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Good variety of sounds on here
I might have been a bit distracted this day but this didn’t really capture me.
Not my favorite Peter Gabriel but not bad.
I am a huge Gabriel fan thanks to our dad, but I never got into his albums, just the songs themselves. I had no idea that Solsbury Hill was on his debut, this is one of my favs. It was on a compilation album called Journey's or something that had some other soft rock songs on it from those you'd expect, but this song was always so uplifting to me. I specifically have a memory of going to some type of petting zoo in Illinois when I was very young with Aunt Sue and Uncle Tony and my brother and mom had this playing in the car. That's the power of music in my eyes. Songs that are so powerful that they have the ability to capture sights, sounds, and smells of the past that can come flooding back as soon as the song plays. The rest of the album was enjoyable, but none of the songs hit that height most likely due to no memory attached.
Always game for Peter Gabriel, still waiting on So. This one's got "Solsbury Hill," a classic that we grew up on. Some other deep cuts that I enjoyed too, this guy just makes cool music. Favorite tracks: Solsbury Hill, Excuse Me, Here Comes the Flood. Album art: Moody brooding shot of the hood of a car covered in rain drops, and wait a minute, there's a guy in the car. Is that Peter? Moody and brooding is right. This is a great cover though, really dig this one. 3.5/5
Solsbury Hill is amazing.
Peter just beginning to find his voice as a solo artist! One of my top lp’s of all time!
I hate his voice
First: 2 stars for Solsbury Hill alone. One of the greatest songs of all time. Top 1000. Maybe 500. Maybe better. Second: much stronger album than III. and as Bryn said: what a weird dude. I’d do 3.5 if I could but I’ll round down this time
Absolutely fantastic album. Love Peter Gabriel
Nnnaah. Solsbury Hill, which I didn't know by name nor would gave attributed to Gabriel is a great song and Humdrum and the last track went into my basket, but overall... this album is good when it makes me think of putting on Marillion's first album post Fish again, but then it makes all this messy turns into Meat Loaf, Queen or that Disney dude's territory and Nnnaah.
A bit too proud of itself
a couple of songs I recognized. Not a bad album but nothing stands out as amazing or great.
Didn’t expect to like. Did like very much after the first song.
Phil Collins?
Another surprising entry for me! Always assumed this would be MoR pop, but it’s everything but that. Dramatic at times, weird at others, never predictable. I preferred the other PG record we’ve had - felt more refined - but this is still very good and I’ll be back
So much more inventive and interesting than I would have expected. Lots of different styles that all sounded like great examples of each as opposed to just having a go, the jazzy stuff in particular was great. I have no idea what genesis sound like to be honest but I don't think it's this. Every so often it reminded me a bit too much of pink Floyd but overall surprisingly good.
Again, one of the best 4-stars I've given. Moribund the Burgermeister, Solsbury Hill (of course), and Here Comes the Flood are the standouts. The middle of the album is a bit of a Slowburn, some Humdrum stuff in there to be absolutely fair. Makes you anticipate Waiting For the Big One to come right at the end, which, to be fair, it does, ends with a bang. I imagine at the time his songs were some excellent examples of Modern Love tracks - not sentimental, but well-written, clever, and I do really like his variety of instrumentation. Excuse Me for going on too long - solid 4 stars. Down The Dolce Vita.
Think I'm a Peter Gabriel fan! Been surprised how much I've enjoyed both albums we've had so far. Think I enjoyed Peter Gabriel 3 slightly more than this, had a story, but this was still largely very good. Couple of tracks I could've done without, but strong opening and finish. Highlights: Salisbury hill Modern love Down with the dolce vita Here comes the food
I absolutely look forward to any Peter Gabriel because I know I’ll like it but it’s different than his last album. This is undeniably just a good and classic album. Honestly it’s not my favourite of his, however in itself so diverse and impressive.
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.
Decent! He’s a good musician, respect
Down The Dolce Vita was cool but the rest sucked.
Not bad. Solsbury Hill is great
"Solusbury Hill" is a banger. "Moribund The Burgermeister" is silly and fun. "Slowburn" has cool arrangements. Generally tracks 1-6 "Here comes the Flood" are strong. This reminds me of the best of early Genesis (lush, but odd orchestral pop arrangements) progressive rock but with decisive editing, keeping everything to a tight 41 minutes. Beautiful stuff.
All over the place. Old Genesis vibes mixed with a more pop-oriented sound. I definitely appreciated the work here, but it didn’t fully click.
Solsbury Hill is the best song here, the rest is too campy for me. I didn't mind Humdrum, but SH is the only one I'll be coming back to with any frequency.
Great music and great lyrics.
Very self-indulgent. Didn't enjoy anything about this.
Solsbury Hill is joyous. Gabriel's voice is so rich and strong. The rest is a little experimental, a little hit and miss. The Bluesy feel for Wiating for the Big One surprised me. An ambitious album that falls a little short.
Really hard to rate this album. Kept getting Phil Collins vibes, which makes sense now that I find out Gabriel was in Genesis! First listen I didn’t enjoy much as it was so scattered and incohesive, but subsequent listening I enjoy each song more.. gonna stick with 3/5 but I can understand any ratings 2-5
The album was ok. Solsbury Hill is a great tune but the rest were average
Perfectly nice, but honestly I slept through a lot of it.
Not feeling this as much as IV. Definitely don't need Slowburn. If I wanted that I'd just put on Stevie Ray Vaughn. Down the Dolce Vita makes up for it, though.
The first of 4 self titled albums for Gabriel post Genesis. I like them all, but this one is by far the weakest. Solsbury Hill is a masterpiece, and the album will stay in my collection solely for that, but the rest is tough. Excuse Me is a complete stinker. The exerimentaion within songs like Humdrum and Moribund The Burgermeister cause them to feel disjointed. Lots of different styles thrown in here and many of them don't land well. The schizophrenic sound is understandable from an artist trying to find their solo voice, but it's certainly distracting in an album format. Not an easy listen and it's more understandable now why it seldom gets a spin from me despite owning it for many years.
