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Wow, I was not expecting to love this so much. I’ve been having an identity crisis over possibly not even liking rock music. But THIS is the kind of rock music I love, and honestly also the reason I’m doing this challenge: To find new artists I love. Stand out songs: Moribund the Burgermeister Solsbury Hill Excuse Me
vaya barbaridad volver a la cosa esta con tal maravilla. me esperaba un álbum para viejos pero ni muchísimo menos. me recuerda a la mejor época de queen con la experimentación de bandas como pink floyd. ninguna canción se queda atrás y siento que lo podría escuchar mil veces sin cansarme.
Two of my favorite songs ever are on this album. Other songs are fantastic. But some of the theatricality is not for me on some days — it’s not always a five. But, I must have the album with me on a desert island. It’s a 4.5; what to do? I’ll give it a 4 for now. —> UPDATE: OK, that’s 👆🏼ridiculous, I would totally play this album back-to-back on my desert island, without question. I’ll go with a 5.
I was genuinely not expecting to enjoy this album as much as I did. It's so varied, textured, and beautiful. So many songs immediately demanded I put them on repeat. And it genuinely feels ahead of its time for the 70s. Loved it.
A true work of art that will be remembered as one of the greatest achievement of humanity
One of my favorite albums of all time. It really marks a change in Peter's sound, going from a Lamb Lies Down-esque song to the masterpiece that is Solsbury Hill. This kind of closure is very similar to New Order's Movement; the first song saying goodbye to Joy Division and welcoming New Order. It is fair to say that this album is all over the place, but to me it really shows the creative range of Peter's musical genius.
My best Peter Gabriel solo and amongst my favorite art rock albums of all time. So catchy and well made, and just enough eclectic. I love it all the way.
Contains the bouncy single "Solsbury Hill", and one of my favourite Peter Gabriel tracks "Here Comes the Flood".
Alas, poor Peter, how we loved thee before you broke up the band to do your own thing. You never made anything that sounded as good as what you created with Genesis. All the same I'll devotedly listen to all your solo albums over and over as a tribute.
Absolute classic. Like visiting with an old friend.
Like Queen if they were actually good.
4.5 - Not sure if it was how I was feeling, but just such a pleasant album
Absolute monster of album. Super varied and simply excellent musicianship. I have always been a fan of peter but had never listened to this album as a whole just a song maybe 2. Now this is top 2 of his albums to me
Love it. This is one of his best!
Ein Neubeginn. Ein ablösen von Genesis. Hier hört man einen kreativen Künstler, der sich beweisen will. Das geht nur in der Unabhängigkeit. Ja, es zündet gewaltig. Unglaublich abwechslungsreich sind die Songs, sehr detailliert die Arrangements. Down the Dolce Vita und Here comes the flood sind schon gewaltig und zeigen die Genialität von Mr Gabriel. Solsbury Hill ist sozusagen die Unabhängigkeitshymne, eine Erklärung für den Soloschritt. Volle Punktzahl
This was great. So varied and interesting, with awesome writing, production value and musicianship. I was genuinely impressed by some of the orchestral and odd instrumentation on a bunch of these tracks. Each one could be a completely different musical act -- other than the fact that Peter Gabriel's super-distinct voice is present in them all, of course. I listened to it twice -- five stars, easily.
pretty new to prog as a whole and before this, i was really only familiar with peter gabriel's hits so i was interested to see what i was going to get out of this one. i was kind of blown away! there are some great prog moments on here, some poppier moments, some really big swings that don't really land (i'm looking at you, 'excuse me.'). it's not a perfect album but i was really blown away by the highs. of course, 'solisbury hill' is the big one here and i was familiar with that, but i really adored 'moribund the burgermeister,' 'modern love,' and the really thrashy-disco-y track 'down the dolce vita.' overall, really artistic, really confident in being weird and non-standard.
This is definitely Peter Gabriel's most underrated album. It features some of the most passionate vocals in his discography, and some of the most beautiful and consistent guitar work I have ever heard. I still think that So is his best album, but this is easily a close second.
Well in a sentence I could say “It’s Peter Gabriel innit” and award 5 stars but that would be lazy and not worthy of PG himself so some flowerification (made up word) needs to be done to justify why I love PG. When considering the quadriset (another one) of self titled albums before the holy grail of SO I fluctuate between this one and the last (Security) in deciding what my favourite should be. This one because it stopped me in my tracks and hit me straight in the face such was it’s freshness and divergence from what was the norm at time of release. It took my breath away but so did every release he has ever made right up to the present with I/O. But as I have mentioned Security and because for some ridiculous unknown reason it does not appear on this list, I must ask why? I’m at a loss to reason why when two of the greatest PG songs San Jacinto and Wallflower appear on that album. 1001 Gods take note please and in particular the one who served up N.W.A Straight Outtta Compton just two days ago. Anyway back to this album. It’s great but I’ve already told you that. Words are not enough but your ears will confirm. 5/5 18/1/25
Not my favorite Peter Gabriel but he always manages to bring an interesting melody or have the perfect sound at the perfect moment, hard for me to explain it much further than that
Great music.
Solsbury hill y Here comes the flood himnos absolutos 4.5, pero por ser pedro gabriel llega a 5
9/10. Gave off a combination of Supertramp and Elton John vibes. Fantastic album.
Just an all time great songwriter. The feelings he can elicit through unique instrumentation is pretty special. Favorite track (beyond the obvious one): Here Comes the Flood
Great.
Fantastic
So good
Solsbury Hill is amazing.
Peter just beginning to find his voice as a solo artist! One of my top lp’s of all time!
Absolutely fantastic album. Love Peter Gabriel
Among the best debuts ever recorded (although of course there's no small cheat since PG had a big head start with Genesis). Every track is great in its own right and no two songs are alike ... from the prog weirdness of "Moribund..." to the masterpiece of the odd-timing "Solisbury Hill" to the grand finale of "Here Comes The Flood" (I quite prefer this big production as opposed to his self-remakes of the song in later years with minimal instrumentation). I even like the murky 70s mix/production overall - just fits the mysterious vibe. One of my all-time favourite albums, nothing to critique here. 10/10 5 stars.
Great music and great lyrics.
Uskomattomia versoja nousee kuolleeksi hakatun proge soundin puutarhasta..
Didn’t remember this being here, I love this album. Coming fresh from Genesis, the music is a cross between those complex theatrical compositions and the artsy pop he would transition into making. Makes for a unique combination, backed up by the fact that the album is filled to the brim with bangers!! ”Waiting For The Big One” is the only weak cut and unfortunately the longest, but besides that it’s just classics and hidden gems. With this I believe that Peter Gabriel is in total my highest rated artist on this site
I forgot how much I love this album! I think listening to it in the context of this challenge and the other albums that were around at the time, makes me love it even more. I'm a massive Peter Gabriel fan and love how diverse his music can be. I much prefer his work around so, us and up, but this album is such an important part of his journey and was at such a pivotal time in his life, that it has to be a 5!!!!
This was a very interesting listen. Genre wise it's all over the place but that kind of works for me. I knew Solsbury Hills right away but I honestly never knew who that was by or what the name of the song was. I greatly enjoyed this album. To me it was very ahead of it's time on certain songs. For example I always thought Solsbury Hills was an 80s song. Other songs have more of a timeless sense to me. This will definitely be something I relisten to. I waffle between 4 and 5 while listening to it but whenever I hear Here Comes The Flood at the end I want to make it a 5. I can quickly tell that's going to become a favorite of mine.
Peter Gabriel is awesome and I had no idea. This album goes all over the place and most of it is really good. I'm torn over which is my favorite between Moribund the Burgermeister, Waiting for the Big One, and Down the Dolce Vita. Each song is wildly different and going to track to track is like a grab bag of cool ideas. If you like your songs to connect, this might not work well for you, but I aas looking forward to where esch track would go. Cool stuff.
