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Peter Gabriel: So

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Label: Virgin Records
Released: 1986
Time:
 46:25
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois
Rating: ********** (10/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.petergabriel.com
Appears with: Genesis, Tony Banks, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Tony Levin, David Rhodes
Purchase date: 1989
Price in €: 14,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Red Rain (Peter Gabriel) - 5:35
[2] Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel) - 5:09
[3] Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel) - 6:29
[4] That Voice Again (Peter Gabriel, David Rhodes) - 4:50
[5] In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)- 5:24
[6] Mercy Street [for Anne Sexton] (Peter Gabriel) - 6:18
[7] Big Time [success] (Peter Gabriel) - 4:25
[8] We Do What We're Told [Milgram's 37] (Peter Gabriel) - 3:17
[9] This Is the Pictures [Excellent birds] (Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel) - 4:17

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Peter Gabriel - Synthesizer, Flute, Percussion, Piano, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals, Producer, Main Performer, Horn Arrangements

Laurie Anderson - Vocals, El. Violin
Kate Bush - Vocals
Stewart Copeland - Synthesizer, Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Hi Hat
Bill Laswell - Bass,
Ronnell Bright - Bass Vocal, Vocals
Nile Rodgers - Guitar,
P.P. Arnold - Vocals, Background Vocals
Dave Bascombe - Engineer
Michael Been - Vocals, Background Vocals
Jimmy Bralower - Synthesizer,
Simon Clark - Synthesizer, Bass, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Hammond B3 Organ
Djalma Correa - Conga, Triangle, Surdo
Coral Gordon - Vocals, Background Vocals
Chris Hughes - Programming, Producer
Wayne Jackson - Trumpet, Cornet, Horn Arrangements
Manu Katche - Percussion, Drums
Jim Kerr - Background Vocals
Kevin Killen - Engineer
Larry Klein - Bass, Bass Guitar
Daniel Lanois - Guitar, Percussion, Tambourine, 12 String Guitar, Producer, Engineer
Tony Levin - Bass, Bass Guitar, Vocals
Dee Lewis - Vocals, Background Vocals
Jerry Marotta - Drums, Bass Guitar, Vocals
Don Mikkelsen - Trombone
Youssou N'Dour - Vocals
David Rhodes - Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals
Mark Rivera - Alto, Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
Mark Riviera - Alto, Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
Lakshminarayana Shankar - Violin
Richard Tee - Piano, Keyboards
Nile Ridgers - Guitar
Ronnie Bright - Bass Vocal

Daniel Lanois - Engineer
Kevin Killen - Engineer
David Bascombe - Original track recording
David Bottill - Additional engineer
David Stallbaumer - Additional engineer
Jam Crisp - Ass. Additional engineer
Ian Cooper - Mastering

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All tracks recorded and mixed at Real World Studios, England except Mercy Street.
Originally mastered at the Town House, London.
Percussion recorded in Polygram Studios, Rio de Janiero.
New York overdubs recorded at the Power Station.
Additional arrangements ideas by David Rhodes, horn arrangements by Wayne Jackson, Gabriel, and Lanois.

Track 9 only on cassette and CD.

LP:
UK Virgin PG 5
US Geffen GHS 24088
Cassette:
UK Virgin PGMC 5
CD:
UK Virgin PGCD 5
Pic CD:
UK Virgin PGPCD 5, 1988 (picture CD is front cover)



After a four-year layoff from his last studio album ( Security), Gabriel returned with his most upbeat record, infusing funk, worldbeat, and gospel. The more accessible production, by Daniel Lanois ( U2) and Gabriel, helped make this album a worldwide commercial success. It includes the hits "In Your Eyes," "Sledgehammer," "Big Time."

Rick Clark, All-Music Guide



"Seine Aufbereitung von 60er-Jahre-Soul,afrikanischem Flair,geheimnisvollen Balladen und funkigen BläserSpots klingt auf CD einfach sagenhaft."

H.Kepler in stereo 9/86



"The most impressive use Gabriel found for his new musical strategy can be found on 'So', on which he plays it as pop. Amazingly, he does so without compromising the ambition or adventurousness of his previous efforts."

