So (Dig)

Artist: Peter Gabriel
Label: Umvd Labels
Category: Music

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

UPC: 606949328429
EAN: 0606949328429
ASIN: B000065V9N

Release Date: 2002-05-07

So (Dig)

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So is generally regarded as a peak in Peter Gabriel's recording career, notable both for its solid set of songs and lush production. For Gabriel, who'd been putting his music in theatrical contexts ever since his days with Genesis, the modern sound of So (coproduced with Daniel Lanois) was a dramatic conceit that effectively played off the organic roots of many of its songs. The album's big hit was "Sledgehammer," the English rocker's somewhat stilted take on the Stax/Volt style of rhythm & blues. Gabriel is much more powerful on his own art-rock songs, such as "Red Rain," which evokes nuclear ruin with its cascading rush of guitars and synthesizers. "Don't Give Up" is perhaps Gabriel's best ballad, with Kate Bush's heavenly second vocal enough to give anybody encouragement. But the song that best exploits So's blend of technology and soul is "In Your Eyes," a beguiling rhythmic tapestry in which Gabriel duets with Youssou N'Dour. --John Milward

Customer Reviews:

Great album again from PG.......2007-03-15

The very good tracks on this cd are "Red Rain" and "Mercy Street"
Great commercial success with "Sledgehammer", "Don't give up", "In your eyes" and "Big Time"..These four songs have been heard to often maybe, but still good occasionnaly to listen to. Two weak songs close the album, "We do what we're told" and "This is the picture", I go with four star for this album.

You know you like it........2007-02-06

THe most accessible of all Gabriel's work, with tunes that move your feet body and soul. And you know you really liked the dancing chickens in the video.

This is the new stuff.......2007-02-03

A notch down and dated 80's prog R&B, but this has these four classics that will never go out of style and among his best...
Don't Give Up - inspirational w/Kate Bush
Mercy Street - beautiful music
Big Time - Real good R&B for a prog Brit
We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)- haunting true story

Needs A Little More Fun!.......2007-01-24

Don't get me wrong. I love Peter Gabriel's music and how original and innovative he is. The video for Sledgehammer amazed me in 1986 for two reasons: I had never seen anything like it before and I saw a different Peter Gabriel than I was expecting. Up to this point I knew songs like San Jacinto, Rhythm Of The Heat, Biko and I thought of him as a dark, introverted, mysterious person. This video showed him happy and smiling and having fun and overall not what i expected from PG. I bought the album So for this song and for Big Time (more fun from Mr. Gabriel. What was happening here?).

No doubt about it SO is his most popular album. One reviewer described the album as upbeat but I think it is the opposite. Songs like Red Rain, Don't Give Up, We Do What We're Told and Mercy Street set a grim tone. So (pardon the pun) overall I was disappointed with the album. Over time I have gotten to like it more. It is not my favourite PG album by any means. I prefer III, IV and US. The album seems to sdag in places especially after the frist three songs: RED RAIN, SLEDGEHAMMER and DON'T GIVE UP. The next song,THAT VOICE AGAIN is average and not classic Gabriel. IN YOUR EYES is a great song even though it is overplayed on the radio. Interesting in that Gabriel enjoys perfroming it Live and really embellishes the song making it a magnum opus in his repretoire. Yet he is not that keen in including it on Hits albums. It is not included on SHAKING THE TREE (1989), or the European version of HIT. The rest is still hard to grasp. I know a lot of reviewers love Mercy Street but it has the excact same opening vocal line as Don't Give Up which spoils it for me and the subject matter of suicide is too much. BIG TIME provides much needed relief, but the last two songs: WE DO WHAT WE'RE TOLD and THIS IS THE PICTURE (with Laurie Anderson) are just dull.

PG's albums are great listening experiences, frustrating at times but very rewarding. If he had thrown in another fun song to balance it out, I would have enjoyed it even more.

I Come To You, Defenses Down, With The Trust Of A Child.......2006-11-11

Jeez, what a great album! I know, it had gasp! commercial success, but not from selling out. Any commercial success Peter Gabriel ever had was on his terms. You notice he made no attempt to capitalize on the success of this album by coming out with an identical album a year later, like anyone else would do.

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