What a weird and interesting album. Solsbury Hill is one of those songs I’ve heard dozens of times in the background of random places and honestly didn’t realize it was Peter Gabriel, although now knowing that it couldn’t be anyone else. What a great song. Really all the songs are interesting, if not always beautiful to listen to. Here Comes the Flood is a fantastic closer. Gabriel is a big time artist that I’ve never really dove into, perhaps it’s time.
Funny, I barely recognize this album cover, though I played Solsbury Hill way back when on the radio. Still an all-time favorite. Now listening to the rest again, Humdrum almost as nice, Slowburn nearly as dramatic as his very recent Genesis work. Some tunes seem to be be from other people's albums, as if he's still trying to figure out who he is solo. He's hiding behind the windshield, eyes closed--not ready yet to show himself after the giant costume that was Genesis. Lots to like here, but still working things out. The Fripp is great--helpful.
Really not my favourite Peter Gabriel album. Solsbury Hill is a fantastic song but nothing else quite measured up. It’s sprawling and eclectic but nothing to hold onto.
On paper, Peter Gabriel's music should appeal to me. Progressive, ambitious, majestic — this album is all of those things. In fact, all of his albums are these things, as far as I've heard, but it's not until "So" that I really relate to the songs. This album went by and somehow, nothing stuck. Well, "Solsbury Hill" is something I'm very familiar with, but even that is growing tired. So it's hard to articulate why I don't relate to PG's music, but the same is true of his work with Genesis. I'm fond of a couple of the early albums after he departed (Duke, Abacab) but unmoved by their earlier work in much the same way this fails to make an impression. Lots of words to say that, as grand as this all is, this is eminently ignorable music for me.
I'm kind of surprised I never listened to this before. It's an interesting album. He's trying out a lot of different styles to see what works, which is cool, but it makes for a confusing overall listen. I liked about half the songs, hence my rating. I'm glad this wasn't the only PG solo album, as he refined these ideas on later (better) albums. I don't know that this one belongs on this list per se, but then again I wouldn't have listened to it otherwise, so...
Other than the magnificent Solsbury Hill, this album landed flat for me. I listened to it and then immediately nothing stuck. I guess one needs to listen to this album b/c it has Solsbury Hill?
Some good tunes here. Can see the direction he wants to go in
Not really Gabriel's best, a lot better stuff that he's done
gostei
We all have that coworker that clearly is great at their job doing spreadsheets, but they eventually got promoted to be a manager and now all they do all day is micro-manage and schedule idea-generation meetings to discuss things that never turn into real work and spend 30 minutes talking to you at your desk, distracting you from your own spreadsheets, which you have to work twice as hard on now because this coworker no longer does spreadsheets. Peter Gabriel is the pop music equivalent of that. The man can write a killer pop hook, but he’s so goddamn famous already that he instead feels like he should spend his time being experimental and trying to push the envelope, and he’s just not as good at that. When he’s on, he’s fucking on, but he’s only on about 50% of the time. Most of Car is mediocre experimental art pop that isn’t worth your time. But the other half is great ‘80s pop. “Solsbury Hill,” obviously, but really the best song to me is “Modern Love,” and the gorgeous closer “Here Comes The Flood.” I’ll also give it up to “Humdrum,” although Gabriel does teeter on the edge with that one. I’m not sure any of these songs elevate Car to essential status, but it’s still very good. They’re just unfortunately surrounded by some of the most annoyingly pretentious drivel imaginable. I think the highs on Car do enough to push me toward positive apathy, but on a worse day, I could easily demote it a star for being try-hard. I admire Gabriel’s efforts, I just don’t think he can execute at the level he believes he can. But that was also my issue with A Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and his era of Genesis in general. But when Gabriel wants to write a pop song, the man is one of the best ever, and I will be adding those songs to future playlists. But a couple songs doesn’t make an album, even if there’s just enough to make it a technical 50/50 split. Idk Gabriel, maybe I’m saying you should stick to spreadsheets, I didn’t need you in upper management.
Jazz, orchestral, blues, rock, pop - this thing is a mess. A well executed mess, but just a convergence of discovering a sound. While not bad, it was tough to invest into. Solsbury Hikl is magical.
Not my bag at all but Solsbury Hill is a classic.
I'm not too embarrassed to admit that I'm a big Peter Gabriel fan, so it's fun to get his work in this collection, and also fun to get an early album, which I'm a lot less familiar with. And what an odd selection for the "1001 Albums" project, as this is definitely *not* one of his better albums. There are a few classic songs on this album--well, really just "Solsbury Hill" (with a fantastically odd but beautiful video, although I suspect that was done later than the album)--and some other really solid songs (mainly "Humdrum" and "Here comes the flood", although the latter is better in his later live stripped-down versions). The rest is a kind of weird grab-bag of experiments from all over the place, likely a product of having left Genesis fairly recently. Perhaps because of Robert Fripp's involvement in the album, several songs reminded me of David Bowie (especially the concept-album-style "Moribund the Burgermeister" as well as "Modern Love" (with a pretty wild video) and "Down the Dolce Vita"), and others just seemed better left on their own ("Excuse Me" a particularly good example of that, but also "Slowburn" and much of the album's side B). As much as "Solsbury Hill" is one of Peter Gabriel's truly great songs, this album doesn't really rank higher than three stars when you balance the rest of the album against it, sadly.
I liked this more than I thought I would. I thought I would hate it. Giving it 3 because I do like Solsbury Hill.
A mess of songs of all different styles. I felt like I was listening to a different album midway through. Apart from the well known Solsbury Hill, there isn't much to remember. Definitely feels like he was trying to find his sound.
Eccentric, which is no surprise because it’s Peter Gabriel. I definitely prefer his work with Genesis, but this isn’t bad.
3 ok
All songs are good, only Solsburry Hill is great. I didn't remember any of the other songs after one go, but they are well-crafted.
