Peter Gabriel’s studio albums
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Topic: Peter Gabriel’s studio albums
Posted By: Emperor
Subject: Peter Gabriel’s studio albums
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 08:04
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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 Prophesy Disaster... |
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Posted By: JCProg
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 08:13
| I voted for III. Not only is it his best recording, it's also one of the best albums ever. |
Posted By: the musical box
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 08:17
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I picked 1 because it has the most "genesisy" sound....yup, im biased "Salsbury Hill" and "Here Comes The Flood" also happen to be his best songs, IMO. ------------- something pretentious |
. But it also has Robert Fripp!
Posted By: Emperor
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 08:22
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I cannot say that I leke all the 3rd album very much. To my opinion, his general worth is that here Gabriel has started to make principally new music - a kind of nobody performed before. He has created two basic things in 1980: the experiments with so called "ethnic" music and the experiments with modern sound (in innovative and intellectual way - unlike different new-wave, disco and electro-pop bands). Though there are two brilliant tracks on the album too. I mean FAMILY SNAPSHOT and BIKO. LEAD A NORMAL LIFE, THROUGH THE WIRE and NO SELF CONTROL are all great too... ------------- I Prophesy Disaster... |
JCProg wrote:Posted By: Emperor
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 08:25
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 ------------- I Prophesy Disaster... |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 08:51
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PG III was the very first album I bought with my own money. I played it
to death and I can still pick up new things even today.
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 13:06
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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.
------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 13:23
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PG iV Although I honestly love them all. |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 13:25
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 14:50
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I had a RRREEAAALLLYY hard time deciding this.
Pete is one of my fav artists, and I love all his albums. But I chose passion, I bought it the other day and it's just so inspiring. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 15:26
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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 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 15:57
| The first album for Down The Dolce Vita,Solsbury Hill and Modern Love. |
Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 18:21
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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? |
Posted By: Rob The Plant
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 18:51
yay for UP! ------------- Collaborators will take your soul. |
Posted By: Cluster One
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 20:48
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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.
------------- Marmalade...I like marmalade. |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 20:52
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i choose passion ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 22:32
| IV (Security) |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 22:33
I went with the CAR, PG #1. I never heard Genesis until that album. I bought it because Fripp played on it and Shazzam, instant fan. Went backwards and found the Genesis catelogue.....history.....
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Posted By: Havoc
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 00:36
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)
------------- "Jesrusalem boogie to us perphaps... but to the birds it meant that supper was ready!" |
Posted By: Emperor
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 01:30
I absolutely agree that Gabriel is very underrated by Progressive Fans. It's maybe because he performs his own unusual Progressive Rock, which is very unsimilar to the traditional kind of Progressive. Look out, Gabriel is just not so simple and light-weighed as it seems from the 1st sight (even at his So and Us!)... Frankly speaking, Gabriel in couple with Hammill is my most favorite musician, the closest to my nature I may say... Every time - being the Genesis's participant or solo-author-soloist - Peter Gabriel always created very intelligent, thoughtful, innovative and sincere Music. BTW, Genesis also had #1 hit with LAND OF CONFUSION ------------- I Prophesy Disaster... |
Posted By: Rob The Good
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 02:52
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I voted for So, because I think it's one of the few times an artist can achieve commercial success without selling out artistically. I think it's a great achievement. But then again, I, III & Up are all fantastic albums: there is something worth listening to on all his albums.
I also bought his DVD "Play" today (the Videos). Great! ------------- And Jesus said unto John, "come forth and receive eternal life..." Unfortunately, John came fifth and was stuck with a toaster. |
Posted By: Rob The Plant
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 08:10
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I've been contemplating getting that DVD, maybe I'll get it this week. ------------- Collaborators will take your soul. |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 11:59
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Birdy is a re-hash of some tracks from PG III, IV and some other stuff
(Slow Water I believe was used on a Brain Eno album) but the twist he
gives to the tunes are actually quite invetive and for a while, the
Birdy album was a constant presence in my walkman - that's a portable
tape cassette player for all of those of you out there born after 1988 Mathew Modine was quite good in the film if I remember.  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 12:49
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A newt ?????????
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 17:50
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Up, although all the ones ive heard deserve mention..... and im not going to list it because im sure even the ones i havent heard are great. |
Posted By: Garbs
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 08:23
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Voted for III (just ahead of I) - some classic stuff on. Games Without Frontiers is genius. ------------- So here I am once more |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 13:07
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Gave my vote to "Us"
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 13:15
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My all-time favourite artist. I would rate many of his albums with five stars, but the best ist still So.
