Security
	Produced by David Lord and Peter Gabriel
	Released on September 1982
	UK CHART POSITION #66 . . . US CHART POSITION #28 . . . GOLD RECORD (5/14/87)
	Find it at GEMM
M2G 2011 cover [high resolution scan]

P eter Gabriel dug deeper to find the animal within, exploring two very different paths in the process that led to a sort of future primitivism on Security. Not only is the music ahead of its time, but somehow it manages to be ahead of Gabriel’s own vision. As intelligent and ambitious as these songs are, Gabriel fails to bring most of them into focus, and you get the sense that the singer only had a vague idea of what the final product might sound like. At least that’s the impression left on me by works like “The Family And The Fishing Net,” “I Have The Touch” and “Wallflower.” This suspicion was confirmed in part when Gabriel released a far superior version of “I Have The Touch” a few years later that finally balanced the song’s disjointed giddiness with its worldbeat sensibilities. That balance is already evident on the wonderful “Shock The Monkey” (with a video that made plain the album’s theme of a modern man lost in a primal world), far and away Security’s most immediately accessible track. The rest of the record takes time to sink in, from the subtle but stirring “Lay Your Hands On Me” to the spellbinding “San Jacinto.” Security is well worth the effort, as the arrangements are so rich in subtle detail that nuances are discovered with each sitting, eventually revealing the power and unlocking the obscured majesty of songs like “The Rhythm of the Heat” and “San Jacinto.” And yet it’s not the stunning achievement of his last album, here suffocating under too many layers, but a necessary step toward the cooly confident So. In a real sense, “Biko” and “Wallflower” and “Red Rain” are the same image articulated by an evolving artist (and listeners may favor one period or style of composition over another as their tastes dictate). I’ve always been impressed with the record, and over the years continue to go digging in it for hidden treasures, but it’s never been the rewarding experience of the works around it. Note that the original elpee featured a sticker with the title “Security” that, when removed, rendered the album again untitled.

M2G 2011 booklet back cover

TRACK LISTING

1. THE RHYTHM OF THE HEAT    5:15
2. SAN JACINTO    6:21
3. I HAVE THE TOUCH    4:30
4. THE FAMILY AND THE FISHING NET    7:00
5. SHOCK THE MONKEY    5:23
6. LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME    6:03
7. WALLFLOWER    6:30
8. KISS OF LIFE    4:17
   
   DEUTSCHES ALBUM track listing
   
1. RHYTHMUS DER HITZE
2. DAS FIRSCHERNETZ
3. KON-TAKT!
4. SAN JACINTO
5. SCHOCK DEN AFFEN
6. HANDAUFLEGEN
7. NICHT DIE ERDE HAT DICH VERSCHLUCKT
8. MUNDZUMUNDBEATMUNG
   
   All songs written and arranged by Peter Gabriel

CREDITS

PETER GABRIEL -- lead vocals, backing vocals, CMI, Prophet, Surdo drums, Linn programming, additional drums, piano, vocal noises, Fairlight CMI programming, artwork
JOHN ELLIS -- backing vocals, guitars
LARRY FAST -- Moog, Moog brass, Prophet, Moog bass, Fairlight DCMI programming
TONY LEVIN -- bass, stick, fretless bass
JERRY MAROTTA -- drums, Surdo drums, percussion
DAVID RHODES -- guitars, backing vocals
Ekome Dance Company -- Ghanaian drums section (1)
Jill Gabriel -- backing vocals (2)
Peter Hammill -- backing vocals
Roberto Laneri -- treated saxophone (4)
David Lord -- CMI, polymoog, Prophet, piano, Fairlight CMI programming, engineer
Stephen Paine -- CMI, Fairlight CMI programming
Morris Pert -- timbales (6)
Julian Mendelsohn -- remix engineer
Malcolm Poynter, David Gardner -- artwork
Ron Hart -- typesetting

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