C’mon… It’s Peter Gabriel.
The soundtrack to a musical that's not yet been written. Interesting gear changes, dramatic build-ups, thematic lyrics. * further research reveals that Gabriel contemplated using "Here Comes The Flood" in a rock opera. I'm genuinely sad that it hasn't happened yet. Is it possible to be nostalgic for something that doesn't exist, that you never even knew was a possibility until five minutes ago?
Wonderful debut album !
An excellent first outing for the former lead vocalist of Genesis. This would be the predicting venture for his future projects!
Missing some of my favorite Peter Gabriel songs, but it probably is the most consistently awesome solo work of his. The opener kicks off and is somehow all at once both full of nervous tension and full bodied. "Modern Love" is a great organ fueled rocker. "Excuse Me" has the camp and circumstance, balanced by "Humdrum". Even the stylistically varied numbers like "Slowburn" and "Down in the Dolce Vita" still sound hooky and compact, with the former managing to touch on nearly every sound across the album in under 4 minutes. I had first heard the epic closer "Here Comes the Flood" on Robert Fripp's "Exposure" album (in a more subdued... Fripp-y version), so hearing this take was as startling as it was emphatic.
Classic. Love this album. 4.5
An amazing album with experimental sections and Variety. Will listen to again
I bought this album at a flea market long before his sledgehammer days, so this was my introduction to his unique style. It was only later than I learned he was part of the early Genesis albums. He's one of those guys that the more you listen the better it gets. I love this album more for nostalgic reasons, but it is still a fantastic album. Standouts (5/5): Salisbury Hill, Moribund the Burgermeister, Modern Love, Excuse Me, Humdrum, Down The Dolce Vita, Here Comes The Flood. 4/5: Slowburn, Waiting For the Big One. 4.5
This is the most British-ass thing I am giving five stars, except for all the other Genesis albums I’m going to give five stars.
Great album. I have been a fan of Peter since the MTV days. Love his work with Genesis as well.
Another good one. Definitely some disco influence here. Listened to his 2nd, 3rd and 4th after this one today. Amazing progression.
I actually really liked this one. Had a lot of variety.
Love Peter Gabriel
I own this already, first rate stuff. Released the year I graduated HS.Gabriel is genius.
his first after Genesis, great album!
I'm a huge fan, this is a great record, and I'm slightly surprised to only see three Gabriel albums on the list, but it is what it is. I will give it a four in the interest of not having multiple fives from an artist with only three albums on the list. On the other hand listening to it, I could certainly argue a nine out of ten, there are a few absolute all time classic tunes on this record, for sure. LOL from looking at my ratings so far, I think this has to get a five, given what else has gotten a five.
Peter Gabriel is a genius. I love everything he's ever done.
Great album, great instrumentation, and great flow
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Really quite enjoyable and interesting! There were times I thought it was Randy Newman, but that added to the delightfully unexpected beyond the classic "Solsbury Hill."
Although I had never listened to this album, I somehow knew from the first few bars that I would love it. I mean, it does have my favorite Peter Gabriel tune, but also it just sounded cool.
Continuing an excellent week. You could tell me that this album was from any decade and I'd believe it. There's not much here that screams 1977. Loved it.
I had a friend in high school and college who was a huge fan of Peter Gabriel, so even though I couldn’t recall listening to this album as soon as I heard it I recognized every song. I appreciate it more now than I did then. Great album!
5 but I was tripping. Will listen again
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Sounds like Pink Floyd and Randy Newman were forced to write a musical together with no discernable theme, for a vocalist who has a range far beyond their capabilities. Peter Gabriel is a true iconoclast, and while I enjoy his work with Genesis, his solo records are where he really shines as an artist. He is an out of the box thinker on the level of Brian Eno or Robert Wyatt, who is able to create truly original music unbound by any sort of genre conventions or commercial sensibilities. He follows his muse wherever it takes him, shape shifting wildly from song to song, yet somehow the production feels aesthetically consistent and fluid. He always takes you on a rollercoaster ride, with all manner of ups and downs along the way, but in the end I'm left feeling exhilarated.
My first PG album experiences as a middle schooler from my cool older sister. Wonderful bonding with this album. Sadly the commercially successful SO album was quite divergent and a bit of a let down. I haven’t heard this in years. So glad I’m listening to these- new hood ones, old loves, and sure- some I hate.
Amazing. Very theatrical. Never listened to before but will need to give another listen.
never heard of him but he seems good
I love Peter Gabriel.
I was so torn between giving this one 4 or 5 stars that I gave it a second, consecutive spin. My appreciation grew a bit more on the second spin, so here we are. As a solo effort, the scope and vision of this album are extremely impressive - as is the variety. The tracks on the first side of the album don't even really sound like they're from the same band. A bit more consistency would have been nice here. In general, I like the first side (4 stars) a bit less than the second (5 stars). Whereas the first side contains more psychedelia and folk influences, the second side is more clearly progressive hard rock. The exception is the fantastic Solsbury Hill. Gabriel seems to have taken all of what he liked most about Genesis and given it a bit of personal spin - adding some inspiration from Pink Floyd into the mix (not that that's ever a bad thing). Definitely enjoyed this one. Highlights: Solsbury Hill, Waiting For The Big One, Here Comes The Flood
Lots going on here. Some of it brilliant, all of it interesting and none of it bad. Rock, folk, blues, disco, prog. It does feel a little bit like he’s searching for his genre as a solo artist. A few tracks remind me of other big hits, but a little bit of research shows me they were all made after this came out. I was on the fence for a 4 or a 5 but Solsbury Hill really resonates with me right now. I had this album over a weekend and listened maybe 5-6 times and could happily listen again to find more going on. So full marks it is.
Solsbury Hill!!! Love that song. Rest of album equally good.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Just an amazing ride from beginning to end. It has Genesis, Pink Floyd and David Bowie vibes, in a great run time, with dynamic production and vibrant songwriting that keeps you engaged and not knowing what will come next. And of course, one of the best songs ever in Solsbury Hill.
What an intriguing album. Weirder songs like the Bürgermeister one and the barber shop one, combined with songs that are very grandeur and pompous. The "weirder" songs kinda disrupt the flow of the album, but the other songs are good enough to give this 5 stars. Likely an album that grows on you with each listen
Ok, this unexpectedly ruled. I've heard Solsbury Hill before but wasn't expecting the rest to be so good. I think I'm gonna give it a 5/5!
Haven’t heard this one before, I’ve only listened to So. But I really enjoyed the unique instrumentation and songwriting on this one. Looking forward to listening again.
cool
This was a good album. I found a couple of the songs a bit strange but it certainly had a few good ones. Favourite: Solsbury Hill
I really like it!!! It's great!!
i kind of loved it? hadn’t heard any of the songs but solisbury hill, and that banged, but i didn’t realize it would be so weird. gonna check out more peter gabriel now
very ahead of its time. love moriband the burgermeister
Solsbury hill. Fantastic. Modern love. Pretty good.
Loved it.
Pete is still making that transition from nerdy progressive rock front man to cool art rock solo star (I love Genesis btw so I don’t mean this as a put down!) which he fully lands by the 3rd self-titled album. This debut has a lot to return to for.
14/1001 Alguns resquícios de Genesis no meio do caminho Moribund the Burgermeister - 75 Solsbury Hill - 85 Modern Love - 75 Excuse Me - 80 Humdrum - 75 Slowburn - 75 Waiting for the Big One - 80 Down the Dolce Vita - 80 Here Comes the Flood - 80 Media: 78.3
I liked this. Soft 4. Solsbury Hill is a classic.