ROLLING STONE ALBUM GUIDE *****



So wird gemeinhin als Highlight in Gabriels Karriere angesehen, bemerkenswert seiner soliden Songauswahl wegen, als auch aufgrund der aufwendigen und hochmusikalischen Produktion. Gabriel, der seit seinen Genesis-Tagen Musik immer auch in dramaturgischen Zusammenhängen gesehen hatte, benutzte den modernen Sound von So (koproduziert mit Daniel Lanois) wiederum als spielerisches, theatralisches Moment und veredelte damit die eher bodenständigen Songs auf nahezu perfekte Weise. Der Riesenhit auf dem Album hieß "Sledgehammer", ein etwas steifer Versuch des englischen Rockers, die Rhythm ´n´ Blues Traditionen von Stax/Volt zu adaptieren. Überzeugender waren seine eigenen kunstvollen Rocksongs wie etwa "Red Rain", das mit seinen Gitarren- und Synthesizerkaskaden Bilder vom nuklearen Untergang heraufbeschwor. "Don´t Give Up", ein Duett mit Kate Bush, ist möglicherweise Gabriels beste Ballade. Bushs engelhafter Gesangspart ist geeignet, uns allen wieder Kraft einzuflößen. "In Your Eyes", mit seinen betörenden, rhythmischen Klangteppichen und im Duett mit Youssou N´dour gesungen, ist aber zweifellos der Song auf So, der die geniale Mischung von Studiotechnologie mit feinstem Soul am deutlichsten macht.

John Milward, Amazon.de



Nach mehrjähriger Studiopause schlug das Soloalbum des ehemaligen Genesis-Sängers 1986 ein, wie ein Sledgehammer.Seitdem hat So nichts von seiner Pop-Hochspannung verloren - nicht zuletzt wegen Gabriels Traumduett mit Kate Bush.

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Red Rain

red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me
 
I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream
I cannot make a single sound as you scream
it can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
this place is so quiet, sensing that storm
 
red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me
 
well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town
they tell you that this rain can sting, and look down
there is no blood around see no sign of pain
hay ay ay no pain
seeing no red at all, see no rain
 
red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me
 
red rain-
putting the pressure on much harder now
to return again and again
just let the red rain splash you
let the rain fall on your skin
I come to you defences down
with the trust of a child
 
red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me
and I can't watch any more
no more denial
it's so hard to lay down in all of this
red rain is coming down
red rain is pouring down
red rain is coming down all over me
I see it
red rain is coming down
red rain is pouring down
red rain is coming down all over me
I'm bathing in it
red rain coming down
red rain is coming down
red rain is coming down all over me
I'm begging you
red rain coming down
red rain coming down
red rain coming down
red rain coming down
over me in the red red sea
over me
over me
red rain


Sledgehammer

you could have a steam train
if you'd just lay down your tracks
you could have an aeroplane flying
if you bring your blue sky back
 
all you do is call me
I'll be anything you need
 
you could have a big dipper
going up and down, all around the bends
you could have a bumper car, bumping
this amusement never ends
 
I want to be your sledgehammer
why don't you call my name
oh let me be your sledgehammer
this will be my testimony
show me round your fruitcage
'cos I will be your honey bee
open up your fruitcage
where the fruit is as sweet as can be
 
I want to be your sledgehammer
why don't you call my name
you'd better call the sledgehammer
put your mind at rest
I'm going to be-the sledgehammer
this can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
let there be no doubt about it
 
sledge sledge sledgehammer
 
I've kicked the habit
shed my skin
this is the new stuff
I go dancing in, we go dancing in
oh won't you show for me
and I will show for you
show for me, I will show for you
yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you
only you
you've been coming through
going to build that powerr
build, build up that power, hey
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
going to feel that power, build in you
come on, come on, help me do
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
it's what we're doing, doing
all day and night


Don't Give Up

in this proud land we grew up strong
we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail
 
no fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've changed my name
but no one wants you when you lose
 
don't give up
'cos you have friends
don't give up
you're not beaten yet
don't give up
I know you can make it good
 
though I saw it all around
never thought I could be affected
thought that we'd be the last to go
it is so strange the way things turn
 
drove the night toward my home
the place that I was born, on the lakeside
as daylight broke, I saw the earth
the trees had burned down to the ground
 
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up
we don't need much of anything
don't give up
'cause somewhere there's a place
where we belong
 
rest your head
you worry too much
it's going to be alright
when times get rough
you can fall back on us
don't give up
please don't give up
 
'got to walk out of here
I can't take anymore
going to stand on that bridge
keep my eyes down below
whatever may come
and whatever may go
that river's flowing
that river's flowing
 
moved on to another town
tried hard to settle down
for every job, so many men
so many men no-one needs
 
don't give up
'cause you have friends
don't give up
you're not the only one
don't give up
no reason to be ashamed
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up now
we're proud of who you are
don't give up
you know it's never been easy
don't give up
'cause I believe there's the a place
there's a place where we belong


That Voice Again

I want to be with you
I want to be clear
but each time I try
it's the voice I hear
I hear that voice again
 
