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Peter Gabriel
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Peter Gabriel is an internationally famous musician and Third World activist, and was the original lead singer of Genesis. He is not only known for his Eastern and African-influenced music, but also for several ground-breaking music videos (most notably 'Sledgehammer', his highest-charting release on both sides of the Atlantic).

After leaving Genesis, Gabriel began to experiment with various elements of world music as the underpinning for his dense, poetic lyrics. Although he released a series of successful song-oriented albums, Peter Gabriel 1, 2, 3, and 4 ...read more

Peter Gabriel is an internationally famous musician and Third World activist, and was the original lead singer of Genesis. He is not only known for his Eastern and African-influenced music, but also for several ground-breaking music videos (most notably 'Sledgehammer', his highest-charting release on both sides of the Atlantic).

After leaving Genesis, Gabriel began to experiment with various elements of world music as the underpinning for his dense, poetic lyrics. Although he released a series of successful song-oriented albums, Peter Gabriel 1, 2, 3, and 4 (aka Car, Scratch, Melt, and Security), he didn’t really hit a commercial high until 1986 with his now seminal album So and its slightly less successful counterpart Us. The last studio album from Gabriel with original material was 2002’s Up. In February 2010 he released Scratch My Back, an album consisting of cover songs.

He has also composed and recorded soundtracks for films as diverse as Birdy (which contained re-purposed snippets of his studio albums to date), Passion: The Last Temptation of Christ, and Rabbit Proof Fence. He also sang the Randy Newman composed title song to Babe: Pig in the City called 'That’ll Do'. He recently contributed to the Wall-E soundtrack, singing the end title song 'Down to Earth', and composing two other tracks. « hide

Similar Bands: Genesis, Kate Bush, Robert Fripp

LPs
New Blood
2011

3.5
23 Votes
Scratch My Back
2010

3.1
43 Votes
Up
2002

4
75 Votes
Long Walk Home
2002

3.2
12 Votes
OVO
2000

3.2
20 Votes
Us
1992

3.6
92 Votes
Passion
1989

3.9
63 Votes
So
1986

4.2
183 Votes
Birdy
1985

3.4
32 Votes
Peter Gabriel (Security)
1982

4
100 Votes
Peter Gabriel (Melt)
1980

4.4
169 Votes
Peter Gabriel (Scratch)
1978

3.6
91 Votes
Peter Gabriel (Car)
1977

3.9
116 Votes
Live Albums
Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped
2005

3.5
1 Votes
Growing Up: Live (DVD)
2003

4.3
15 Votes
Secret World Live
1994

4.3
23 Votes
Plays Live
1983

3.7
19 Votes
Compilations
Hit & Miss
2003

4
6 Votes
Revisited
1992

4
2 Votes
Shaking The Tree
1990

4.3
24 Votes

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