Author: Gabriel, Peter
Format: Original recording remastered
Release Date: 11-11-2003
Details: Amazon.ca A judiciously-selected two-CD compendium of Peter Gabriel's finest moments, Hit offers a far more generous windfall than can be found on the only previous Peter Gabriel best-of selection, the 1990 Shaking the Tree. The devil, after all, is in the detail, particularly on the second disc (self-deprecatingly entitled "Miss"), which really traverses the whole gamut of Peter Gabriel's globally-visioned artistry. It includes recent soundtrack work (the haunting "Cloudless" from Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence), material from 2002's sterling Up ("Signal To Noise", featuring a compelling vocal from the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and some ominous string arrangements, really does sound like a thinking man's Massive Attack) and goes right back to that fourth album when marrying the reticence of cold, synthesised new wave with insistent African percussion seemed like a good idea (it was). The first disc--including the MTV smash "Sledgehammer", anti-apartheid war cry "Biko", "Big Time" (interesting how the styles of Gabriel and his former group Genesis seem to converge at this time) and "Games Without Frontiers"--really speaks for itself, although with hindsight it seems the single-buying public-at-large had a particular taste for a certain kind of Peter Gabriel record. Universally excellent throughout, the collection is rendered even more desirable by the inclusion of three previously unreleased tracks: a live rendition of "Downside Up", a shorter version of "Blood of Eden" and "Burn You Up, Burn You Down", latterly included on a video game and initially earmarked for the Up album but jettisoned at the last minute. --Kevin Maidment Product description The Definitive Two CD Collection . Brand new sealed AUTHENTIC 2 CD, made in Canada by a Canadian company, not a fake foreign release, CD out of print and no longer in stores, ships fast from Ontario, same business day or next day depending on time of order. ALL OUR CDS & DVDS ARE ORIGINAL RELEASE. MUSIC HOUSE CANADA 45 YEARS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, OUTSTANDING SERVICE. Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Solsbury Hill 2. Shock The Monkey 3. Sledgehammer 4. Don't Give Up 5. Games Without Frontiers 6. Big Time 7. Burn You Up, Burn You Down 8. Growing Up 9. Digging In The Dirt 10. Blood Of Eden 11. More Than This 12. Biko 13. Steam 14. Red Rain 15. Here Comes The Flood Disc: 2 1. San Jacinto 2. I Don't Remember 3. The Rhythm Of The Heat 4. Love To Be Loved 5. I Grieve 6. Family Snapshot 7. In Your Eyes 8. The Drop 9. The Tower That Ate People 10. Lovetown 11. Father, Son 12. Signal To Noise 13. Downside Up (Live) 14. Cloudless
UPC: 602498610992
EAN: 0602498610992
Languages: English
Binding: Audio CD
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood
