![]() Sophisticated pop/rock impeccably produced by Robert Fripp! But however the songwriting, we still have a very If It was not for two truly good tracks (Exposure and White Shadow) this album would be Tooīad the following tracks return to a slightly sub-standart par for Peter. Most "prog" track (in the ambiance sense of it) and clearly my fave from The Gabe. Somber album, but the real gift in this album is Exposure. Indigo and Animal Magic are good pop tunes that give a little depth to this relatively But the start of the seconmd vinyl side is really where this album comes on its own: True the first side of the vinyl has some rather weaker tracks than usual bar twoĮxceptions: Mother Of Violence is worthy but White Shadow is the standout track on this Regarded by fans as his most difficult and least accessible, this is still as good an album as Posted Tuesday, Janu| Review this album | Report (Review #23934)Īlso refeered to as "Scratch" as none of the first four album had titles or numbers. That fact alone is enough to give this listen,Įspecially if you are a staunch GABRIEL or prog-rock enthusiasts. That the remastering brings out so beautifully. There are always the subtleties that you missed the first time around The remastered sound gives theĮntire record a robustness and clarity that will add more interest in acquiring this album Next release is because he is so talented and resilient. ![]() The reason he is able to put this one behind him and move on to more success with his "Exposure" is a prog-rock Picasso any GABRIEL Pounding piano that I particularly liked. "On The Air" has a harder rocking edge with a "D.I.Y." is a clever melody with simple lyrics and its one of the highlights of the album. That kind of support GABRIEL's performance is fragmented. Incredible lineup is on hand for Peter, including Robert Fripp and Tony Levin. Thereĭoesn't seem to be the flow and continuity that was in place on the first album. Short in the consistency department in comparison to its predecessor, however. Peter GABRIEL's second release, once again self-titled, is good album. Posted Saturday, Ap| Review this album | Report (Review #23927) Or next installment, depending on how you see these things. There are some very good ideas here, packaged into confining conventional parcels out of habit, which would explode from their containers and take a more fantastic shape on his next album. GABRIEL hadn't quite locked into the "vision" thing yet, but Peter GABRIEL version 2 was at least promising. Yeah, his voice isn't the commodity here that it once was (and would become again) and the arrangements are stuck in an awkward halfway point between plain old rock & roll and the darker, dire arrangements of the future, but the songs are clearly cut from the stuff of genius. Songs like "Flotsam and Jetsam" and "Indigo" generate genuine pathos, while the slicker tracks ("Perspective", "D.I.Y.") make a better case for GABRIEL as a "new" rock artist than "Modern Love" ever could. Since it's something of an itchy sweater as albums go, this record rarely comes out of the closet, but I've always had a soft spot for it. There are some quieter moments, achingly sad in the case of "Mother of Violence" and "Home Sweet Home", but GABRIEL's perturbation is still tangible even in these settings. Unlike his debut, which tried its hand at all sorts of things, this album focuses on modern rock, delivered by producer Robert Fripp with all the rough edges intact (a style he would replicate on his own Exposure). But the crankiness is most evident in the music, from "A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World" to "Animal Magic". Peter GABRIEL cultivated a reputation as something of a crank with his second album, choosing a cover that traded in self-obscurity for self-mutilation and again refusing to give the album a proper title (which must have given folks at the label fits). John Tims / insects noises (3) Releases informationĬD Geffen - 069 493 300-2 (2002, US) RemasteredĬD Real World Records - PGCDR2R (2011, Europe) Remastered by Tony Cousins Tony Levin / bass, string bass (6), Chapman Stick (2,4,9), recorder arrangements (6,9), backing vocals Larry Fast / synthesizers & treatments (1,2,5,7,10) Bayete (Todd Cochran) / keyboards (2,4,6,7) Robert Fripp / electric (1,3,5,10) & acoustic (5) guitars, Frippertronics (8), producer ![]() Sidney McGinnis / electric (1,4,8-11) & acoustic (2,3) & steel guitars, mandolin (2), backing vocals (7) Peter Gabriel / lead & backing vocals, piano (2), organ (11), synthesizer (5,7) A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World (3:36) ![]()
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