There always seems to some aversion to hooks or chorus with Peter Gabriel. Hearing a full album like this does get a bit tiresome. Style wise it's a bit everywhere, feels like he is trying to string together a lot of ideas, sometimes a bit jarring. But it is at the very least well sung and performed. 3*
yoooooooo this lit
What in the ? This was cool! The first tune made me think of Mr. Bungle and anything from the 70s that gives me that kind of crazy vibe is a-okay with me. It would have been four stars if not for "Waiting for the Big One". Why does every album from the 70s have to have a cheesy Randy Newman blues jam on it? Why?!? So out of place on this otherwise unique and interesting effort.
Not my favorite PG album, but easily my favorite PG album cover. Elite.
Uskomattomia versoja nousee kuolleeksi hakatun proge soundin puutarhasta..
nice little rock album, like the dude’s voice
I do like the different genres it taps into. Good listen
Solid album, Solsbury Hill being the standout track
Bueno
Yeah, I guess I'm just not a big Peter Gabriel fan. However, there were moments (like Moribund) that kept this hovering around a 2.75, so I'll give it the full 3.
You did it Peter! You can be the frontman, and although I miss you behind the kit it was all worth it for the all timer of Solsberry Hill (3.5/5)
Comfortably the best Gabriel I've heard on the list so far
Ehh it was fine. Like the other Peter Gabriel albums it's fine. Nothing to write home about.
5/10
Very original.
The first rock concert I went to was by Peter Gabriel for the album Melt in Berlin. It was very exciting. I wasn't that impressed by the album Car. Of course Solsbury Hill is still great. I thought Excuse Me was funny. Many elements remind me of the early and experimental pieces by Genesis. It was interesting to listen to the album. But it's not one of my favorites. 3/5
Solesbury hill sucks
no sledgehammer. still a well produced record
Unfortunately I did not finish this album partly because I was bored but also I think in part because this guys last name is Gabriel and the name Gabriel genuinely grosses me out. Sorry Peter. You shall receive a pity 2 stars.
1. meh/bra, 2. meh, 3. bra, 4. bra, 5. bra, 6. bra, 7. meh/bra, 8. banger, 9. bra Overall: 8/10
Easy rock album with some weird twists in it. Could have been good Favorite song: Solsbury Hill Rating: 2.3/5
Not his best work
Again?
Love Peter Gabriel's music
De este disco a priori solo conozco la portada. Mmm tenía guardada "Solsbury Hill" no sé de cuándo y es realmente bonita. No está mal, me ha recordado a las paranoias de los primeros Genesis.
Just so all over the place... I can definitely see the prog-rock roots for a few of the songs with Peter coming straight from Genesis, but then you also have a song like Solsbury Hill which is mostly so pop-y and conventional and catchy (love this one). A very strange listen indeed. 5/10
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
Burger!
STANDOUTS: Solsbury Hill OVERALL: 3/5; bumped up a half point for the beautiful cover art.
Not force
Enjoyable first listen. Couple of fillers
Sounds like Randy Newman
Intriguing and interesting. A lot of different songs that open up a great spectrum to like about the album
Hän kyllä kaipaisi loput Genesiksestä kaverikseen, jotta biisit olisivat mielenkiintoisempia eivätkä vain suureellisia. Lopetuskappaleesta pidin kyllä kovin, se toi tarinallista tunnelmaa lopulta koko levyyn. Keskivaiheilla oli vähän liikaa hassuttelua, apatia olisi minusta kivempi. Vahva kaksi puoli.
Progemuusikon yritys vaihtaa poppiin. Ainakin viimeinen biisi on parempi kuin ensimmäinen.
ok album, had some good songs, but some were just weird and abit to affect heavy
"Peter Gabriel" also known as "Car" is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter and producer Peter Gabriel. Two years after his departure from Genesis, he recorded his first solo album employing Bob Ezrin as producer with a host of musicians including guitarist Robert Fripp and bassist Tony Levin. Commercially, the album did fairly well hitting #7 in the UK and #38 in the US. Critically, it had positive reviews. The album begins uniquely (no surprise) with "Moribund the Burgmeister." A percussion chant and wavering synths. It's fairly big production and his most prog rock song on the album. Gabriel uses several voices as he tells the medieval story of the Burgemeister dealing with a plague outbreak. Steve Hunter is on acoustic guitar for Gabriel's most-well known song (at least to me) "Solsbury Hill." Synths in the background with all sorts of interesting percussion. Based on a spiritual experience, he stresses being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get. "Modern Love" is the most straight-forward rocker on the album. Great bass. It's about sexual frustration. A big baroque opening to "Down the Dolce Vita" goes to a disco rock beat. He does not play it straight as there's a clock-ticking part and ends with the flute....finally. The lyrics describe men going to fight a war or sea monster. He still can't yet shake his "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" tendencies can he? The epic "Here Comes the Flood" closes the album. The song starts slowly with keyboards, acoustic guitar, piano and recorder(?) and explodes emotionally with Gabriel's vocals. It's the mental flood of collective thoughts made public through telepathy. Screw a simple love song. Gabriel later would perform this in a much more toned-down arrangement. Undoubtedly, it's one of his best songs. A critic said it best when he called this a "smorgasboard of songs." Heck, there's three right out of the gate. The styles heard include prog rock, 70's hard rock ballads, acoustic folk, baroque and rock disco and bossa nova beats. There are a few songs that don't work ("Excuse Me") but it also contains some of his best work. I don't think it's his best, but I do like it quite a bit and it sounded great today.
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 one is a tough one to rate - it doesn't feel like one complete album but instead like someone trying on lots of different hats. On the one-hand it is impressive how Peter Gabriel captures different styles within this album and he's clearly musically talented, but on the other hand it feels disjointed. To be honest I don't see myself listening to it again. It's not a car wreck, but I did get whiplash.
A mixed bag, no one particular style, a mish-mash of everything really. Solsbury Hill remains an all timer though.
Not a fan. I know Solsbury Hill (who doesn't?) which is ok (it's actually on my Spotify Liked Songs) - but nothing on the rest of the album made me take note... Personally I found it boring...
