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 08:04
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UP is my favorite Peter Gabriel. I think it's his best. Every song is incredible with my favorite being Signal to Noise. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 11:46
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It is an excellent album! ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 13:48
| second option. |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 14:10
It's a good album but I find that I don't play it as often as I do "Us" and I think that's because I was going through a tough time emotionally when that CD came out and I could identify very closely with it. In other words, I'm biased.  ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 19:39
| There are some excellent songs, some good songs, some pretty good songs. Give the guy credit for not just churning out pop drivel like many of the artists his age. |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 19:41
great album - that first track is a bit of a shock though
thought my stereo had freaked out first time i heard it!
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Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 00:45
| Nice and dark, something Peter Gabriel has always been good at I believe. |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 06:59
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A grower. Now in my top20 - absolute masterpiece.
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 12:25
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Simply my favorite Gabriel album... The DVD from that tour is also one hell of a treat !!! ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: progcabaretdoll
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 03:54
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Production-wise, it's excellent but Gabriel's voice in this album is abit less than stellar. BUT I've seen the Warm-up Tour clips on youtube, his voice sounds better than ever! Hopefully I/O comes out sooooon.
I like all the songs on Up
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More Than This (urghhh/blah mediocre pop song) and also, I actually thought The Barry Williams Show is one of his better songs on the album.
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Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 06:18
Oh, whats wrong with more than this? |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 06:27
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glad I didn't post an opinion, I thought it was about Us (which is not a bad pop record).. never heard this one in its entirety
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 08:18
Gave me one hell of a shock too when I first listened to it on the 'phones!
It's a good album but it hasn't grabbed me in the same way as most of his other albums. I've played it quite a bit but it hasn't sunk in at all, I guess it needs more listens.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 13:04
| Good, and the opening track is great. |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 13:06
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V.Good. Similar in feel to 3 & 4 (Dark and cold...ish) ------------- 
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Posted By: progcabaretdoll
Date Posted: September 08 2007 at 00:56
I find it a really mediocre/generic pop song, I'm sorry but this ditty seems to be more appropriate for a Backstreet Boys album. "More than this, more than this, more than this.." repetitive and annoying. And what happen to his vocals? He sounds as if he's tired singing. Believe me if I said I tried liking it but I always end up hating it.
Luckily, there's only one bad song on Up.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: September 08 2007 at 23:16
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I like the first half of the album. But I usually get annoyed about 90 seconds into The Barry Williams Show and turn it off. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 08 2007 at 23:33
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What a great album!
Certainly my favorite solo PG album. Rivals the Genesis classics in my opinion. Growing Up and Darkness are both absolute masterpieces and a great atmosphere throughout. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: September 09 2007 at 01:40
I can see where you'd get at it being a Generic tune, but I think it works. The sound is complete, which is good for me since the openness of "My Head sounds like that" which had potential, but I think was the worst song on the album. Nothing happened! It didn't even build, and I think the vocal was definitely worse then anything in More Than this. I think trying to keep everything complex and needing to pay attention to everything going on is bad for an album. Now and then you need a break. But even still, there are plenty of filling subtleties that I enjoy. And the repetetive "More Than this" I think was a good ending, with the slowly building music in the background. Worked with the meaning. |
Posted By: progcabaretdoll
Date Posted: September 11 2007 at 00:47
I do agree that More Than This has a better ending but the beginning til the middle turns me off completely and for some reason, the imaginary picture of BSB singing this song keeps recurring in my mind.
My Head Sounds Like That has a bit of ambient quality which I like and imho, it's a more mature work, if compared to More Than This.
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