- This is pretty darn good - What's with the hate though dang
30/06/2026
Prog to pop to rock to blues influence song - he sure was trying a lot of styles on this one. Love Solsbury Hill and the blues influence rock songs the best
C'était de mieux en mieux au long de l'album, pas hyper fan au début et à la fin qu'est ce que ça groove !!
really enjoyed this and spent way too much time hitting the back button on Solsbury Hill
My music journey started in the mid 80s with Genesis in the middle of their mainstream pop phase. I started working my way backward through their albums, getting more and more weird prog. Eventually I found Lamb and realized Peter Gabriel was there before Phil Collins. I knew him as the guy in the Sledgehammer video. It took me way too long to listen to his solo albums other than So. He's still the over the top showman from Genesis on this album. It starts with prog that would easily fit on Selling England By The Pound, then goes straight to pop with a little prog in Solisbury Hill, a masterpiece and the best track on the album. After that it gets stranger, but still listenable (except Excuse Me, what the hell is that?). Slowburn is better than average generic 70s rock. Here Comes The Flood is great and ends the album on a high note. Overall, a great album that is a bit too inconsistent and all over the place to get a 5.
Album 229. Peter Gabriel 1: Car — Peter Gabriel (1977) I really liked this album. Solsbury Hill definitely is in the spotlight, but there are some other good songs too. 4/5 Liked: — Moribund The Burgermeister — Solsbury Hill — Down The Dolce Vita — Here Comes The Flood
Dope
I probably wouldn’t listen to most of these songs again, except Solbury Hill which is such a jam especially in 7/4, but I’ve got a lot if respect for what he was trying to do. It’s extremely varied and each of the songs are so distinct. It’s not very cohesive, but for a debut album, the production’s great.
I liked it
1. Moribund The Burgermeister (★★★★★) -Fav 2. Solsbury Hill (★★★★★) -Fav 3. Modern Love (★★★★☆) 4. Excuse Me (★★⯨☆☆) 5. Hundrum (★★★☆☆) 6. Slowburn (★★★☆☆) 7. Waiting For The Big One (★★★★☆) 8. Down The Dolce Vita (★★★★⯨) 9. Here Comes The Flood (★★★⯨☆)
Some brilliance showing through on this 1st solo effort. But his later LPs show his talents better. Great cover photo on this one.
Stepping out of the Genesis shadow and into a Solsbury Hill.
last year when i was like hmm his sound kinda reminds me of genesis....
Have not listen to much of Peter Gabriel. Salisbury Hill is a classic but there were other bright spots on this album.
Moribund the Burgermeister - 4/5 Solsbury Hill - 5/5 Modern Love - 4.5/5 Excuse Me - 3/5 Humdrum - 4/5 Slowburn - 4/5 Waiting for the Big One - 3/5 Down the Dolce Vita - 4.5/5 Here Comes the Flood - 4/5 Sometimes it feels like Gabriel really found his groove after breaking out from Genesis and setting off alone. Sometimes it also feels like he's just throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks. There are a few songs that stick the landing and Gabriel will develop on in future albums, such as the standout Solsbury Hill and him stuffing a whole orchestra into Down the Dolce Vita. And then there's just a random barbershop song (which, if I had a nickel for every time I heard a barbershop song that featured Robert Fripp and Tony Levin, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice) and a sub-par bluesy song in the middle of this otherwise great debut. If he had cut those songs this would be closer to a 4.5 but a 4 is a good rating nonetheless Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Solsbury Hill, Modern Love, Down the Dolce Vita
Self indulgent but I liked it
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. I enjoyed this album a lot despite not having heard anything from this album before or even heard of the artist and album. This album is a little all over the place vibe-wise, but I liked all the songs individually. Definitely one I would revisit in the future.
Interesting sound
Much weirder than i expected. Kinda cool
Overall: 7/10 This album is kind of all over the place, but it's not a huge deal because it's still Peter Gabriel. The actual worst thing about this album is that he had to leave Genesis to make it, and I'll never forgive him for that. Fav Song: Solsbury Hill
Peter Gabriel albums are always such a good time I don’t know how he does it
A little weird but I dig it
First, it's funny that Peter Gabriel released four separate albums in a row all named Peter Gabriel. Besides that, this is pretty good. Solsbury Hill is the obvious standout, one of those songs I never think of until I hear its opening notes, and suddenly I know every single lyric to the song. Moribund the Burgermeister starts off really strong, but at some point just became weird, and I never really got into Excuse Me. On the other hand, Here Comes the Flood is fantastic and a great way to end this album.
The best (the only?) prog-new wave-world beat-Brit pop out there. I enjoy Gabriel’s “So” a bit more (because…all the hits!), but this is a solid set of weirdo rock songs too (and it rocks harder… prob thanks to Fripp’s guitar contributions). Just enough pop hooks to keep the experimental parts approachable. 4.5 stars
peter gabriel has much more varied music than I thought he did. Surprised
I was so caught off guard in the switch from the first song to the second, oh em gee. They're so different! I already know "Solsbury hill" and I like it a lot. While reading the reviews almost everyone was saying that that was the best song as well as "here comes the flood" so i guess I have that to look forward too. Crazy switch up though. Solsbury hill feels like one of those songs i used to hear on the radio all the time when i was like 8 or something. it feels like a quintessential 2010s song, even though it was made in 1977... I'm liking "excuse me". I liked the album cover until I saw the faint outline of a person and now I think it looks a little strange. Anyways, that was my two cents. "Down the dolce vita" sounds like something you would find out coming out of star wars at some points. You guys were right. "Here comes the flood" is real good. It sounds like a bowie song.
Always inventive and not afraid to push new directions
Like most prog rock, this has a lot of cool stuff but it tends to be on the inaccessible side on most days. Complex chord progressions, bombastic arrangements, and deep, remote themes are all here, and they're done well. But they're not done well enough to get you over the hump of "do I want to listen to a Broadway -esque song that was written about the dancing plague of the Middle Ages on any given day?" It's good, but you need to be in the right mood and space of mind to appreciate it. The only song that I would consider a perennial is "Solsbury Hill," which isn't a surprise — it's a beautiful song with pretty but easy to appreciate lyrics; pretty but easy on the ear arrangement; and pretty but simple chord progression. It's easily the most straightforward song on the album, and listening to it makes me wish the rest of the album pulled closer to it. Don't get me wrong. There are other good songs here. "Slowburn," and "Here Comes the Flood" are some of my favorites on this album, but they're not songs I'll turn on to clean the house. They demand more attention and time to appreciate. "Solsbury" is good at all moments, whereas the rest of the album is going to be special at certain times and not a fun listen at others. Definitely worth a few listens.
it's very good background music at times and very good foreground music at others and i like it for that
Very good.
So many different musical styles. Solsbury hill stand out track.
Un spun foarte diferit, îmi place mult chitara de pe el
Very creative.. so much more interesting than e.g. supertramp
Really cool, fun, danceable art rock. Loving it.
My brother used to love this album
Really interesting - I’ll listen again
Peter Gabriel is a very good album. From looking at the comments section of these songs (the first song in particular) people have been saying that this album is more or less an extension of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and with many of these songs, i can easily see why. This album had a very prog rock slant to it while still feeling quite concise which makes me prefer it over TLLDOB. These songs could mostly range from being decent to really good to amazing with Down The Dolce Vita. I was initially going to put this below Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt) due to it seeming to lack the creativity that one had but when the track i mentioned came on, It was so good that i ended up putting this album higher. Best Song: Down The Dolce Vita Worst Song: Moribund The Burgermeister Side Note: Last Peter Gabriel album, Rankings here: 1. So 2. Peter Gabriel 3. Peter Gabriel 3
81/100. It’s experimental without losing focus, and you can hear Gabriel pushing himself into new territory. That sense of unpredictability really works in its favor. It's a really good and intriguing album. There’s so much variety here, every track feels like it’s exploring something different.