------------- Blog this: http://artrock2006.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 15:25
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PG III gets my vote - a good balance between great songwriting and experimentation. There's not a lot of his solo stuff that I don't like, though. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 16:45
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So... So what ? So a lot of good tracks on that one. Passion is very good too, and Up also. The Up opener is very very good. |
Posted By: The Green Tank
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 16:52
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So Because I want to be your sledgehammer |
Posted By: An old fart
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 19:23
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Us is my favourite for "mathematical" reasons, because it's the only album by Gabriel that has no weak tracks. For me Us is an artistically successful mixture of catchy and ambitious music and his most personal lyrics. However Up is probably the most diverse of his efforts so far, gathering together all the colours of his musical palette. I also think very highly of I (incredible amount of diversity too), IV (revolutionary), So (superb pop) and Passion (an emotional soundtrack). III is good too, of course, but some of the songs there are too simple for my taste. ------------- "Make tea, not love" |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 19:51
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A lot of his albums are so good,I really like III though. -------------  |
Posted By: laztraz
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 20:08
| I can remember hearing Solsbury Hill played by a local band called the Joanne Dodds Band before I even knew it was a Peter Gabriel song. Awesome. I would go hear them just to hear that song. |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 20:35
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I love all of Gabriel's solo albums. He is one of the few artists that you can
say didn't sell out. Not only didn't sell out, but didnt put forth a bad album (at least IMO.) ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: tolstoievski
Date Posted: November 09 2005 at 10:42
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just let it SO ------------- we're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year ... |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 10:45
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III is the only one i have so thats the one i vote for, great album. ------------- 
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 00:13
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 01:03
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III (melt) is my favourite,followed by IV (security)
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Posted By: fuqxit
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 01:26
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I - really good; god bless bob ezrin; sort of time specific with 70's greats (hunter, schwartzberg, wagner); "here comes the flood", "moribund", "humdrum", the list goes on and on; big and bloated maybe... III - another great one; ground breaking studio techniques (especially drums); "intruder", "family snapshot", "not one of us"; pretty darn good... security/IV - talk about your ground breaking production, you still hear this one on trailers today; "lay your hands on me", "family and the fishing net"; I'd buy it again... but II - you've got the most sympathetic producer: fripp; there's almost a punk ethic; one great song after another, even up to the crappy finales of "animal magic" and "home sweet home"; his voice never sounded more natural and aggressive(expressive?); my vote for the best; "white shadow", "indigo", "flotsam and jetsam", "on the air", etc, etc... oh yeah, he put out some commercial crap after that, which seemed to appeal to dave matthews fans and people that felt they were discovering pg (best new artist). LONG LIVE HOGWEED!!
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Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 07:37
 (so, that means UP  )------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 23:52
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SO ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 23:59
I'm going to take that you've never heard UP. Or passion. Since you said after PG IV it was poppy crap. And So and US are not poppy crap. Maybe pop but not crap. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Santi_VdGG
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 15:59
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Security...man, "the rhythm of the heat" "san jacinto" "the family and the fishing net"... should I add something else? ------------- all of us pilgrims. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:26
III! 
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Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:35
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My favorite is UP. I think it's incredible especially after all these years. I love
all of his albums though (even II though many people say it was a dud. "Mother of Violence" is one of my favorite songs among many others on the album.) ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 17:15
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I'm going for SO. I thought it was very accessible, melodic, and inventive. How many artists of the decade were combining modern (80's) pop with African and quasi-Far Eastern rhythms? ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
Posted By: Thufir Hawat
Date Posted: February 10 2006 at 05:36
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III wins as it is the most progish and enjoyable. ------------- "I can't see through my eye lids" |
Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: February 10 2006 at 20:21
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Security III I So ------------- "The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish |
Posted By: CryoftheCarrots
Date Posted: February 10 2006 at 20:53
| I voted for 1 because PG used the wonderful guitarists Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner on that album.However I own and love all of them.SH & DW some of the best rock guitarists I ever heard.Alice Cooper used them on Welcome to my Nightmare and Lou Reed used them on Rock'n'Roll Animal.The solo on Dolce Vita gets me every time. |
Posted By: fuqxit
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 04:56
Oh Yeah, "UP". It seems that he has taken to wearing a leather glove on one hand. And yes I have been listening (and praying). Post-mortems take place...and what can one do! All I want is a resurrection...and I don't think age is an excuse. Does Gabriel think that banaliity can pass for inspiration. He didn't used to think "so". But now it seems to pay the bills. And I've been waiting since 1980...
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Posted By: nobody
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 06:09
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I felt compelled to vote for the black sheep of the catalogue: Of course, they are all great, but II/Scratch has a special place for me. ------------- "Some of you are going to die... martyrs, of course, to the Freedom I will provide!" |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 07:21
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1st Album ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |