Tag Archives: Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Peter Gabriel at the Echo Arena, Liverpool. December 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

For many, Peter Gabriel is still seen as “The Progfather”, the man who defined a generation and stunning musical narration with a theatrical bent and who still gets talked of lovingly as perhaps being able to capture those moments of outstanding early Genesis releases. To others he is the man who played his part in bringing down a regime so vile and disturbing that it sends a shiver down the spine when images from that time are shown on television.

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Linnea Olsson, Ah! Album Review.

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For many, the first sight or sound of Linnea Olsson may well have been her sterling support and overwhelming addition to Peter Gabriel’s live arena shows during 2013. As magnificent as her contribution was, it would be a disservice not to shout and praise from the rooftops her solo album from 2011, the cello driven Ah!

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(363 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Peter Gabriel, Gig Review.The Hydro, Glasgow.

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Peter Gabriel is closer now to that certain age in which others aspire to start taking it easy and concentrating on other aspects of life. However when you are having as much fun as Peter Gabriel, feeling as much warmth from a crowd and giving a scintillating performance in which the audience could only marvel at, why worry, there is so much left for this man to achieve and do.

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Peter Gabriel, Scratch My Back/ And I’ll Scratch Yours. Album Review.

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When Peter Gabriel released Scratch My Back in 2010, cover versions performed by an artist, which normally has the feel of creativity poverty and a terrible aching of lack of substance, was turned on its head and given fresh, bold and enjoyable lease of life.

The original idea for artists to return the favour and put as much spin as they could on the gabrielesque lyrics may have taken longer than the project intended but time is something that never seems to worry the man who has thrilled generations of fans over and over again. What matters is the final product, the accumulation of ideas and threads into one neat and absorbing packaging. Now Scratch My Back has its companion, the excellent and rightly titled And I’ll Scratch Yours.

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(371 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Peter Gabriel, So. 25th Anniversary Edition Release.

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The irony will not be lost on the majority of Peter Gabriel’s fans that it is closer to the 26^th anniversary of the release of his fifth studio album So than the 25^th and they will also with no hesitation in their voices tell anyone that asks any type of awkward or disparaging question, that in the end it doesn’t matter. This is how Peter Gabriel does things and why he remains one of the most charismatic and unique figures in British music.

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Genesis, Foxtrot. 40th Anniversary Retrospective.

Genesis, especially the classic line up of Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett would become one of the U.K.’s favourite Progressive Rock bands on the strength of the 1972 album Foxtrot.

This eccentric band packed to the rafters with burgeoning talent had already broken parts of Europe with Trespass and the charming Nursery Cryme but as had up to that point failed to break the U.K top 20 album chart. Their first album From Genesis to Revelation had failed to convince the British public that their music was worth listening to, Trespass saw them make inroads and Nursery Cryme make friends, it was however the pastoral feel combined with an abundance of British eccentricity that would convince music listeners that these five performers had something worthwhile to say.

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Peter Gabriel, Up. 10th Anniversary Retrospective.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 23rd 2012.

For fans of Peter Gabriel, Up,the seventh solo studio released by the ex-lead singer of Genesis, may be a hard one to attune to, to empathise with or even in some cases like.

This seems harsh on a man whose innovative approach to music has seen him lauded and applauded. From his early days with Genesis, through the grand scale of such works as Supper’s Ready, Selling England By The Pound and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and into his own solo career with the eponymous self titled albums and finally the riveting and extraordinary So, he touched so many minds and hearts with his incredible lyrics and mind for the utter dramatic and search for some sort of mythical musical lost city of gold.

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(930 words, 1 image, estimated 3:43 mins reading time)

Peter Gabriel, Scratch My Back. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 16th 2010.

Peter Gabriel has never really been known for his prodigious output but he has rarely put a foot wrong when he has given his loyal fans a new album to digest and pick apart.

Scratch My Back is certainly no exception to that rule. It combines all the qualities you would expect from the former Genesis front man, beautiful arrangements, a haunting voice and stunning production with the added bonus of hearing songs made famous by other artists.

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Peter Gabriel, New Blood. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. October 11th 2011.

L.S. Media Rating: ****

If you are going re-imagine your own songs and much loved tracks then do it with an abundance of style that will confuse the critics who were ready to reward any hard work with derision and scorn.

That’s exactly the result that Peter Gabriel has achieved with his latest look at music from his colourful andwide ranging past, the phenomenal New Blood. From the off, it has a dramatic new edge to it that will make you think of his music in a completely new way and with no qualms about his decision to use an orchestra to remake such classics as Red Rain, Digging in the Dirt and the ever popular Solsbury Hill.

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(409 words, 1 image, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)