Peter Gabriel
	Produced by Bob Ezrin
	Released on February 10, 1977
	UK CHART POSITION #7 . . . US CHART POSITION #38
	Find it at GEMM
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W hen the most theatrically inclined member of a theatrical band like Genesis quits the company, you assume he has big plans in store. As it turned out, Peter Gabriel toned things done considerably in an effort to find his own muse as well as his own musical identity. Just when it seems he has something up his sleeve on the opening “Moribund the Burgermeister,” Gabriel wears his heart on his sleeve with the next track, “Solsbury Hill,” addressing the need to leave Genesis. The rest of the record is a little choppy, as Gabriel tries his hand at modern rock (“Modern Love”), lounge singing (“Waiting for the Big One”) and barbershop (“Excuse Me”). The closing “Here Comes The Flood” taps into the quiet intensity that would become one of his hallmarks, though the song has since been re-recorded with better results. Although it’s arguably Gabriel’s most uneven record, it’s important if only because he never made another quite like it. His second album borrowed parts of the first (“Modern Love,” “Humdrum”) and threw out the rest, resulting in a more consistent but also more guarded record. On this effort, you can hear Gabriel finding his own voice, having a little fun, and not being afraid to make mistakes. Given the interest in his music relative to the number of albums he’s recorded, a lot of folks will buy this record eventually. But don’t make it your first choice expecting to hear any connection to Genesis; better to spend your money on Steve Hackett’s “Voyage of the Acolyte” instead.

SD 36-147 back cover

TRACK LISTING

1. MORIBUND THE BURGEMEISTER    4:19
2. SOLSBURY HILL    4:20
3. MODERN LOVE    3:37
4. EXCUSE ME    (Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall)    3:20
5. HUMDRUM    3:23
6. SLOWBURN    4:34
7. WAITING FOR THE BIG ONE    7:26
8. DOWN THE DOLCE VITA    4:43
9. HERE COMES THE FLOOD    5:54
   
   All songs written by Peter Gabriel unless noted

CREDITS

PETER GABRIEL -- voices, keyboard, flute, recorder
JOZEF CHIROWSKI -- frontal keyboards, barbershop
LARRY (WIRES) FAST -- synthesizers and programming
ROBERT FRIPP -- electric guitar, classical guitar, banjo
STEVE HUNTER -- full frontal guitar, electric and acoustic rhythm guitar, pedal steel
TONY LEVIN -- bass, tuba, leader of barbershop quartet
JIM MAELEN -- percussion, synthibam, bones and barbershop
ALLAN SCHWARTZBERG -- drums, directories
Michael Gibbs -- conductor (8)
The London Symphony Orchestra -- orchestra (8)
Dick Wagner -- backing voices, solo guitar
Brian Christian -- engineer
Jim Frank -- engineer
Keith Grant -- engineer
Dave Harris -- engineer
Robert Hrycyna -- engineer
Rod O'Brien -- engineer
Robert Stasiak -- engineer
Hipgnosis -- cover

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