I always liked Peter Gabriel pretty good. Cool voice, lots of musicality, just enough weirdness to stay interesting without going too overboard with it. This seems like a strange selection over 1986's So, but maybe they're both on here? I dont know. Anyway, this record is a pretty wild ride. It bounces from genre to genre and never really settles in anywhere; it keeps you on your toes a bit. Most of it is really fun...though only Solsbury Hill is probably the only real "hit" on the record. Peter Gabriel seems to be a certifiable music nerd that I suspect creates for the joy of creating, and less for selling a billion copies of something. I've been wrestling a little bit with how to rate this. On the one hand, I really enjoyed this record, but on the other hand, I'm not sure that I'll revisit it often; if I feel like throwing on a Peter Gabriel record, I'm almost certainly rushing to So (even though that record leans a little too hard into the 80's synth nonsense). I typically reserve 4 and 5 stars for things that I will revisit often, but I think this one is probably better than 3 stars, easily...so I probably have to round up to 4. 7.9/10
Fun fact: A woman I knew in college became an author and wrote a novel about having a psychic affair with a character who was supposed to be Peter Gabriel. I just remember the last line of it: "And their Soul danced." This is good. All over the place, but good. Solsbury Hill is, of course, the big tune in this deck, but there's a lot of cool experimentation. Big swings with more hits than misses. The barbershop quartet piece in "Excuse Me" is fascinating, for instance. I imagine Here Comes the Flood was an absolute banger live.
Yes, there's an obvious standout track here, but honestly it sounds like the guy is having so much fun the whole way through that everything else is a lot of fun for the listener too. I like it!
This was actually a really fun album. Lots of emotion without being overbearing. Production is on point as well
This is the second Peter Gabriel album I've gotten so far, and I liked this one a lot more than I thought I would. Each song sounds strong and powerful and I was not disappointed once. 4.5/5
Even though I am a huge Peter Gabriel fan, I had almost forgotten how great this album is. Others have noted that it's stylistically all over the place, but I don't have any problem with that. Really enjoyed listening to this again. Solsbury Hill and Here Comes The Flood are may favorites on the album. 4.5⭐️
This was a wildly inconsistent album. On one hand, we had lively songs that were honestly very good, but on the other hand there were some pretty boring songs. However, the fact that there were more exciting songs dominated by cool melodies makes it a 4 instead of a 3 for me.
This album made me sad, because Solsbury Hill has been one of my favorite songs for a long time, and I was ready for a 5 star album. Unfortunately, the rest of the album is just weird. I was expecting some sort of progressive folk/acoustic thing (like Jethro Tull or the Grateful Dead) but instead it seems like this was an experimental album that happened to have one successful experiment (Solsbury Hill is in 7/4, after all) and several lesser ones. The rest of the album wasn't even that bad for the most part, but it was overall a disappointment. I have to give this 4 stars just for Solsbury Hill alone, but I wish there was more to it than that. Favorite Track: Solsbury Hill
Another great album from that seminal year, 1977
Great listen. "Here Comes The Flood", amazing track.
Not many songs can get me singing aloud while cycling to work in the dark, but Solisbury Hill got me going
I was extremely surprised by this, I don’t know why I haven’t seen more of this album. It’s an easy 4.5
my man peter
3.75 this is weird, I like it, thank you very much I don't think I'd ever heard Solsbury Hill before, like not in full, but it is so so so nostalgic to me it's insane. It's far from the type of music my parents would listen to, so I know I didn't hear it from them but I guess just commercials and movie trailers. Holy iconic song tho. The rest of the album was pretty good. Some ups and down, but an overall good listen.
Two years of this project has thrown up a handful of great discoveries and one of them has undoubtedly been the eccentric genius of Peter Gabriel. Picking up right where he left off from the wonderfully insane Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and his departure from Genesis, he's back creating rich, fascinating rhapsodies that are as likely to morph into a glorious earworm as they are to take a left turn to an unexpected key, chord progression or time signature. It's wonderful stuff and I was hooked by the end of the opener Moribund the Burgermeister. The glorious opening run continues with Solsbury Hill and Modern Love, but I also really enjoyed the epic closing trio of Waiting for the Big One, Down The Dolce Vita and Here Comes The Flood. It's not quite got the concept feel or coherence of 'Lamb...', and comes across more as an eclectic pick'n'mix of sounds and ideas, but there's enough here that I'll be coming back to pick out the bones of it on repeat listens for a while yet.
I really appreciate Peter Gabriel's music. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is more mind blowing and So is more consistent and self-realized than this album. But I don't know that he ever recorded a more beautiful track than Solsbury Hill. It gets a bit theatrical at times. But his music never grows tiresome. There's never a hint of cynicism. He never sounds like he's trying to accomplish anything other than make great music. He also never sounds like he's tired, disinterested, or lackadaisical. And that commitment and consistency is profoundly rare; even among the entries on this list.
Favorite Track: Solsbury Hill
Výborné. Ale má aj lepšie, takže uberam bod.
Feels really well produced to me and I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Catchy hooks, seems to be a bit all over the place and some of the sounds are kinda epic/movie sounding. Fun listen 4.5
Surprised by how much I liked this.
Dit vond ik eigenlijk best wel vet. Misschien ook eerder 3.5 maar rond hem naar boven af. Beetje theatraal bombastisch in plekken maar best smaakvol.
Best uniek album, beetje rock opera vibes. Misschien is solsbury hill wel een van de minder interessante tracks hier 3,5
Pretty good stuff, crazy that “Solsbury Hill” was done in very unconventional 7/4 time.
This is a nice/logical continuation from the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. It's nice to hear Fripp and Levin here too. Solid solid album. Liked Songs Added: Solsbury Hill Here Comes The Flood
I discovered the song "Humdrum" which quickly became one of my favourites.
a nearly perfect debut solo album. solsbury hill kinda the most perfect song ever
Primeiro álbum solo de Gabriel já dá mostras do que seria a riqueza de sua carreira. Um disco com variações de temas, mas sem perder a unidade. Com momentos inspirados de rock, blues e canções com arranjos igualmente ricos. Ótimo disco.
ok you know what. this is really good. it's very kitchen sinky and all over the place, he's basically slammed a million ideas at the wall and not all of them fully stick BUTTTTT there's some really really great music on here. oh and Solsbury Hill is an all-time banger obviously.
Great solo debut.
Solsbury Hill is a great great song. A lot of the rest of it is going to take me a while to absorb, but I liked it. Will I love it someday? Maybe.
Really enjoyed this one. First track was an absolute banger. Solsbury Hill is a great song but at my old job it used to play on our in store radio so I heard it twice a day for nearly a decade. Tad over played for me lol. The only track I didn’t like was Waiting For The Big One, by the end of it I was kind of bored. Top Track - Slowburn, fantastic song
I liked this album a lot. It's varied and eclectic musically in a way I quite enjoy. Obviously 'Solsbury Hill' is a standout, but there are plenty of other great tracks on this as well, like "Here Comes The Flood", "Modern Love" and "Slowburn", among others. All in all it's just a really good album. It's not quite a 5/5 for me, but it's close. 4.5/5, rounded down to 4.
A bit inconsistent but some absolute bangers, got better with each listen. 8 something
Moribund The Burgermeister is as weird as I wanted it to be, a swelling chorus giving way to strange synthesizer sounds. Solsbury Hill follows, and yes - it's overplayed, but there's details here worth examining. The powerful, campy Modern Love picks up somewhere near where the opener left off. Excuse Me is quirkier, and I can't decide if I like it, but then Humdrum is anything but and Slowburn is an over the top power ballad. It's more is more, and it works. I like all the remaining songs but especially Here Comes The Flood, all big drums and melodic keyboards. This is probably decidedly uncool now. I dig it though. What an album cover too.
