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- 'Steam' Peter Gabriel - Steam. From his 1992 album Us, ‘Steam’ was Gabriel’s last major hit in the UK and in the US. The album featured collaborations with Brian Eno, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, and reported love interest Sinead O’Connor alongside musicians from West Africa, Egypt and Armenia.
- 'Shock The Monkey' Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey. With its synth-rock hook and absurdist lyrics, ‘Shock The Monkey’ made a huge impact and became Peter Gabriel’s first major hit in the US.
- 'Big Time' Peter Gabriel - Big Time. Gabriel’s second top ten hit in the US, ‘Big Time’ poked fun at the nature of commercial success with one of his more commercially sounding and successful songs.
- 'Book Of Love' Peter Gabriel - The Book of Love. After joining The Magnetic Fields for an encore of the song at a London performance in 2001, Peter Gabriel decided to officially cover ‘Book Of Love’ himself only three years later.
Oct 4, 2023 · To celebrate the work of a rock 'n' roll chameleon, we've ranked the 20 greatest Peter Gabriel solo songs of all time.
The guitarist/songwriter explains how he came up with his signature sound, and deconstructs some classic Fear Factory songs.
- Solsbury Hill (1977) As breezy and sun-kissed as the spiritual stroll that inspired it, Gabriel’s post-Genesis debut ploughs an atypical autobiographical furrow, musing on the break with the past and what the future might bring.
- Red Rain (1986) An incredibly assured anthem, Gabriel adds an AIDS metaphor to his clutch of 80s fears and worries. Daniel Lanois’ peerless production still sparkles 30 years later, bass stalwart and all-round-don Tony Levin plays out of his skin and Stewart Copeland’s hi-hat (simulating the rain of the title) is a drummer’s masterclass.
- Games Without Frontiers (1980) Invariably misheard up and down the playgrounds of Britain’s comprehensive schools, the song’s French refrain - Jeux Sans Frontieres - was a linguistic challenge, sometimes manifesting as ‘she’s so funky, yeah?’
- Biko (1980) Gabriel’s first real foray into activism and world music, the story of anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Biko’s death in police custody in South Africa, came full circle when it was performed at Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday celebrations at Wembley, 1988.
Genesis original band lineup with Peter Gabriel (plus a few early Phil Collins songs thrown in for good measure), their greatest hits and best songs from the...
He was the first vocalist for the band Genesis in the early 1970s and released the band’s first six albums with them: From Genesis to Revalation (1969), Trespass (1970), Nursery Cryme (1971),...
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This is the solo discography of Peter Gabriel, an English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. [ 1] After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career.
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