It was not at all surprising that Peter Gabriel keeps researching new ways to make his albums sound even better. Back in 2002 a digital version of a surround mix of The Barry Williams Show was floating around on the net. 2003 saw the release of UP on Super Audio CD with 51. surround sound. We checked it out for you.
First Peter Gabriel released all his solo albums (including the soundtracks) as remasters. In 2003 he surpassed that: All albums came out as hybrid SACDs with a CD stereo (remaster) and an SACD stereo layer. There is, however, no surround sound. Find out here whether SACDs still make a difference.
Before Up came out in 2002, Peter Gabriel got sidetracked by a number of other projects.One of these is the “semi-solo album” Ovo. It came out in 2000 and it is actually the soundtrack for the show at the Millennium Dome.
Six years went by before Peter Gabriel presented a successor to his tribute to mainstream, So. His new album has another two-letter title. Bernd Zindler did a quality check.