There is some wild stuff on here. The album is all over the place, but in a sort of good way. Standout track is solsbury hill, and it's not even close
Lowk gas
It was very much giving disney movie soundtrack or a musical. I think I would listen to it again. It was fun. Very storytelling:)
Excellent proggy late 70's rock, with a great variety of influences. Excuse Me is the only track that took a few too many liberties and sounded rather strange, with a bizarre application of blues rock and other genres that didn't quite blend. All other tracks were a treat and I enjoyed this escape into the sounds of Peter Gabriel.
Overall Rating - 3.56/5 (7.11/10). A bit all over the place, but still a good album.
I think this album is similar quality to his third one I got recently, in quality not in style. It’s not as varied as his third but it is still to an extent. This one is a bit more rocky and simpler but done well, It’s not as interesting but it has more catchy songs like Solsbury hill and modern love. That’s not to say this album didn’t have its weird moments, “excuse me” was certainly strange and “waiting for the big one” was an interesting change in genre and not a very welcome one to my ears. The first half was a lot stronger than the second half in my opinion as the second half had a lot more generic rock songs which weren’t great to be honest other than the last song which was more unique but I still wasn’t a fan. Favourites: the first 3 and Humdrum. Overall, 7/10.
I don’t usually listen to this genre, but I don’t mind it at all, especially the song “Modern Love”. Everything about this album evokes a sense of familiarity, though I can’t quite put my finger on it. I really enjoyed “excuse me” as well
Very good
Peter Gabriel (Car) There are of course vestiges of Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, particularly on the opening and closing tracks, but whereas with Genesis there was a sense of po-faced prog rock ponderous pretension, Moribund the Burgermeister is winningly charming and Here Comes the Flood has a pleasing Grandeur. Solsbury Hill is rightly a classic, where the words and music work beautifully in tandem, evoking a sense of timelessness and a sense of place. Solsbury Hill is also just round the corner from me and Ben. Modern Love feels a little rote in comparison, but the chorus really lifts it. Humdrum returns to proginness, but has a nice delicate weight to it and works really well. Slowburn is a bit of banger too, with a great sense of urgency. And Down the Dolce Vita channels Survivor for a bit of funk rock that simultaneously seems to work and not work. Its stylistic diversity is fascinating, but it can feel a little scattershot and not everything works; the diversion into Randy Newman territory on Excuse Me isn’t my favourite, and while it might be a parody, it is a bit annoying. Waiting for the Big One’s solemn, staid blues-rock feels anachronistic amongst all the diversions into interesting places elsewhere on the album. But you can see why Gabriel and Eno would eventually converge, there is a similar spirit of curiosity and diversity, and some parts do feel like Here Come the Warm Jets, particularly Modern Love. So, a bit of wandering focus stops this from being a 5, and it doesn't feel as strong as subsequent albums, even with a song as great as Solsbury Hill, so it's a very good 4. 🚘🚘🚘🚘 Playlist submission: Solsbury Hill
7.5/10 - I found myself really liking this album. It’s not entirely cohesive in sound, and there are a few bad/off/weird songs, but it was an interesting and unexpected album. Solsbury Hill is the obvious standout but elsewhere there are good songs too. I would be happy to receive this album on vinyl.
We like that album we want to give it 4 stars peter Gabriel is actually pretty legit. Solsbury hill. Other songs were good too.
Interesting but odd
Full of Peter Gabriels whimsy. I can se why it's not for everyone but I kinda like it. Tracks vary wildly in style and theme, but the good ones are good. Standouts: Solsbury Hill Waiting for the big one Down the dolce vita
Very good solo debut that is bogged down by its own ambition. The high points are wonderful, especially Solsbury Hill. However, the album is a little uneven and feels like a statement of see what Genesis was holding back?
Really enjoyed the set list. I liked hearing Cash talk with the audience.
Goofy song in the middle of some bangers
When this album started I assumed it would be a 2, the beginning really threw me off. As the album went on it just grew on me more and more. By the end I was really enjoying it and wanted to listen again. Will be listening to this album again. Quite an experiment sound and drastic changes between the songs. I just have to say, what was up with the spooky Halloween voice at the beginning of the album?! Thank goodness that was short lived or the ranking would have stayed around a 2.
4.5/5
I admit I am a big fan of Peter Gabriel. This is a great debut, the songs are a little disjointed genre-wise but I myself listen to a wide variety of music and enjoy it so it’s fun to have such a mix on one album. I don’t think it’s his best, but it is very good. “Solsbury Hill” is the hit but I found “Modern Love”, “Waiting For The Big One” and “Here Comes The Flood” to be my favorites.
I reckon this is a pretty good album. As other people have noted, it's a little all over the place. You can hear hints of what's coming and Salisbury Hill stands out by a mile.
Blind album, know the hit and the artist. Pleasantly surprised to find a song i like much more than Solsbury, but i did not like this album as much as 3 but was still good.
I haven’t seen anyone mention what a fantastic album cover this is. It’s so great. The album is pretty fantastic too. There’s so much going on. Here Comes The Flood is my favorite track.
I enjoyed the weird experimental tunes that reminded me a tad of the Who but also this album has some straight up epic songs like “Here Comes the Flood.” I didn’t expect this album to resonate so much with me.
Solsbury Hill was good, but the rest was somewhat forgettable
An unfamiliar genre to me. The start was pretty weak but the last couple of songs were complete and utter bangers. Really like it and might revisit it later in the future. Added to my favorite albums in apple music.
Nice variety of sounds and styles, but the utter lack of levity and the constant gravitas really holds it back from being accessible on a more emotional level.
Peter’s assortment of songs that all sound different but still like Peter Gabriel. 7/10
just shy of perfect!
Solsbury Hill goes hard
i like this guy
You could just tell that this guy was in a creative rough patch when he made this album. He left Genesis and tried to make his own sound, which happened to be 9 different sounds thrown together on a record in the hopes that one of them would stick. For crying out loud, he made a damn Vaudeville tune. It's still early Peter Gabriel, so nearly every song is still great, especially that Vaudeville tune.
4/5
This might be my favorite PG album. I've seen complaints that it's all over the place but I like the variety.
Cuanto más lo escucho, más me gusta. Es teatral y me da la sensación que juega con varios estilos musicales. A medida que el álbum avanza lo disfruto y me interesa más. 4.5 o 5.
Great album, but going to knock it a bit for Waiting for the big one - a bit boring and went on too long.
Fun and eclectic album with excellent production. 4/ 5
I preferred Peter Gabriel's solo work over his tenure with Genesis, and this was a good start.
Liked it. Perfect review
What a cool album! I knew Solsbury Hill, of course, but the rest is awesome too. I wish music nowadays had the same sense of inventiveness.
Solsbury Hill is an all-time banger, nothing else on the album comes close. There are a lot of different genres here and I find that interesting, even though some of them are pretty weird. This is right on the edge of a 3 and 4, I guess I can give it a slight bump. Low 4.
a bit all over the place, yet sounds amazing. the first 2 tracks weren’t my thing, but the others…. were great
How can I not give this a four at a minimum with all time Peter Gabriel classics like "Solsbury Hill" and "Here Comes the Flood"? Other favorites: "Modern Love" and "Down the Dulce Vita"
Becoming a bigger fan of him but this was not his prime music but it was still solid
It turns out I'm a bigger Peter Gabriel fan than I had known, but even I gotta take a step back and ask if we need to celebrate every record of his (as the curators of this list would seem to want us to do). A solid start to the solo career but only four stars for me and for his oeuvre. And at the risk of making a reference to fans referring to this record informally as "Car," it turns out he had a lot more in the tank artistically.
for some reason peter gabriel to me is like if elliott smith had a happy childhood. great album
Peter Gabriel!!! I never owned this but loved every song.. so then it was on to “Melt” then “So”!!! He is so talented… I’m going to listen to his whole discography !!!4 stars
Funny, I actually quite enjoyed it - single wasn't the best song for me though (at least for now)
Thought this would be boring... it was not
Second PG album so far and superior to So...This still smacks of Genesis/prog in a good way, widely varied and unafraid. Where So... gets sappy, this maintains more imagination and edge. I hear some Phish influence in this - Its rock and barbershop and theatrical and earnest ballad etc etc. Lots to delve into, which I appreciate. Solsbury Hill is so played out, it made me laugh hearing it!
