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October 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 37
Peter Gabriel, Plays Live (1983) I can’t remember when I first got this – but I feel like it was actually the very first Peter Gabriel album I bought on vinyl; primarily because I didn’t know it. I knew the first four albums – which this covers highlights from (as a double live album) but […]Archive
October 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 38
Genesis, Selling England By The Pound (1973) Because of my age, I guess, I arrived at Genesis through/via The Phil Collins Years. No shame. I like a lot of that. But The Peter Gabriel Years were always part of the story for me too because I have always loved Gabriel’s solo career and knew the […]Archive
February 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 176
Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel [Security] (1982) Peter Gabriel – huge fan! I wonder sometimes how you couldn’t be a huge fan of his work. It’s almost perfect, and yet still almost always peculiar. That’s what I want. Weird. And Wonderful. Equal measures. I believe he has achieved that feat – and then made great commercial […]Archive
January 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 187
Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine (2014) This is the first Daniel Lanois solo album that I’ve owned on vinyl – but of course his name is all through my record collection. Peter Gabriel, U2, Eno, Emmylou Harris and many others – Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson – the list could go […]Archive
October 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Don’t Give Up
Take your time when shown black and white photographs. Make more time to look at them twice. Peter Gabriel wrote Don’t Give Up after studying a set of photographs. That’s reason enough to give it a chance, to want to take another look, try and fill your cup. To take at least a second glance, […]Archive
September 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Peter Gabriel: Rated PG
Peter Gabriel Rated PG Real World Productions / Peter Gabriel Ltd. Released on special-packaged vinyl as a Record Store Day exclusive – but also available to all via the streaming platforms this cleverly titled compilation showcases some of the songs Gabriel has contributed to films. Deep-cut fans will know that Gabriel is himself a skilled […]Archive
September 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 256
Laurie Anderson, Mister Heartbreak (1984) How do you explain how great Laurie Anderson is – or even who and what she is as an artist. Polymath. Well, that’s a start. As for me – and a start with Laurie Anderson. I don’t even know. She’s just someone that’s always been there. Artist. Multifaceted and multi-layered. […]Archive
January 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 450
Genesis, Wind & Wuthering (1976) One of my favourite things about this one is that Phil Collins is listed as playing drums and cymbals. How clever. (Probably gets paid by the component, the more things listed the more he earns…) I love Collins’ drumming. And so that alone keeps me going back to Genesis. And […]Archive
December 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 21 – Peter Gabriel
It’s been a while since we’ve had a Five Songs For Friday. And today I dug out the first five Peter Gabriel solo albums. I love Peter Gabriel. I love his Genesis stuff – I love almost all of the Genesis stuff, with him, without him and certainly everything he’s done since. I love the soundtracks, […]Archive
December 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Don’t Give Up…
The original plan Peter Gabriel had for his song Don’t Give Up was for it to be a duet between him and Dolly Parton. He wrote it with Dolly in mind. She gave up before she began; she had no interest in recording the song with him. Gabriel heard it, in part, as a country song. You hear the song […]Archive
August 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman