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Peter Gabriel – i/o – album review (bright-sided view)
The new album by Peter Gabriel i/o was finally released in December 2023. Martin Peitz took a closer look – and his review comes more from a bright side …
After more than 20 years, Peter Gabriel’s long-awaited new album was finally released on 1 December 2023 and it’s actually called i/o. Read our reviews (one from a bright side, one from a dark side) and our track by track special here.
For twelve full moons in 2023, we have followed the releases of new songs in various mixes. Thomas Schrage and Martin Peitz (In-Side Mixes) gave insights in the individual releases and the accompanying artworks.
The new album by Peter Gabriel i/o was finally released in December 2023. Martin Peitz took a closer look – and his review comes more from a bright side …
All’s well that ends well. The i/o full moon year concludes with Live And Let Live – as was to be expected. The release method is not as usual. But it makes sense.
For twelve full moons in 2023, we have followed the releases of new songs in various mixes. Thomas Schrage and Martin Peitz (In-Side Mixes) gave insights in the individual releases and the accompanying artworks.
We are nearing the end: As expected by most, And Still is released as the penultimate song for i/o at the end of October. First in the dark side mix.
The third last song for i/o is coming up. As many suspected, it’s This Is Home, the song that would also be the next on the WOMAD prelistening tracklist.
There are two full moons in August, so there are two tracks for i/o. The second one is Love Can Heal, which has been known since the tour with Sting in 2016.
Since the European concerts, people have been eagerly waiting to see which song will be released next as a studio version on full moon. In August, it will first be the Bright-Side Mix of Olive Tree.
From July on, all songs for i/o are probably known from the tour. So it is with So Much – the track for this full moon. As announced on Bandcamp, first in the Dark Side Mix.
In June, we get the first song that visitors of the concerts already know: Road To Joy. Gabriel had mentioned it before, so it was already known that it would be part of i/o.
From the i/o May track, the title was already in circulation because it was mentioned in the Uncut article in March. Then in April it did not appear – but now finally.