Als ik dit album niet had gehoord had ik niks gemist. Ik heb al een ander album van hem gehad en dit album voegt voor mij weinig toe. Het is wat ingewikkeld en theatraal allemaal. Veel effectjes, zoveel mogelijk instrumenten, een bak galm en huismerk Bowie vibes. Dat andere album was meer radio10gold achtergrond muziek, dit is meer een soort rockopera die aan me wordt opgedrongen. Doe me dan toch die andere maar. Ik ga voor een strenge 2 sterren. Ik vind dit helemaal niks, maar het is niet zo verschrikkelijk dat het een 1 krijgt.
Take it or leave it
Very strange journey I just went on
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.
Didn't like it the firs ttime. Devon told me it was good so I listened again. He’s right it’s actually good. Slowburn sounds like Rush. Modern Love bangs. The hook in dolce vita reminds me of a John Prine song (“Saddle in the Rain”) somehow. There's actually not a lot of filler and then you’ve got Solsbury Hill. I want to listen to all the other Peter Gabriel albums now. This went from 2* to 4* on a second/third listen for me!
I haven't listened to any Peter Gabriel, and I am not that much into Genesis, so I didn't really know what to expect. I actually enjoyed it a bit. The tracks were great for a debut solo record.
Didn't get on with it
Here we see Peter Gabriel making his music weird for the sake of being weird. Truth be told, it does sound pretty great, but it could do without the excessive quirkiness. It also makes the music unrealistic to play live in some cases, though that isn't always a bad thing (see: Sgt Pepper et al.). The drumming is fairly simple but extremely effective and importantly, actually human-sounding. No artificial nonsense going on here, like some other late-70s bands were transitioning into at the time. The electric guitar isn't always prominent; it's added in tastefully, whenever a track needs that rocky spark of energy. The only "instrument" I'm more ambivalent about is Peter Gabriel himself. His voice is pretty standard (if a little piercing) during his rock-screaming, but implacably odd at his normal energy. Could be the echoey vocal effect, I guess. Solsbury Hill is definitely the highlight here. The interaction between the wavery keyboard thing, harmonised vocals, and constant percussion give a Wall of Sound feel, but perhaps less intense. It's a simple, happy, marketable tune, and I love it. Here Comes The Flood is also really good. It's intense, varied, emotional, almost proggy at times. (I'd give the opening track, Moribund The Burgermeister, a similar description – but it's not nearly as good.) I like when strings are dropped into an already-strong track, almost like the cherry on top. It rarely fails, and definitely doesn't fail here. Fun singalong chorus too. 4/5 Key tracks: Solsbury Hill, Humdrum, Slowburn, Here Comes The Flood
Peter Gabriel’s debut album is all over the place, the most consistent characteristic through the album is the heavy dad rock vibe. 4.5/10
This album would be a one star if it wasn't for Solsbury Hill
Raro...Conocía Solsbury Hill, un poco musical. Al final una heavy-lenta-romántica...Raro.
This album is all over the place. Bro was definitely trying to figure what type of music he wanted to make and I appreciate the experimentation of it. It kind of reminds me of life and how most of us are just throwing shit at a wall and hoping it sticks.
I enjoyed the first half of the album but the second part fell pretty flat.
It’s absolutely all over the place, but there really aren’t any bad songs.
Unpredictable and influential, listening to this Peter Gabriel album for the first time is like walking with your eyes closed: you don't know what your next step will bring. In the end, the second half is really solid. I loved it
Moribund - 2 Solsbury Hill - 3 Modern Love - 4 Excuse Me - 2 Humdrum - 3 Slowburn - 3 Waiting for the Big One - 3 Down the Dolce Vita - 3 Here Comes the Flood - 4
5/21/24 S Tier—————————5 Solsbury Hill A Tier—————————4 Modern Love Slowburn Here Comes The Flood B Tier—————————3 Humdrum Waiting for The Big One C Tier—————————2 D Tier—————————1 Excuse Me Moribund The Burgermeister
Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel Tuesday 5/21/2024 10:53, office S Tier————————— Solsbury Hill A Tier————————— Modern Love Slow Burn Hum Drum Down The Dolce Vita B Tier————————— Waiting For The Big One Here Comes The Flood C Tier————————— Excuse Me Moribund The Burgermeister
Very good
May 5, 2024 HL: "Moribund the Burgermeister", "SOLSBURY HILL", "Humdrum", "Down the Dolce Vita", "Here Comes the Flood" Though the rating doesn't exactly show it, this was a disappointment coming last after So and Melt. (The latter was just last month) Though it is unfocused and overproduced, it's also exciting to see Gabriel's varied influences clearly visible here before they coalesced in later releases, like a nebula. Tracks like "Slowburn" make me yearn for Queen or Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell, and "Waiting for the Big One" was a draggy blues tune, but most of the rest is pretty cool stuff. The dynamic "Dolce Vita" slapped me across the face while I was walking through the city. And "Solsbury" is just one of my favourite songs, period.
I need more time with this album. It seems like a great record to listen to with headphones. Solsbury Hill is a total banger. This album reminds me of Kate Bush, with a lot of quiet but interesting musical tidbits happening in the background. But the record isn't quite as good as The Hounds of Love. Four stars.
Somewhere, there is an A&R guy to whom we all owe a huge debt of gratitude. If Peter Gabriel’s whole solo career had lived or died on the strength of this album, it seems unlikely that we would have ended up with Security, So, or Us. I was surprised, having not present to this entire album in several decades, to see how unfocused and uneven it is. Sure Solsbury Hill and here comes the flood are huge standouts. But as for the rest of the tracks, the best I can say is, I didn’t hate all of them. I’ll give it an average rating based on the strength of it two masterpieces, and for the promise of what his third through sixth records would provide us.
I almost liked a couple of the songs on this album.
Peter Gabriel
Interesting album, didn’t vibe with it all the way through but it felt like an album with many different genres. From pop, to blues, to lounge. Understand why this was included in the project, as musically it’s a very well written album. Solsbury Hill is a familiar tune considering how many soundtracks it’s been a part of.
