It was about time: FInally, Peter Gabriel released his next studio album after So – the album US. During the following years, he also released a live album, two CD-ROMs and he got involved again in various projects.
After the huge success of So, Peter took some time until his next big release. Nevertheless, Peter was still quite productive during this period.
Not only the album So became his most successful album to date, there are also an awful lot of remixes and edits of the stuff from that period. That’s why part 5 is the most extensive part of the compendium … so far.
The fourth album also took him two years to finish. With the growing confidence within his own style, Peters reputation also increased as well as his approach to work with different people. In addition, Peter developed an interest for world music, which also had an enormeous effect on his output.
It took a while until Peter Gabriel’s third album was released. Peter started to be involved in various projects. In the end this also affected his own output, as you can read here.
Soon after his first tour, Peter Gabriel began to work on his second album and recorded in New York. Later, he got to know Tom Robinson, which led to a creative output. Find all recordings here.
Before Peter Gabriel has left Genesis and released his first solo album in 1977, he wrote quite a lot of music and some of this stuff has surfaced over the years.
Back in 2012, Mike Rutherford told us he was thinking about a release with all the b-sides. In early 2014 The Singles was released. The bonus disc contained a lot of B-sides and unreleased material. Steffen Gerlach took a closer look.
September 2011 saw the release of Steve Hackett’s most recent rock album. Steffen Gerlach has listened to it and also gives you an overview of the rich bonus material of the 2CD special edition.