Peter Gabriel (1978 album)

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Peter Gabriel
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Studio album by
Peter Gabriel
Released2 June 1978 (1978-06-02) [1]
RecordedNovember 1977 – February 1978 [1]
StudioRelight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands
The Hit Factory, New York [1]
Genre
Length41:29
Label Charisma
Producer Robert Fripp
Peter Gabriel chronology
Peter Gabriel
(1977)		Peter Gabriel
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(1980)
Singles from Peter Gabriel
  1. "D.I.Y."
    Released: 22 May 1978 [5]

Peter Gabriel is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 2 June 1978 by Charisma Records. Gabriel started recording the album in November 1977, the same month that he had completed touring in support of his debut solo release. He employed former King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, who was part of Gabriel's early touring band, to produce the album and incorporated his use of Frippertronics effects on the co-written "Exposure".

Contents

The album was released in the US as Peter Gabriel II.[ citation needed ] It later became known informally as Scratch, referring to the album's artwork by Hipgnosis. Some music streaming services refer to it as Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch. [6]

The album reached No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 45 on the US Billboard Pop Albums chart. [7]

Background

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Robert Fripp produced the album

The influence of producer Robert Fripp is evident in the use of Frippertronics on the track "Exposure", which Fripp and Gabriel cowrote. [8] Fripp recorded a version of the song as the title track of his 1979 solo album Exposure .

Artwork

The cover depicts an image of Gabriel with several vertical grooves gouged into it that end at his fingertips. He stands with hands raised, palms facing himself, and fingers bent to simulate the appearance of tearing the image. The effect was achieved by gluing strips of torn paper onto a photo of Gabriel in the appropriate pose, taken by photographer Peter Christopherson, then using Tipp-Ex correction fluid to touch up the spots where they met his fingers. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Chicago Sun-Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Classic Rock 7/10 [12]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [14]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Uncut 7/10 [17]
The Village Voice B− [18]

In the NME in 1978, Nick Kent wrote: "Its brazenly left-field veneer left me cold at first, and it's only now that its strengths are starting to come across ... once past the disarming non-focus veneer, there's a quietly remarkable talent at work – quiet in the manner of the slow fuse burn of 'Mother of Violence' with Roy Bittan's piano work outstripping anything he's turned out for either Bruce Springsteen or David Bowie. Closer to the root of the album, there's a purity, a strength to the songs individual enough to mark Gabriel out as a man whose creative zenith is close at hand." [19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Gabriel, with additional contributors noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."On the Air" 5:30
2."D.I.Y." 2:37
3."Mother of Violence"Jill Gabriel3:10
4."A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World" 3:33
5."White Shadow" 5:14
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Indigo" 3:30
7."Animal Magic" 3:26
8."Exposure" Robert Fripp 4:12
9."Flotsam and Jetsam" 2:17
10."Perspective" 3:23
11."Home Sweet Home" 4:37

Notes

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [20] 50
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [21] 46
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [22] 48
French Albums (SNEP) [23] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24] 49
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [25] 24
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 10
US Billboard 200 [27] 45

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Mic, Smith (2002). Peter Gabriel (booklet). Peter Gabriel. Box, Wiltshire: Real World. p. 1.
  2. ↑ Easlea, Daryl (2018). Without Frontiers: The Life & Music of Peter Gabriel. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9781787590823 . Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1990). "Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  4. 1 2 Marsh, Dave (26 July 2001) [7 September 1978]. "Peter Gabriel [2]". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "D.I.Y." PeterGabriel.com.
  6. ↑ "Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch (Remastered)". 2 June 1978 – via open.spotify.com.
  7. ↑ "UK Top 40 Hit Database" . Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  8. ↑ "Genesis News Com [it]: Peter Gabriel - II (Scratch) - CD review". www.genesis-news.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Peter Gabriel 2 - Scratch » Real World Galleries". realworldgalleries.com.
  10. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Peter Gabriel [2] – Peter Gabriel". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  11. ↑ DeRogatis, Jim (4 July 1993). "A Solo Discography". Chicago Sun-Times . Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Beaumont, Mark (2 October 2015). "Peter Gabriel: Vinyl Reissues". Classic Rock . Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  13. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Gabriel, Peter". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
  14. ↑ Brunner, Rob (12 July 2002). "Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel 1 / Peter Gabriel 2 / Peter Gabriel 3 / Security / Plays Live / Birdy / So / Passion / Us". Entertainment Weekly . pp. 84–85.
  15. ↑ "Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel". Q . No. 191. June 2002. p. 137.
  16. ↑ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Peter Gabriel". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  319–20. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  17. ↑ Thomson, Graeme (November 2015). "Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel 1 ('Car') / Peter Gabriel 2 ('Scratch') / Peter Gabriel 3 ('Melt') / Peter Gabriel 4 ('Security')". Uncut . No. 222. pp. 88–89.
  18. ↑ Christgau, Robert (4 September 1978). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  19. ↑ Kent, Nick (10 June 1978). "Gabriel: The Image Gets a Tweak". NME .
  20. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 120. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  21. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4655a". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  22. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel 2" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  23. ↑ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – G". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.Select Peter Gabriel from the menu, then press OK.
  24. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel 2" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  25. ↑ "Charts.nz – Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel 2". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  26. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  27. ↑ "Peter Gabriel Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

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