Better then expected! Solsbury hill is a hit but there was a lot more I did enjoy. The last few tracks then blew it for me…
There were some interesting sounds here and good composition when looked at individually, but the tracks didn't seem to flow nor feel like a cohesive album.
Maybe this album is good enough for a 2...but I found it hard to get through. 1.5.
Enjoyable, not my favorite Gabriel, but still a delight.
Keep up the great work!
i needed 3 peter gabriel albums, thanks!
Dolce Vita is alfa
It was nothing remarkable
Not a fan. Sounds like a throwaway Who record that never should have been made. Nothing that interesting and the odd switches in music just turned me off.
Excuse me preventing that 5* life
I've only really listened to Peter's music from the 80s on, so this album was super interesting. It's not amazing, but a very solid album of an artist trying various sounds
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.
not his best ...
Probably won't revisit
He hadn't found his sound yet but his albums only get better and more interesting from here.
C’mon… It’s Peter Gabriel.
Some hits some eh
Really like it!
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?
Ok, I guess. One great song. Two interesting. Unlikely to listen to again. Don't know why this was in the list. It's my music, kinda, but it's not that great a find.
A fine album - not quite his best - 3.5 rounding up to 4 stars
Peter Gabriels debut album. Good start
A Solesbury Hill doesn't make an album.
Solsbury hill is the only song that really stands the rest of time. Everything else has a wide range and various styles. Most the songs are like blindly throwing darts. Fortunately for Gabriel one stuck long term and it’s the only thing worth revisiting. 5.9/10
Wonderful debut album !
Some good tunes. Heavier than expected. Nice instrumentation at times
Struggled with this. Solsbury Hill is a classic and Here Comes the Flood is quite special, but the rest just hasn't aged well. Disappointed if I'm honest
Quirky and interesting. Enjoyed it
this album was pretty good background music while i was working thats all i'd really ever use it for though nothing really stood out to me and it was a bit all over the place not a bad album but definitely could be better solid 3.3/5
It was OK, but not in the mood
I really enjoyed this album. It was eclectic for sure, but I liked where it went. I was pretty hooked from the first "I will find out".
If "Solsbury Hill" and "Here Comes The Flood" are absolute gems, the rest of Peter Gabriel's first solo LP after his exit from Genesis is, give or take, a little wack. Prog-rock opener "Moribund The Burgermeister" is so ridiculously verbose and stilted it sounds like a parody of the genre. Not a smart way to start your first solo LP. "Waiting For The Big One" could have been a nice cut if it had solely been based on the melody of its instrumental climax--but unfortunately, the bulk of the song is a blues-rock dud that turns in pointless circles. Apart from that, there's a couple of more minimalistic cuts that remind you of Randy Newman--alas, without the latter's bite and/or unforgiving eye for narrative details. Nothing offensively bad, but rather innocuous overall. And there's a couple of more classic-sounding rock tracks going into Bruce Springsteen territory--without the latter's charisma. "Modern Love" is the best of that small pack, but if it's nice enough to be salvageable, it's still a notch under the two songs mentioned at the start of this review. On the *plus* side, Bob Ezrin's production is effective and the man does the best he can to give his unmistakable dynamics to those songs. Yet ultimately, he can't save half of them from utter oblivion, as nice as his disticnctive orchestrations are in the more "epic" moments. So that's it. *Car* is the very definition of a mixed bag and a topsy-turvy affair. Wish there were more tracks displaying the catchy and elegant instrumentation and arrangements of "Solsbury Hill" (one for the ages), or the sheer emotions of heartbreaking closer "Here Comes The Flood". But you gotta look for other Peter Gabriel albums for that. 3/5 for the purposes of this list of "essential albums". Which translates to a 8/10 grade for more general purposes (5+3). Number of albums left to review: less than 300, approximately (I've temporarily lost count here) Number of albums I'll include in my own list: half so far, approximately Number of albums I *might* include: a quarter, approximately (including this one) Number of albums I'll never include: another quarter (many others are more important to me)
My mom was a huge Genesis fan, so I'm sure she would love this album. I'm gonna have to listen again because I feel like I was a little too distracted to give an accurate rating. He's got some very interesting songs and unique style.
Can one song carry an album? Nope, not this one. Maybe I'm missing something but there's just nothing here for me.
This album is all over the place, and kinda in a good way. I'm familiar with Gabriel and his years in Genesis but other than a few hits, don't think I had heard much of his solo stuff. This being his first solo album, seems like a good place to start... And what a start. The first song reminded me of something that should be playing in the background at a Halloween party. It's followed by Solsbury Hill, which is definitely the best song on the album but also a significantly different sound from the first track. The rest of the album has quite a variety in sound which I enjoyed more than I thought I would. Waiting for the Big One stood out a bit more than the others.
guess it was better than most I think rock records
6 / 10 Mezcla de canciones muy heterogénea. Hay progresivo tipo Génesis, hay pop, y hay alguna ida de olla poco aporvechable.
For reasons I can't quite explain Solsbury Hill is a song I just can't stand. The rest of the album is fine though.
Solsbury Hill makes this rating go to 3 instead of 2.
An excellent first outing for the former lead vocalist of Genesis. This would be the predicting venture for his future projects!
An interesting album. It’s got the bar classic, Solisbury Hill - also heard on countless television dramas and romantic comedies. m But the album is just all over the place: Prog Rock Cabaret Rock Opera Not quite sure this is the debut single album I’d make after so much success with Genesis
Despite having one of my favorite songs, this album is not very good.
6/10
Competent glam rock, but nothing that really excites me. Good playing, some decent hooks, but just overall not really a standout album to me. Sounds like a less interesting version of stuff Bowie was doing at the time. Decent listen but not long-term impactful to me.
Op zich wel een paar leuke pop-nummers maar ik vind het ook een beetje saai. Misschien toch wat achterhaald tegenwoordig, maar in die tijd heel innoverend?