Een hit en een allegaartje aan singersongwriterrock. Af en toe zit er wel wat power in, maar het vliegt ook allerlei gekke kanten op. Wat ik ermee moet is me niet helemaal duidelijk, maar het leverde een intrigerende kleine drie kwartier op.
Peter is nogal theatraal en speels. Het eerste nummer illustreert het album gelijk. Ondanks dat dit niet per se mijn smaak is, kan ik het prima hebben. Solsbury Hill volgt. Het heeft ook nog wel wat theatraals, maar voelt relatief normaal. Excuse Me is het voorbeeld als het gaat om de speelsheid (die eigenlijk na de jaren '60 niet meer mag). Al met al kan de creativiteit niet ontkent worden. En weet Peter er ook nog eens een prima lopend geheel van te maken. Ondanks dat ik dit album niet vaak zal opzetten, heb ik hier wel bewondering voor.
Gabriel is nogal van het theatrale, dat deed hij bij Genesis ook al. En we hebben ook zijn 3e (overbodig) en 5e (leuke bombast) soloplaten al voor onze kiezen gekregen. Dit debuut bleef nog over. Er zitten wel leuke stukken tussen, zoals Slowburn wat die progrockoperavibes heeft. Het theatrale en carnavalesque van sommige nummers mag hij wat mij betreft weglaten. Naarmate het album vordert nemen de goeie progrockstukken voor mij de regie over, ik stoor me iets minder aan het theatrale en dan is het eigenlijk best een fijn album. Ik ga er gewoon 4 sterren voor uitdelen, want ik wil niet als zure broeder genoemd worden :-P
Great record. 4*
Okay, I guess I got all 3 Peter Gabriel albums before getting a single Genesis album. Cool. This one's good. All of them are good, but this is the one I feel the least passionately about. It doesn't have the remarkable consistency of So or the cool experimentation of Melt. It's the debut, and you can't really expect peak music for every artist's debut. This is a strong debut though. It has the things that make later Peter Gabriel albums good. His singing works. The instrumentation is actually pretty great, with Robert Fripp's guitar work being the obvious highlight of the album for me. Though the album at large isn't as consistent as later albums, this album does still have some stellar songs on the level of the other albums' best songs, with "Solsbury Hill" standing nice and tall as one of Peter's best songs. "Here Comes the Flood" is also a great closer. Some songs are kind of silly though, like "Excuse Me," which starts as a barbershop quartet before turning a Randy Newman song. "Slowburn" kind of reminds me of Queen for some reason, but that's not a bad thing because I love Queen. Overall, while this may not be my favorite Peter Gabriel album, it's still a very good listen. Light 4/5.
I think I've listened to this album six times in a row now and I still don't know whether I like it or not, but I guess I don't hate it? It probably squeaks a 3.5 and gets rounded up because Solsbury Hill is a great song.
I've never listened to his first two albums properly. I always focus on the songs that are on his Plays Live album which is my favourite thing by him. I'm really enjoying how much of a mess this is. Like he wanted to try on as many hats as possible after leaving Genesis. He's still prog, he's pop, he's a self deprecatingly horny Springsteen, he's a music hall entertainer - and that's just the first four tracks. I wonder if Howard Jones is nervous of Gabriel selling his song rights and some corporate IP lawyer in the future following up on the similarity between his New Song and Solsbury Hill?
Peter Gabriel, the mad flower cosplaying loon. I'd never sat down to listen to this album in full. It starts off in proper prog rock territory with the madcap "Moribund the Burgermeister", and I'm instantly hooked. I haven't heard anything like this before, and I love it. "Solsbury Hill" might be hard to listen to without imagining a terrible romcom movie trailer, but the guitar work is stellar, and reminiscent of peak Simon and Garfunkel. This album keeps me on my toes. I really don't know what to expect with each song. It's so surprising and unique. "Excuse me", in particular gets my attention. It sounds like Randy Newman crossed with The Beach Boys, but with a theatrical madman at the helm. There are dips in the album, and they tend to be the more sane tracks. But all in all, I'm completely sold on this album. It got my attention from the start and makes me want to dive deeper into the rest of his solo discography.
I was really pleased with this one. I'd never heard of Peter Gabriel before today, not sure if that's embarrassing or not. I think what I like most is that it feels like there are a lot of different inspirations for the instrumentals on these tracks, I feel like the contrast between tracks like Modern Love and Down the Dolce Vita makes for a journey through the album.
Surprised by this one, honestly!
cooles album mit verschiedenen einflüssen. mir gefällt es beim zweiten hinhören.
A great solo debut from Peter Gabriel
I love Peter Gabriel so much! Here he’s, like, midway transforming from art pop to regular pop and it’s cool and interesting and all the songs are bops. One of the greats!
Once I shook the etch-o-sketch my assumptions and expectations of what Peter Gabriel's music sounded like lived on to reset it I really started to enjoy it beyond my familiarity of Solsbury Hill. What a fun weird little guy
Eclectic for sure but I enjoyed the journey! Some great tracks
making the most of the alvavlsjdofajsdoi´fw f great cover
It took a few albums for Peter Gabriel to become... Peter Gabriel. I am of the mindset that the first song sets the feel of the entire album. So when "Moribund The Burgermeister" comes on, I have... numerous questions. Probably the biggest is what tf the song is about. The album itself is all over the place, Gabriel trying to divest himself of the "prog rock god" moniker, although he brings Robert Fripp in tow (man, he really cooks on this album). Some hit pretty well, some... not so much. I don't fault him for trying new things, that first track is definitely unlike anything else done in the mid 70s. Same with "Excuse Me," which really sounds like Muppets are performing it. But when he hits with those big songs, like "Down The Dolce Vita" and "Humdrum," it's a big swing. And it's... not a homerun, but a double or triple to score. I don't think "Solsbury Hill" should open the album, but after scratching your head from "Moribund," it's a good "wait I was just kidding" track. There's something to be said that "Solsbury Hill" has TWICE as many plays as any of the other songs on Spotify. Solid, solid song. The last track "Here Comes The Flood"... I like the quiet piano versions of this song. It's weird how this was introduced to everyone. I can't call this is a classic PG album, that would come a few albums later. It has some good to great songs, and some that are all over the place. I admire the big swings, but sooner or later when you swing for the fences you are going to whiff. Top tracks: "Solsbury Hill," "Modern Love," "Humdrum," "Slowburn," "Down The Dolce Vita," "Here Comes The Flood"
Despite being a long-time Peter Gabriel fan, I never really got into his first solo album, so I enjoyed spending some time listening closely. There's a lot to like, but it's an uneven affair - like he's trying out different sounds and can't decide what he wants to be (my favorite tracks - Solsbury Hill, Humdrum, and Here Comes the Flood - all point in the direction he eventually went). Moribund the Burgermeister sounds like classic prog Genesis - an odd choice to start the album if he's trying to show his independence - but since I like classic prog Genesis I like this track too. Then we have Solsbury Hill, an outstanding and timeless track that could have been written today - one of his best. Modern Love sounds like Peter Gabriel trying to write a Bruce Springsteen song. Then the completely odd style of Excuse Me - did we need a barbershop quartet on this album? No, no we didn't. With Robert Fripp on banjo and Tony Levin on tuba?? Ok, I'll allow it. Humdrum is a great example of the direction he's going to take in his upcoming albums and, man, when the synth kicks in at 1:53 leading to the "out of woman comes the man" section - chills every time. Absolutely majestic end to Side 1. Side 2 starts with Slowburn, kind of a glam rocker? Very 70s sounding. Waiting for the Big One is straightforward blues, singing like Randy Newman? It's not a bad song (none of the songs on the album are bad, even Excuse Me) but it's another example of how this album is all over the place. Down the Dolce Vita is a bombastic 70s rocker, complete with an overly dramatic orchestra. Finally, Here Comes the Flood - I absolutely love this song, but moreso when it's stripped down (which he did live and also on his 1990 compilation album Shaking the Tree). I've always felt that this album's version with the full on rock band chorus is a bit much. Check out the version on Fripp's album Exposure, released a little over two years later, which just features PG on piano and vocals, Brian Eno adding subtle synth, and Fripp playing his "Frippertronics" looped guitar. So much better than the original version here. Go check it out (and stay for the next track on the album, Water Music II). Bottom line, this is a 4 for me - lots of good songs, but a little disjointed. As a PG fan I can really appreciate its place as the first step in his move from Genesis frontman to solo superstar, but it's not an album I would recommend to someone new to Peter Gabriel's solo discography.