I'm listening to the conversation
judge and jury in my head
it's colouring everything
all we did and said
and still I head that sharp tongue talking
talking tangled words
I can sense the danger
just listen to the wind
 
I want you close I want you near
I can't help but listen
but I don't want to hear
hear that voice again
 
I want to be with you
I want to be clear
but each time I try
it's the voice I hear
I hear that voice again
 
I'm hearing right and wrong so clearly
there must be more than this
it's only in uncertainty
that we're naked and alive
I hear it through the rattle of a streetcar
hear it through the things you said
I can get so scared
listen to the wind
 
I want you close I want you near
I can't help but listen
but I don't want to hear
hear that voice again
 
what I carry in my heart
brings us so close or so far apart
only love can make love
 
I want you close I want you near
I can't help but listen
but I don't want to hear
I hear that voice again
 
I want to be with you
I want to be clear
but each time I try
it's the voice I hear
I hear that voice again


In Your Eyes

love I get so lost, sometimes
days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when I want to run away
I drive off in my car
but whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are
 
all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
 
in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes
 
love, I don't like to see so much pain
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive
 
and all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
 
in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
the heat I see in your eyes
in your eyes   in your eyes
in your eyes   in your eyes
in your eyes   in your eyes


Mercy Street

(for Anne Sexton)

looking down on empty streets, all she can see
are the dreams all made solid
are the dreams all made real
 
all of the buildings, all of those cars
were once just a dream
in somebody's head
 
she pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
she pictures a soul
with no leak at the seam
 
lets take the boat out
wait until darkness
let's take the boat out
wait until darkness comes
 
nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
nowhere in the suburbs
in the cold light of day
 
there in the midst of it so alive and alone
words support like bone
 
dreaming of mercy st.
wear your inside out
dreaming of mercy
in your daddy('s arms again
dreaming of mercy st.
'swear they moved that sign
dreaming of mercy
in your daddy's arms
 
pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
tugging at the darkness, word upon word
 
confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
to the priest-he's the doctor
he can handle the shocks
 
dreaming of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips
of kissing Mary's lips
 
dreaming of mercy st.
wear your insides out
dreaming of mercy
in your daddy's arms again
dreaming of mercy st.
'swear they moved that sign
looking for mercy
in your daddy's arms
 
mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
 
Anne, with her father is out in the boat
riding the water
riding the waves on the sea


Big Time

(success)

I'm on my way, I'm making it
I've giot to make it show, yeah
so much larger than life
I'M going to watch it growing
 
the place where I come from is a small town
they think so small
they use small words
-but not me
I'm smarter than that
I worked it out
I've been stretching my mouth
to let those big words come right out
 
I've had enough, I'm getting out
to the city, the big big city
I'll be a big noise with all the big boys
there's so much stuff I will own
and I will pray to a big god
as I kneel in the big church
 
big time
I'm on my way-I'm making it
big time  big time
I've got to make it show yeah
big time  big time
so much larger than life
big time
I'm going to watch it growing
big time
 
my parties all have big names
and I greet them with the widest smile
tell them how my life is one big adventure^
and always they're amazed
when I show them round my house, to my bed
I had it made like a mountain range
with a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
and my heaven will be a big heaven
and I will walk through the front door
 
big time
I'm on my way-I'm making it
big time  big time
I've got to make it show-yeah
big time  big time
so much larger than life
I'm going to watch it growing
big time  big time
my car is getting bigger
big time
my house is getting bigger
big time
my eyes are getting bigger
big time
and my mouth
big time
my belly is getting bigger
big time
and my bank account
big time
look at my circumstance
big time
and the bulge in my big big big big big big big


We Do What We're Told

(milgram's 37)
 
we do what we're told
we do what we're told
we do what we're told
told to do
 
we do what we're told
we do what we're told
we do what we're told
told to do
 
one doubt
one voice
one war
one truth
one dream


This is the Picture

(Excellent birds)
 
flying birds
excellent birds
watch them fly, there they go
falling snow
excellent snow
here it comes. watch it fall
 
long words
excellent words
I can hear them now
 
this is the picture, this is the picture
this is the picture, this is the picture
 
I'm sitting by the window
watching the snow fall
I'm looking out
and I'm moving, turning in time
catching up. moving in
jump up! I can land on my feet. look out!
 
this is the picture, this is the picture
this is the picture, this is the picture
 
looking out. watching out
when I see the future I close my eyes
I can see it now
 
I see pictures of people, rising up
pictures of people, falling down
I see pictures of people
they're standing on their heads, they're ready
they're looking out, look out!
they're watching out, watch out!
they're looking out, look out!
they're watching out, watch out!
 
I see pictures of people
I see pictures of people

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