Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human
rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched his solo career with a hit debut single entitled "Solsbury Hill". After Gabriel released four successful studio albums (all entitled Peter Gabriel), his fifth studio album, So (1986), became his best-selling release; it is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the US. A 2011 Time report said "Sledgehammer" was the most played music video of all time on MTV.
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| GENESIS |
Peter Gabriel combines the theatricality of his time as the leader of Genesis in the early '70s with widely
appealing sounds and songwriting, making him an international star with the credibility of a cult hero. With his eponymous debut solo album in 1977, he explored dark, cerebral territory, incorporating avant-garde, electronic, and worldbeat influences into his music.
Stylistically, Gabriel's music has been alternately described by music writers as progressive rock, art rock, art pop, worldbeat, post-progressive and progressive soul. According to Rolling Stone journalist Ryan
Reed, Gabriel has developed in all as an "art-rock innovator, soul-pop craftsman, [and] 'world music' ambassador" over the course of his career, while music scholar Gregg Akkermann argues that, despite his progressive rock origins, he has "managed to attract fans from across the spectrum: prog rock, alternative rock, world beat, blue-eyed soul, dance music, the college crowd, the teens, Americans and Europeans" More broadly, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine says Gabriel emerged during the 1980s as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians", as well as "an international pop star".
In "Plays Live" the immediacy of the stage performances wasn't lost in the process, and that emotional
edge and intimacy give songs such as "Solsbury Hill," "I Don't Remember," and "Shock the Monkey" a sharper, deeper resonance than their studio renditions, fine as those are. It's that side of the performance that makes this release well worth owning, for anyone enamored of Gabriel's voice or songs, even if nothing here wholly supplants the studio originals. And the band -- Tony Levin (bass, stick, backing vocals), Jerry Marotta (drums, vocals), David Rhodes (guitar, vocals), and Larry Fast (keyboards) -- is in excellent form as well.
Peter Gabriel – Plays Live
Label: Geffen Records – 4012-2
Format :2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Oct 1987
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock
CD1.
01. The Rhythm Of The Heat 6:26
02. I Have The Touch 5:18
03. Not One Of Us 5:29
04. Family Snapshot 4:44
05. D.I.Y. 4:20
06. The Family And The Fishing Net 7:22
07. Intruder 5:03
08. I Go Swimming 4:44
01. San Jacinto 8:28
02. Solsbury Hill 4:40
03. No Self Control 5:02
04. I Don't Remember 4:20
05. Shock The Monkey 7:40
06. Humdrum 4:03
07. On The Air 5:20
08. Biko 6:50
Flac Size: 251 MB
LINE - UP
Producer, Vocals, Synthesizer, Piano, Words By, Music By – Peter Gabriel
Synthesizer, Piano – Larry Fast
Chapman Stick, Bass, Backing Vocals – Tony Levin
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Jerry Marotta
Guitar, Backing Vocals – David Rhodes
NOTES
Recorded by Le Mobile on Autumn 1982 Tour of the United States and Canada.
Peter Gabriel - Birdy 1984 on Urban Aspirines HERE
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