Amazing album - I’m beginning to like Peter Gabriel’s music more and more since starting this listening project. Robert Fripp’s guitar on this album is so good
I was taken aback at how much I liked this album. There's a lot of variety here, but while the instruments and styles differ, the quality maintains. He may have left the band, but this album marks the genesis of a special solo career.
Had one much-interrupted first listen, and it felt a bit eclectic and messy, but managed to listen to the whole thing through in the evening, and really loved it. Couple obvious high points, but I think there's a lot here that stands up.
vier bis fünf solsbury hill
It's the kind of album that needs proper attention paid to the lyrics. Amazing writing, but the sound feels a bit all over the place. Tracks to Track: Here Comes the Flood, Solsbury Hill
Aged well
Thoughts before listening: Assuming this is Peter Gabriel's debut solo album, I am going to assume this will be a little too out there for its own good. After he left Genesis, Peter eventually became a massive hitmaker in his own right, but I believe it took him getting some experimental, arty records out of his system first. Review: Well I was a bit off with the assumptions I made with this album. While there is some experimenting with the sound here, its not nearly as weird as I thought it was going to be. Mainly just diversions into jazzy/lounge territory. This album does have a fairly large hit in "Solsbury Hill" as well. I don't love this album, but its not at all what I was expecting it to sound like. I am especially pleasantly surprised by the guitarwork on this album which is strong throughout. Outside of the hit, I am also enjoying "Moribund the Burgermeister", "Modern Love", "Slowburn", and "Here Comes the Flood". I was leaning 3-stars on this one, but its really won me over...4-stars.
Crazy how much I love this, but perhaps it has something to do with being stoned. I've never listen to much Peter Gabriel, or Genesis for that matter, and never really considered myself much of a prog rock or art pop kind of guy. But damn, I was kinda blow away by a lot of these songs. I totally get what other people are talking about when they say that this album sounds like Gabriel still trying to find his sound, but I kinda loved that aspect of it. There are so many different versions of him on display and most of them rock. It's over the top, artsy, campy, and a lot of fun.
I love Peter Gabriel's early albums but prefer 2,3 & 4 (Scratch, Melt and Security) over this one. I like many of the songs but Car never quite hooked me like the others. Still some fantastic songs and great examples of his superb voice, song and lyric writing. I enjoyed revisiting this for today's listen and it's reminded me to listen to more PG all around.
I like Peter Gabriel despite myself.
Guest starring Randy Newman (waiting for the big one sounds like RN)? Lol what a fun album
For whatever reason, the melodies in “Solsbury Hill” have always driven me nuts. I can’t stand them. However…..it’s a really good song! It’s well crafted- Gabriel spent a lot of time making this song work and making sure the instruments sound great and the arrangement highlights what he’s trying to say. Every song on the album is crafted the same way. It’s a great album, with a diverse set of songs.
What a strong debut from a significant artist transitioning to solo. So much to like – “Solsbury Hill" is just great while "Humdrum" and “Modern Love” “Down the Dolce Vita” “Here Comes the Flood” all quite strong. There's maybe a touch too much theatricality and a few of the proggier flourishes he might have hastened to leave behind a bit sooner for they age quicker, too, don't they? But still – any record that includes "Solsbury Hill" has a chance to be great, or at least very good.
Good album, interesting sound.
Got some amazing moments, some ok moments. I really think solsbury hill is exceptional. And overall Peter doesn’t make generic music. Go Peter
Very genre spanning
prg nj bc slowburn poukisa mwen moribund the burger meister wiaiting for the big one don the odolce vitea EPIC
An extremely good debut solo showing from the former Genesis frontman! It retains some of the quirkiness and Britishness of Gabriel's former band, while also branching out into newer directions that would get firmly established on some of his later albums, like Melt, Security, and So. Here Comes the Flood is particularly great.
Fucking brilliant! Love cool shit like this!
Listened to a lot of Peter Gabriel growing up. Solsbury Hill will always go hard.
Can you even imagine being around in 1977 and experiencing all of this music in real time? This is some big, atmospheric, prog rock, and that is my speed. I especially love the Solsbury Hill/Modern Love section, and then the last two tracks. Peter is big and beautiful in his vision. He’s one of the real geniuses of our age. Super fun album, which I feel good about now, but may revise later when we listen to some of his other work.
Love Peter Gabriel’s tone and voice. Felt the album was 3.5 or 4 with one to two great songs.
I thought this was really fun okay
Great!
Woah! Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. Enjoyed most songs, but the best were: Solsbury Hill Excuse Me (favourite) Waiting for the Big One
Cool album. Some prog rock, blues, straight pop. Really enjoyed it! Solsbury hill and here comes the flood were highlights
A little theatric.
Definitley like Solsbury Hill, and I think I like Down The Dolce Vita - most of it anyway. Just enough for a 4, I reckon
Hade bara hört Solsbury Hill förut från denna platta. Positivt överraskad. Det är helt enkelt en vass skiva.
All over the place and amazing!
Surprisingly good and fun! Still some great progressive and creative tunes on here after his departure.
Peter Gabriel is capable of doing some epic shit. Peter Gabriel 3 and 4 are non-stop tour de forces of very cohesive sound, and some of my favorite albums . PG1 is... Interesting, because it's incohesive. I feel like it's his first foray finding his own sound after Genesis, and so its all of his experimental pistons firing at once. It's not my favorite, but I still really do like it. In between a 3 and a 4 star
I got less whiplash on Goliath at Six Flags NE than I did listening to this, but honestly each song is so solid on its own I don’t really care if it’s all over the place.
Some neat and quirky ideas. But ultimately Solsbury Hill is carrying. 3.6/5
Never listened to this before, really good!
Previously rated: Peter Gabriel 3 (4/5) ************************ Like the previous one, this one is just varied enough, just eclectic enough, and just interesting enough for me to want to hear it again. Some it it sounds like Genesis/Phil Collins, I heard a Randy Newman-esque tune in there, and something else I can't remember a day later. One song sounded familiar, and that was Solsbury Hill, but I'm not sure where I heard it.
En vrai, quand même un ptit banger 🤏🤏🤏
Typical Gabriel quirkiness
I agree with the consensus about the variety of music in this album. And since it was his debut album, maybe it was more about finding what works. The first 3 songs - headlined by Solsbury Hill (a classic I've heard a bunch over my life) - were really solid. I don't know if I really liked another song until Down the Dolce Vita and that one was so different from everything else on the album. I like Peter Gabriel, so I'm struggling between giving this a low 4 or high 3. If half stars were a thing, it would just be a straight 3.5, but I'm willing to push this to low 4 territory.