Peterin äänessä joku elementti sai karvat huonolla tavalla pystyyn. Teemat tuntuu seilaavan levyn sisällä aika villisti. En välitä kuunnella enempää.
Aivan huti meni, ei voi olla erikoinen
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.
Solsbury Hill is great. Not sure about the rest so far.
Not my thing. Listened 2x. 2.4
boom boom boom
This just left me completely flat. No emotions, nothing. Just flowed over me like I was covered in Grabireilphobic gel.
music with no art 1/5
This album is all over the place. Peter Gabriel is clearly trying on sounds and genres to find something that sounds like it's his. He comes the closest on 'Solsbury Hill.' The guitar work here by Robert Fripp is great and overall, I think this album succeeds at what it's trying to do though it definitely needs some find tuning and focus. I really enjoyed the variation in rhythms and dynamics which really show flashes of Peter Gabriel's genius, but ultimately find the album wanting.
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Moribund the burgermeister, Solsbury hill, Here comes the flood
Udmærket 70’er rock, prog, lidt mudret
a lovely portent of what was to come after he left genesis
Ég hlusta reglulega á Genesis og hef alveg hlustað á Pésa af og til en það er samt ekki af mínu eigin frumkvæði. Mér finnst þetta ekkert standa neitt voðalega mikið upp úr en mér líður samt eins og ég ætti að gefa plötunni meiri séns. Það voru lög þarna sem voru fín (önnur en þekktasta lagið meina ég) en það var samt ekkert sem greip mig svo platan lendir í miðjumoði.
Good debut, a bit of a mix but nothing bad - Solbury Hill is the best and good choice for the single
Half of this album sounds the same and the other half is a grab bag of completely different, seemingly unrelated tracks -- and this is a case where that diversity is a drawback rather than a strong suit. Another case of terrible mixing where the vocals (which are difficult to discern by themselves) are drown out by the guitars and percussion. A few decent cuts but largely forgettable. Favorite track: Here Comes the Flood
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.
Hyvä yri! 2.5/5
Definitely "Trying some stuff out" in this one. There's a lot of earnest air-grabbing, but there's also the delightful Salsbury Hill, and some other nice bits in there.
Not bad, Peter Gabriel is clearly a quality song writer but overall this album doesn't do much for me.
Eh.
This album comes off as a disjointed mess. While Solsbury Hill is a classic, the only other song I'd willingly listen to again is Slowburn. However, both of these tracks drag on longer than they should. Excuse Me, Humdrum, and Down the Dolce Vita were irritating at times. It's such a confusing listen, to make sense of it I had to rate each song individually and average their scores together. I came up with 2.27 and I feel like that's pretty accurate. Rounding down, as it can't be understated how haphazardly assorted these songs are.
I like Genesis but I don't like Peter Gabriel's solo work. This does nothing for me and bored me.
Watched a documentary about the making of the cover, if only the music was as interesting
It was... fine. Kind of hard to come up with things to say about an album that's so non-offensive.
This album is all over the place. So many different sounding songs. I don't hate any of them, but don't really love any of them either. 3/5
Solsbury Hill Here Comes The Flood
Najbolja pjesma: 1. Here Comes the Flood
Fine. Kind of boring. Barely three stars. Solsbury Hill is a good song, but for me that song has been played to death. Whenever I hear that song I think of the jokes where people made a fake movie trailer using that song and scenes from a horror movie or whatnot to make the movie look like a lighthearted romantic comedy.
Love this, though I think Gabriel improved each album. Still can’t argue with Salisbury Hill and Here Comes The Flood.
Solsbury Hill is a nice song. The rest of the album was pleasant enough, but a little too weird without being interesting. Also, too much echo in the vocals.
A couple great songs, a lot of meh ones. Feels like a 3.
Peter Gabriel's music has always been uneven for me - huge peaks on a great plain. This eponymous album is his first solo project post Genesis and includes Solsbury Hill, one of those peaks. Caught a bit of great guitar - a lot is over-orchestrated for my taste.
Very good and engaging album. Never listened to Peter Gabriel's solo career, glad to hear he's still good after Genesis. Top tracks: Solsbury Hill, Here Comes the Flood
This was beautiful I cannot believe he is not more mainstream. Amazing production truly a mastermind
Great album. I have been a fan of Peter since the MTV days. Love his work with Genesis as well.
Pretty decent, but nothing too special. Also, the mix of the remastered version on Spotify is nausiating when listening with stereo headphones
That was pretty atrocious besides the lone good song. Rating: 1.6
About what I expected
Quite a diverse album. From classic progressive rock to more standard pop.
Solsbury Hill is the standout from this album, that catchy 7/8 time sig works beautifully. But the rest of the album is prog rock noodling. Clearly he'd go onto greater things but this is mostly forgettable.
I honestly hadn’t followed Peter Gabriel as much as Phil Collins post-Genesis, or should we call that Revelation? However, I have mad respect for ol Pete and the work he does. Not something I would choose to listen to often, but I’ll give it 3.5 stars.
Does Peter Gabriel sound like Phil Collins or does Phil Collins sound like Peter Gabriel? This music is a bit wonky and silly, but it’s not terrible. Not something I’ll likely revisit, but I appreciate it for what it is.
I dig this. I think most of the credit goes to the band. It feels like the music sets a vibe and holds it really well. The singing feels secondary, but it's never in the way and it doesn't mess with the vibe. Overall a fun album
aka Peter Gabriel 1: Car that solsbury hill song is popular. but it's rare that I want to groove in 7/4 time. rest of the album: meh. could have aged better; could have aged worse.
I expected to like this, as while I've not listened to an eniter Peter Gabriel album I am familiar with a few songs, like Solsbury Hill, but this was kinda a disjointed mess. Super random, and I agree with another commenter that it feels like he was trying to figure out his voice as a soloist and threw a pot of spaggetti at the wall to see what would stick. Excuse Me definitely did not stick. I suspect there are better PG albums out there. I can't see myself listening to this again, largely just so I never have to hear Excuse Me again. Solsbury Hill is catchy, Humdrum, Slowburn, and several others are fine.
