Peter Gabriel 1: Car (Dig)

Artist: Peter Gabriel
Label: Umvd Labels
Category: Music

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Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 606949330125
EAN: 0606949330125
ASIN: B000065VBB

Release Date: 2002-05-07

Peter Gabriel 1: Car (Dig)

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Peter Gabriel - Leaves Genesis And Strikes Out On His Own.......2007-04-04

This was the first solo album for Peter Gabriel after leaving Genesis the previous year. The album found Peter moving in a new direction while still holding on to some of the prog elements that had made him famous. He scored an AOR hit with the bouncy "Solsubury Hill" a song about his departure from his former band. I don't think that this is Gabriel's best solo album, but it does serve as a very nice jumping off point for what would become a storied solo career. For Genesis fans there is prog to be found here. "Moribund The Burgermieister" would have fit right in on "Selling England By The Pound. "Down The Dolce Vita" is an orchestral rocker that would have been perfectly at home on "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway". There is also pop / rock represented by songs like "Modern Love". This song was the second single released from the album, but went no where on the charts. Playful whimsy is also represented with "Excuse Me" which almost sounds Zappa-ish to my ears. Two of the highlights of the album are ballads. "Humdrum" is a great little tune and the album closer "Here Comes The Flood" ranks up with the very best material Gabriel has written. He opened his "Up" concert tour with a solo rendition of this song that was truly magical. Overall this is a strong debut from the former Genesis singer, and hints at the many directions Gabriel's career would take in the coming decades.

"Wind Was Blowing, Time Stood Still".......2007-03-26

"Peter Gabriel" (1977) was Peter Gabriel's first solo album after leaving "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"-era Genesis. It's got a pretty unique atmosphere, I think. Sort of dusty. It's got a great little booklet too, this remaster, with pretty much full lyrics and some photo related odds and ends from the era.

My favorite tracks would have to be: "Moribund the Burgermeister" (kind of reminds me of what Genesis would have been like if Peter had stayed), "Solsbury Hill" (though I've always loved that one, growing up with it), "Down the Dolce Vita" (with a big orchestra and a guitar part that sounds a bit like Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger"), "Modern Love" (which has a catchy rhythm) and "Humdrum" (which has a beautifully dramatic ending). "Here Comes the Flood" is taking a while to grow on me, though I do like it. "Slowburn" is a pretty colourful track that I love as well. That took me quite a few listens to get into.

Worth a listen for Genesis fans looking forward and solo Peter Gabriel fans looking back.

Every songs explore a musical avenue.......2007-03-17

I like this cd a lot, there is no filler, just good songs.
There is many style on this album, as if Peter was looking for what his sound should become. Favorite tracks are "Solsbury Hill", "Hundrum" and the very emotional "Here comes the Flood" All the other songs are very interesting also, again, no filler in this one.

Peter breaks out of the machinery and reinvents himself.......2007-02-03

Moribund The Burgermeister starts the record off as similar to The Lamb style or "The Slipperman part 2" but then he tries all types of styles from rock to barbershop and succeeds at breaking out the the prog cliches he tried to get away from.

Farewell Genesis, Welcome Peter.......2006-10-29

Peter Gabriel had been part of Prog. Band Genesis since they were founded in the 60's til he decided to pursue a solo career in 1975. This was his first solo project called just "Peter Gabriel" like his upcoming 3 albums also would. But cause of the cover art made by the exellent Storm Thorgerson (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin) most fans knows it as "Car". There was no doubt that Gabriel wanted out of Genesis. As the brain and leadsinger he had alot of control over the band, but he felt like he could be creative enough while in the band, hence "Car" is a very diverse project with some songs that will remind you of Genesis, but also jazz, country sounding songs and some ballads. How can such diffrent songs make one 5 star album you may think?. The reason is simple. A fantastic artist exploring his musical skills are recording personal and innovative music he always wanted but couldn't. For the first time, Peter Gabriel is in full control of what he's doing and the result is fascintaing.

"Moribund the Burgermeister" on the surface sounds like a sequal of Genesis, it's a big majestic song about Middle Ages epidemics and backed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Listen closely to the sounds of this song and others, they are perfecly recorded. Second song and first single "Solsbury Hill" is perhaps the most autobiographical. Solsbury Hill is a very high place located in Bath, England where Gabriel often would go for walks, as the song starts "Climbing Up on Solsbury Hill/ I could See the City Light/ Wind was blowing, time stood still/ Eagle flew out of the night". You get the impression that Gabriel was very stressed at the time and wanted to spend time by himself thinking, so he went to this particular place where he could be alone and think about his life and take important decisions about the future. Maybe there was a voice inside of his head or god showing up, either way he took the decision. To leave Genesis and go solo. The whole song is pretty simple based on a accoustic riff throughput the song, which may sound odd coming from a Prog Rock legend, but "Solsbury Hill" is still one of his greatest compositions.

"Modern Love" was his secod single and didn't work on the charts at all, however it's an exellent song. Perhaps infleunced by Bruce Springsteen with it's basic riff driven rock song with alot of power and empathy. "Excuse Me" is perhaps the oddest songs of all here. It's sounds like a comedic parody suitable for a Frank Zappa album. It's very slow and somewhat jazzy, it was co-written by Martin Hall, one of a few songs that Gabriel didn't write himself. "Humdrum" is a ballad, very beautiful with great arrangements. It's about dissapearing. "Slowburn" is a typical Prog Rock feauting Robert Fripp on guitar, it has both slow and fast parts, it's a song that old Genesis fans will enjoy. Next song "Waiting For the Big One" is also Prog rock and it is very jazzy and not so accessable. It clocks over 7 minutes and got a wonderful guitar solo towards the end, believe it's Fripp again. "Down The Dolce Vita" also got help from the London Symphony Orchestra. If we go just by sound, this is the best song of the album. It's majestic and very colourful. It starts with the orhestra, almost like a film score and with fast guitar riffs but towards the mid it get's stripped down in slow pace and a strange percussion is used, almost like Fusion Jazz. This song is really worthwile. The closer is called "Here Comes the Food" and is a power ballad. It's based on a dream that Peter had where people could read each others mind, and those that were honest and sincere will get the apreciation they deserve while the false lyers will get exposed for who they truly are. Roger Fripp's guitar solo is magnificient here. Wish it had been longer. However, Fripp recorded his own version of the song with Gabriel once again on vocals for his album "Exposure".

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