Hit

I've never really listened to Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway appeals about as much as Tales of Tophographic Oceans, but Peter Gabriel I've always liked. The first thing I heard was Games Without Frontiers, though it was more Robert Fripp's guitar & Kate Bush's vocal I recall. Along with Ashes to Ashes, it was one of the first records I liked as a youth (age 7, I do believe!). & Gabriel has released some pop songs since, some verge on irritating (Big Time, Steam- both here- though at least we'r spared Kiss That Frog & Barry Whatever Show)- but frequently wonderful soundtrack works (Passion, Birdy, Rabbit Proof Fence) & sublime ballads (Blood of Eden, Mercy Street). It's an interesting career, and Hit attempts to condense it over two discs, and largely succeeds- this is far superior to the previous Gabriel retrospective, Shaking the Tree (1990). The running order is curious, and it has to be noted that some of the tracks are in truncated versions or remix form- I think it's pretty terrible to shorten Blood of Eden (though curiously I think the version with Paula Cole from the 93 live album is the best take of it!)- the tracks from Up (not a huge success like So) are fine (More Than This especially) & the new single Burn You Up, Burn You Down is suitably excellent. It's nice to see another side of Gabriel acknowledged- Lovetown (from the soundtrack to Philadelphia), The Rhythm of the Heat (from Peter Gabriel 4, but also known as 'The Heat' from Birdy- an instrumental that was also used in the snakebite/pharmacy scene in the film Natural Born Killers)- very sinister stuff, that could be Colin Newman/Wire, if you think about it! & it's great to see some of the earlier material acknowledged- Here Comes the Flood (an influence on Radiohead?- listen to the intro of Everything In It's Right Place on I Might Be Wrong, what title is Thom Yorke singing?), DIY (from the second album) & the sublime San Jacinto, which along with In Your Eyes (sadly missing, as is Across the River!), remains my fave Gabriel moment. The major hits are present- Solsbury Hill (recently covered by Erasure, also featured on their greatest hits!), Sledgehammer, Don't Give Up, Games Without Frontiers, Steam, Red Rain (covered by REM), Big Time & the anthemic elegy, Biko. It's pleasing to see the art side of Gabriel present here- No Self Control, Digging in the Dirt, Washing of the Water, I Have the Touch, The Drop & Shock the Monkey all standing out (but no Mercy Street, no I Don't Remember, no Across the River, nothing from Passion: The Last Temptation of Christ...proof that it is hard/impossible to represent everything there...). Hit is still a great compilation of Peter Gabriel's solo works, despite the missing tracks- for a two-disc set this is screaming good value, though you'll probably want to own the albums anyway. Not sure about that beard though- is it Gandalf or more Dennis Hopper in 24's first series?

Great album in good condition. Prompt delivery. Very happy customer.

Good album with all the great tracks on and a few I hadn't come across before.

Arrived quickly love this album

Good quality and came quickly

Love this Album / 💿CD

A definite cd of two halves. Cd 1 is fantastic with all the hits but cd 2 is a definite one for the purists . Not for me I'm afraid.

this record was bought because you can depend on peter Gabriel to make a album of some worth a piece of music that you will definitely want to listen to again and I mean more than once ,I have owned a few of his records before but not this one and I must say it is as good as expected and the company who I dealt with was pretty good as well

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Bella compilation di peter gabriel con le sue migliori canzoni. Belle canzoni ottimo

Totally digging it!

Seit Jahrzehnten ein Garant für innovativen Sound. Jedes Stück der beiden CDs spannend und mit der Peter Gabriel eigenen Intensität ausgestattet. Trotzdem man schon bei den ersten Tönen eines Stücks sicher ist, dass es von Gabriel sein muss, also eine unverwechselbare Handschrift des Künstlers wiedergibt, schafft er es über die hier kompilierten Dekaden, sich niemals zu wiederholen oder selbst zu zitieren. Besonders hat es mir die zweite CD angetan, der ich mich nach dem Genuss der altbekannten Hits der ersten CD dann intensiver gewidmet habe. Sperriger und nicht ohne Grund sind dies keine "Gassenhauer" geworden, dafür sind sie doch deutlich zu anspruchsvoll und bedürfen des genauen Hinhörens. Das wird dann aber mit Gänsehaut par excellance belohnt. Mein Tipp: zweite CD, Stück 13. Schon allein der Titel "Signal to noise" ist vielversprechend, dieses "Signal" wird im Stück mit jeder Note ins Leben gerufen und der aus diesen "Signals" entstehende "Noise" haut mich jedes Mal um - man sollte es aber dringend mit einem sehr guten Kopfhörer oder einer exakt abbildenden Hifianlage hören. Gerne auch über nachbarschaftstauglichem Pegel, denn die Dynamik des Stücks ist für das volle Erlebnis extrem wichtig. Wer schon alles von Gabriel hat, braucht die CD sicher nicht. Wer ihn bisher aber nur von den Hits aus dem Radio kennt, sollte als Einstieg gerne bei dieser CD zugreifen. Vielleicht wird ja eine lange Freundschaft daraus erwachsen...

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