Weird, but good at times. 3/5
Salsbury Hill sick. The rest I wasn’t crazy about. A little all over the place.
Solsbury Hill is an anthem for the ages. Rest is mid.
2.5, nothing really caught my attention.
Not his best.
Really good, i now notuice how often solsbury hill is played on radiostations
Didn't really enjoy much of this but I appreciated that it was creative and was always trying new things.
Another good one. Definitely some disco influence here. Listened to his 2nd, 3rd and 4th after this one today. Amazing progression.
His first album and first hit “Solsbury Hill” (which is one of my favorites). He was so progressive. All of these songs are unique. They don’t exactly go together but love his voice.
Some nice tunes, not really my main genre or era but not bad.
I'll be surprised if this is on here at the expense of So, and I'm not sure list needs two Peter Gabriel albums. Solsbury Hill stands out ahead of the rest here. But it was very enjoyable.
Eh... there was some good and bad in there for my taste. Good enough for passive listening, but nothing noteworthy to give my full attention to.
Can't tell if it's the time period, or the Genesis influence, but certainly sounds familiar. Lots of reverb on all vocals. Lots of synths. I like the varied change of styles. Knew Solosbury Hill and didn't realize it. "Excuse Me" reminds me a lot of "Mr. Kite". A blues song thrown in there, with a chorus overtop gave some Pink Floyd vibes. Hear some Wings in there too. Enjoyable to listen to.
I actually really liked this one. Had a lot of variety.
Not his best stuff but still a nice mix of Genesis sounding stuff while PG gets out on his own.
Couple of good ones but too much weird stuff for me
Very cool album. I think his first, and it definitely has the cool sounds and production that his later albums will feature. As well as some interesting spins on common blues song forms.
Un grosso esperimento, credo, ma non troppo interessante. Bella 'Here comes the flood'
Recognized Solsbury Hill. I do like classic rock and this era of music but wasn't really vibing to this one.
Gefällt mir gar nicht schlecht. Erster Track schon fast so ein bisschen experimenteller Artpop-mäßig. Hat mir insgesamt ziemlich gut gefallen, werde ich noch mal anhören. Teilweise eine wilde Mischung, ob ich da lang dranbleibe, ist eine andere Frage.
It's kinda nice. 7/10
Better than Peter Gabriel 3 but not as good as So. Kind of fun at times. Low 4.
So is prolly one of my more fav albums from this so was kinda bummed that I didn’t like this as much. 6/10
Pretty good, though not as good as So. I guess he found his sound a bit more in the later album. 7/10
5/10 - A lot of weird songs but a few that I enjoyed. I thought they flowed together nicely.
Solsbury hill was good, excuse me was whack, the rest was ok. 6.5/10
I was kinda gone listening to most of this, but I remember feeling pretty similarly to his other album. Pretty good. Here comes the flood is a great song, but I think it was overall a slightly weaker album than so. 5.5/10
favorite tracks: Here comes the flood, Modern Love otherwise pretty boring to be honest. Not completely sure what made Solsbury Hill a hit.
Strange
Love Peter Gabriel
Dynamic style and interesting voice, overall fun listen.
A tough one to rate. “Solsbury Hill” is a deserving classic, and most of side 2 is good. But there are also some real stinkers here. “Moribund the Burgermeister“, “Excuse Me”, and “Humdrum” really show that Peter Gabriel needed the rest of Genesis to rein in his dumber ideas.
Nice to listen to
I like Peter Gabriel, but the album So is way better than this, so I don't think he needs 2 solo inclusions on the list. Solsbury Hill is a classic, I do really love that song, but again, as a whole this album offering isn't as strong as So. At one point I almost thought I was listening to a Randy Newman album instead, with the way he really slipped into a whole different persona on the song Excuse Me. There's lots of experimentation with the artistic identity presented, which leaves me feeling like there's something undone with the overall packet. This is fine, but it's not exciting enough to keep me coming back. I do love this album cover too though, it's gorgeous.
Liked it, but a couple songs were too weird.
3.2
Familiar, not my favorite.
This record sounds like Peter Gabriel trying to figure out which direction he wants to go in. There's some arena-style prog a la Queen ("Modern Love"), jazzy-blues epics ("Waiting for the Big One"), and whatever the fuck "Excuse Me" is. I liked 3 ("Melt") when I got it earlier in this list, this one didn't really click with me. Favorite track: "Modern Love"
Sometimes experimental albums are amazing and sometimes they are garbage. This is somewhere in between.
I own this already, first rate stuff. Released the year I graduated HS.Gabriel is genius.
Unsuprisingly some tracks are very 'Genesisyfied' but others show promise- quite a mixed bag of inventiveness and quite interesting to listen to.
Aside from “Here Comes the Flood,” I didn’t really enjoy this, although there were some interesting and creative flourishes that somewhat elevated it. 2.5 rounded up; unlikely to revisit. I’m curious to hear some of his other music, though.
It was pretty good. I’d never really listened to Peter Gabriel before, and the album had a nice variety. Some songs were a bit too long or had odd arrangements, but other than that a pretty decent album.
I have never listened to Peter Gabriel and this was a lot and not at all for me. This album doesn't feel very cohesive at all. Almost like the songs are from different mixes. It's weird. It has a hit everyone knows though I guess.
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Weird. Like a shitty space opera not done by David Bowie. Saulsbury Hill and one other more jazzy one were great. Some good guitar licks, but overall not for me. Sounds like that era for sure, what little I've listened to it.
Way more Tom Waits and Randy Newman than I was ey
A great debut album from Peter Gabriel. Obviously he was trying to find his own style at the beginning of his solo career but I like the varied styles this album offers. My fav tracks: Solsbury Hill, Modern Love, Here Comes the Flood.
Listen to the album on December 26, 2023. Really enjoyed most of the album especially Fripp on guitar.
Solsbury Hill is the standout. The rest is ok.
A very solid debut album
I did not listen to the full thing, but there is a guarantee I will at some point, From what i heard, absolutely amazing
Yeah, I mean, it was pretty okay Favorite song: Down the Dolce Vita Least favorite: Modern Love
Definitely one of the albums of all time
his first after Genesis, great album!
