Peter Gabriel | ||||
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Studio album by Peter Gabriel | ||||
Released | 3 June 1978 | |||
Recorded | November 1977 - February 1978 at Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, art rock | |||
Length | 41:29 | |||
Label | Charisma Atlantic |
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Producer | Robert Fripp | |||
Peter Gabriel chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
Robert Christgau | (B-)[3] |
Peter Gabriel is the second solo album by the British singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released in 1978. The album is the second of four with the same eponymous title. Guitarist Robert Fripp served as producer, whose influence on the album is evident in the use of Frippertronics on the track "Exposure." The album did not sell as well as the first Peter Gabriel, but reached #10 on the UK charts.[4] "Mother of Violence" was written by Peter and his first wife Jill Gabriel.
This album is often referred to as Scratch, referring to the album cover by Hipgnosis.
This album was originally intended as part of a loose trilogy with Robert Fripp's Exposure and Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs (all three albums were produced by Fripp).
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All songs written by Peter Gabriel, except where otherwise indicated.
* On original LP pressings of the album, the audio track of "White Shadow" (which was the last song on Side One) continued into the run-off groove, causing the track to play continuously until the tonearm was lifted from the record.
+ some editions of the cassette release had a slightly different running order. Essentially switching "A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World" (to track B11) and "Home Sweet Home" (to track A5) and moving "White Shadow" up one place to track A4.
+ the original B side of the single "D.I.Y." is a longer version of "Perspective" which was edited for the album and all subsequent releases.
Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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1978 | Billboard Pop Albums | 45[5] |
1978 | UK Album Charts | 10[4] |
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