Stylistically, this album is kind of all over the place, but its Peter Gabriel so pretty much everything hits. Its just kind of jarring to go from prog rock wanderings of Bergermeister to the folksy balladry of Solsbury Hill. And later dip into loungy blues on Waiting for the Big One followed by cinematic funk (?) on Down The Dolce Vita. The variety is nice, but it is kind of weird all pulled together. Will say that of the tracks. the last three were among my favorites. Waiting for the Big One has some really tasty guitar and the epicness of Down The Dolce Vita reminds me a bit of Quadrophenia and feels as though it is actively being pursued. I'll definitely come back for another tour. High 4 / 5.
Solsbury Hill is an all time song for me that I have known forever so I was happy to see that come up on this album. After that the album got pretty sleepy but was still good musically. Down the Dolce Vita came out of nowhere with some unexpected heat and was an A song for sure, going to have to add that a playlist. Reading back on my past reviews of Peter, this was definitely my favorite album by him so far. Just some good old rock rather than 80s pop. ***Side note, on this album cover is that guy in the car supposed to look dead or is that just me????
Solsbury Hill rules. I still get Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins confused. Love the first few songs. Excuse Me is meh. Waiting For The Big One was another standout. This one went wildly up and down for me, but the highs I think were better than the lows. Low 4.
Segundo disco de Peter Gabriel que toca en éste reto (el anterior fue So). Los sonidos con los que comienza el álbum parecen una continuación de lo que venía haciendo en Genesis. Y si a eso se le suma que en el trabajo están dos King Crimson como Robert Fripp y Tony Levin, nada puede salir mal. Sin duda más popero que Genesis, igualmente prevalece lo progresivo y la búsqueda artística. Gran debut de un señor artista.
Me gusta, pero me da un poco de rabia. Yo creo que álbumes posteriores me iban a gustar más.
Я люблю такой интересный артхаус с нагромождениями звуков классических инструментов. Solsburry Hill очень мелодична, заряжает энергией. Альбом не настолько сильный, как So, но тоже очень хорош.
Heard it before. Don't know how many of his albums are on the list (already got So before) but they're all gonna get a good score. Love you, Peter 4/5
I can't tell whether he's being playful with the genre exploration or trying too hard to separate himself from Genesis but I cannot do listening to it.
Fascinating mixture. I am sure I've listened before but probably not with quite the attentiveness of this listen. It's musically interesting and the songs are absorbing if not quite hitting the catchy high of Solsbury Hill on the rest of the album. Still very proggy. It's interesting that post Genesis both parts of the band learned how to write pop songs. Yet another Fripp collaboration. That man's a genius.
Really nice album listened to it twice in the background whilst working. Just overall pleasant sounds not sure I could pick out a specific single
Genesis is an important band and the solo careers are worthwhile. Mike Rutherford Mike and the mechanics was decent pop. Tony banks did interesting things. The drummer had a couple of minor hits think - what was his name? Will Tollans. But Gabriel was always the most interesting. Not everything he did was 1000 album worthy but we’ve had a couple already. The standout track on this is Solsbury Hill - a document of Gabriel's thought process about leaving Genesis. It’s 7/4 time signature set it apart from everything and its lyrics get me every time: ‘son I said, you can keep my things/ they’ve come to take me home’. Apparently an anthem for parents worrying about their serving in the gulf war. Gabriel was a pioneer in world music - that hateful and reductionist term that means nothing. But he used the music of other cultures with ability, subtlety and respect. This album is really a throat clearer though with a magnificent band - Robert Fripp and Tony Levin are a part of the lineup. 3.5 stars.
This one was a bit of a roller coaster. Most of the tracks were really good, like on for a 5* review good, and then there were a couple of ones aiming for something quirky that were absolute 1* stinkers. You can tell this is his first go at a solo album, and he fixed this for the later ones we have done. Interesting but not perfect.
Nice and weird.
Prog rock Peter Gabriel with a hint of Randy Newman and a little taste of what was to come in the 80s. I adore Solsburry Hill, both the song and the music video full of artsy montages and cabbages. Love this guy.
Ein ganz spannendes, abwechslungsreiches Album. Manche Songs pompös, fast schon bombastisch produziert, andere ruhiger und zurückhaltender. Hat Spaß gemacht! Besonders gefallen haben mir das skurrile Excuse Me und das epische Down The Dolce Vita.
Favorite Track: Solsbury Hill
I liked this, interesting prog rock album. Stand-out: Solsbury Hill, Here Comes the Flood
Took me far too long into my life to hear this album. So much good on here, will be listening again.
In loosening himself from the shackles, Peter Gabriel could now focus on becoming a new man. Having amassed a closet shelf of alter egos during his time in Genesis, it was bound to become a burden rather than a platform. His first solo record, the first of what would be four self-titled albums, was the platform that allowed Peter to express new emotions and explore new sounds while, at the same time, dish out small reminders of who he was before. The results are occasionally exhilarating and beguiling, maintaining the interest of the listener throughout. Not a bad first step that would become big leaps in a new world. Favorites: Moribund the Burgermeister, Solsbury Hill, Modern Love, Excuse Me, Down the Dolce Vita, Here Comes the Flood.
I actually loved this album and was pleasantly surprised by it. It’s all over the map, genre-wise; has some Randy-Newman-esque songs, the classic Solsbury Hill, the funky dark opening track…easily 3.5 stars.
Dad rock royalty. This is like the pinnacle. Some experimental stuff here but a pleasant enough sound that I feel like it could work for anyone. Favorite track: Modern Love
I have always liked these early "The unnamed" albums: Car, Scratch, Melt, Security -- and the "Plays Live" album with "I Go Swimming". This might not be the best of his 4 first albums, but it's damn good.
Had never listened to this before. Appreciate the construction of the album...it's not just a random collection of songs.
I thought I'd listened to this album before but I don't think I have. It's bit of an odd mix of things, as if he was searching for a style. It's right there: Solsbury Hill! I also like Here Comes The Flood a lot but several of the other tracks do not thrill me at all.
Big fan of Peter Gabriel's music. He's always a bit out there with some of his tunes, but he usually nails it. This album is a classic and should be heard by everyone before they die. Can't miss: Solsbury Hill Slowburn Waiting for the Big One 4/5
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I mean, you have to love him. Some songs are so bright and beautiful and built to impress and some sound like strange messes off in the corner. That's the beauty of Peter Gabriel. He's always willing to go for it and experiment and give it a shot. Great for a first solo album post-Genesis.
A little incohesive overall. Existing on the line or just past the line of prog rock. The lack of cohesion was bothering me more at first, but each listen the odd songs grew on me a little more. It's like this album is a calibration in process. I kind of agree with Gabriel's feeling that the album is a little over produced. I'd put Solsbury Hill up in a list of songs that have something else that transcends, like Sandstorm by Darude , the Mortal Kombat Theme or Call me maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen.
I definitely don't think this is near the levels of So or Melt. Both of those were so instant. This has a fairly poor middle. Start is great, comes back round at the end, but I didn't enjoy the middle, which is disappointing as the other two albums are two of my fav on the list It's still really good. Particularly the first 3 songs and the closer. Excuse me sounds like a bad Bugsy Malone song
Pretty good overall, although far from perfect. I appreciate an album with some variety to it, I just don't think the specific mix of genres and sounds here always works. That said, there were quite a few songs I did enjoy: chief among them "Solsbury Hill and "Here Comes the Flood."
I found it quirky and interesting. Possibly a little ahead of its time? I like "Moribund the Burgermeister" and "Modern Love."
Gabriel’s solo debut is a superb first step on his way to later domination with So and beyond. https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-peter-gabriel-1-by-peter?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4.5/6
Some real good stuff!
Excuse me but this was amazing! Obviously Solisbury Hill is the standout but here comes the flood was a close second. 4.5
i love wacky prog rock. def gonna relisten to this in the near future