I'm a fan of Peter Gabriel. But other than the hot on this one, I'm a little less enthusiastic. This record is too all over the place. Maybe that is what he was going for. But it doesn't feel cohesive the way his Genesis work did. It feels more like a collection of songs. There are better records by him out there.
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.
Very good
Raro...Conocía Solsbury Hill, un poco musical. Al final una heavy-lenta-romántica...Raro.
I can appreciate the work on this album and the creativity that went into it, and the performances are fantastic. Robert Fripp is always a good idea.
Better than I thought it would be. Would love this on a classic rock station, but maybe not something I would put on.
I'm a fan of some of PG's later stuff, but I listened to this album on a treacherous rainy and dark drive across the moors at 6:45am and it just completely sent my head west. I'll try again another time
Peter Gabrield is a confusing album. Partly very cool experimental music, partly the worst kind of pompous prog rock, common at the time of it's release. This duality is contained inside of almost every track on the album. As such, I can easily acknowledge the album, but it's not easy for me to enjoy it. Solsbury Hill deserves all the radio time it has gotten. 2.8
Such a weird album. 3.5 just for Solsbury Hill.
первый трек просто мешанина падла вперемешку, второй очень ничего такая песня , третий просто проходной, вобщем неоднозначно наверное переслушаю
Here Comes the Flood is an incredible track.
Versatile and interesting songs
Not a fan of Excuse Me. The rest was good. I've always loved Solsbury Hill. I love the guitar work and the nostalgia inducing horns. I wasn't sure I liked Humdrum when it started, but it got beautiful. I liked everything after that. I definitely want to listen to this again.
I like Pete, but this album wasn't my favorite. I can hear the experimental things he's doing and appreciate it. There really only a few songs that I really enjoyed.
3/5. Man, this one is all over the place. Dark and jazzy on some, poppy and upbeat, silly and cute, and just weird. Like a greatest hits but not all of them are great. And if we're being honest, Solisbury Hill, maybe Flood, are the ones to take from this one. The other ones are good, and the album is enjoyable but there definitely some flaws.
The only song I've heard off this album was Solsbury Hill and I'm not surprised. It's covers multiple genres, but nothing really stands out. Best Songs: Solsbury Hill Listen Again: No
A fun listen
Opinionated and weird, I think it's the work of an extremely talented songwriter throwing stuff at the wall on his first solo outing. He's having fun. I can dig it. Hints of greatness here and there. Here Comes the Flood, Down the Dolce Vita, Moribund the Burgermeister, Solsbury Hill... But it's not his best work.
Good. Prog-rock feel. 3.4
Some varied styles on here and not all of it lands but worth coming back to for the outstanding bits that do. Progtastic.
An album released just three years after Genesis' Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and there are hints of that classic Peter Gabriel sound here. Very prog in places, lots of pomp and grandeur. But it is also incohesive, touching many different styles and forms. Gabriel seems to be fishing around for the style that would define him as a soloist, while not entirely able to escape from his past. Solsbury Hill is definitely the strongest track here, but there are other high points. Moribund the Burgermeister, the opening track, could have been lifted from Lamb Lies Down directly, and acts as a kind of bridge into this newer work. While Modern Love feels more like the kind of arena rock that Genesis would produce without Gabriel. Overall, enjoyable. Not as good as he was. Not as good as he would be. But and interesting link between the two.
There's a few fantastic songs here, mixed in between a bunch of songs that were an absolute miss. Peter Gabriel is someone I had heard of before, and his sound is familiar, but he was clearly still finding himself in this debut album. In this case, the highs were enough to balance out the lows. Highlight: Solsbury Hill Lowlight: Moribund The Burgermeister Surprise Hit: Excuse Me
Peter Gabriel is a genius. I love everything he's ever done.
Had no idea what I was getting into, had no idea what I was through afterwards. Couple of interesting songs, plesant to listen to (not always). Overall a directionless record, but it was entertaining. Didnt sound particularly groundbreaking. Significant albums 13/30. Albums I liked 7/30. Albums I have added to my library 1/30. Not significant, liked, didnt add.
Gabriel’s first album after leaving Genesis. Some songs are throwbacks to the progressive rock thing he did in Genesis. A few other songs that kind of rock. The radio friendly “Solsbury Hill” is here too. Not his best album in my opinion but pretty good for a debut.
Pop-rock bien elaborado para la época, con una buena voz y canciones bien construidas. Algún tema muy reconocido.
i do like me some peter gabriel but this album wasn't AMAZING for me at least. solsbury hill is obviously a classic, but not my fave.
Niet mijn muziek
This album is just so all over the place, but it is full of ideas. Can’t deny that. Can’t say that I really enjoy it, though. However, there are two obvious tracks with stand out, Solsbury Hill and Here Comes the Flood. That’s enough to keep this from being a 1 star album to me, but otherwise, I really didn’t enjoy this even if I get it.
Hints of greatness in Waiting for the Big One but all up squarely middle of the road
Jeg kendte solsburry hill i forvejen , men ellers kendte jeg ingen af numrene. Men var ikkke kæmpe fan, så den kræver nok st msn lyttter igen.
This is such a mad album. Throw a load of styles at the wall and see what sticks. I've never managed to get into Genesis prog era (or any era). So I didn't know what to expect from his first solo effort. The first track is prog mental, and appears even more so when contrasted with the second, Solsbury Hill. Obviously much more what I'd associate with his solo sound. The 3rd track is a mix of mid period Stones and Bruce Springsteen. 4th is barber shop Randy Newman. I don't like just parroting what I've read elsewhere but there is no other way to describe that song. Every other song is a different genre. What are you doing Pete? Despite that, is it good? I mean it doesn't work as an album. Some of the songs are good. I suspect it would require repeat listens to digest, but I don't want to do that. I'm so confused, I'm just going to plump for a 2.
Standout tracks- Moribund, Solsbury Hill