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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Peter Gabriel - (1978) II


Peter GABRIEL's second release, once again self-titled, is good album. It does come up short in the consistency department in comparison to its predecessor, however. There doesn't seem to be the flow and continuity that was in place on the first album. The same incredible lineup is on hand for Peter, including Robert Fripp and Tony Levin. Even with that kind of support GABRIEL's performance is fragmented.

"D.I.Y." is a clever melody with simple lyrics and its one of the highlights of the album. It really sounds like GABRIEL is in groove. "On The Air" has a harder rocking edge with a pounding piano that I particularly liked. "Exposure" is a prog-rock Picasso; any GABRIEL album would be incomplete without it.

The reason he is able to put this one behind him and move on to more success with his next release is because he is so talented and resilient. The remastered sound gives the entire record a robustness and clarity that will add more interest in acquiring this album than ever before. There are always the subtleties that you missed the first time around that the remastering brings out so beautifully. That fact alone is enough to give this listen, especially if you are a staunch GABRIEL or prog-rock enthusiasts.

Studio Album, released in 1978

Track Listings

Side 1
1. On The Air (5:28)
2. D.I.Y. (2:38)
3. Mother Of Violence (3:22)
4. A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World (3:36)
5. White Shadow (5:19)
Side 2
6. Indigo (3:33)
7. Animal Magic (3:29)
8. Exposure (4:18)
9. Flotsam And Jetsam (2:22)
10. Perspective (3:29)
11. Home Sweet Home (4:40)

Total Time: 42:16
Line-up/Musicians

- Peter Gabriel / lead vocals, background vocals, piano, synthesizer
- Bayete / Keyboards
- Roy Bittan / keyboards
- Jerry Marotta / drums, background vocals
- Tony Levin / basses, stick, background vocals
- Sid McGinnis / guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, background vocals
- Robert Fripp / guitars, Frippertronics
- Larry Fast / synthesizers
- Timmy Capello / saxophone
- George Marge / recorders

4 comments:

dj_Koppig said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/68634359/PG1978.rar

Paolo Maligaya said...

May I know the password? Thanks.

olaf said...

seems like the owner of the blog forgot about the passwords..
at least for this one it's:
lagrimapsicodelica

it may work for other files

thanks for the music anyways (:

Anonymous said...

broken link.