A portrait of Gabriel's solo career

Review Score: (10/10)
Peter Gabriel is for sure one of the most creative and talented modern musicians.He is makin music since almost 40 years.During that 40 years styles and fashion were changing very often and Peter followed them, but always changing into a new quality.
"Shaking The tree" is a portrait of Gabriel's solo career from 1976 hit single "SOLSBURY HILL" through punk rock severity and Synth Minimalism ("I DONT REMEMBER,"SHOCK THE MONKEY","GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS") to modern etno-flavoured pop (Title track,"RED RAIN","BIKO").
In my opinion Some Tracks are missing here(Why did all Second album has been missed???) but no tracks are unecesarry.
Peter's Music is touching ("MERCY STREET","HERE COMES THE FLOOD"), Sometimes great to dance ("BIG TIME,"SLEDGEHAMMER") and mysterious ("ZAAR", "SAN JACINTO").In all cases It's unussualy catchy and original.Just listen to it.if you never heard Peter Gabriel now is the time to hear his tracks

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• Pumped to Please
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• For the passing fan, get 'Hit' instead
• better than the new greatest hits
• Almost as good as his 2-disc collection.
• Nice compilation
• Great Gabriel Collection
• Turn Up The Voice
• Flaws are Noticable, But Still an Entertaining Retrospecitve
• True audiophile sound.
• Missing an important song
• a must have
• Only sixteen greats?
• Why no "In Your Eyes"? Well...
• Unbelievably great CD!
• a solid heads up to you, the consumer
• Sounds much better remastered
• Only for the most casual fans (and, ironically, completists)
• Lots of treasures grow on this tree
• Great Place to Start
• Has Some Minor Flaws But It's Still Magnificent!
• This Is The Picture.
• Shaking The Tree / A great ethnic piece...
• One track short of 5 stars
• Where the HELL is 'In Your Eyes'
• Not bad.
• A Great Retrospective -- well worth it.
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• Fairly Accurate Solo Career Representation
• A Nice Starting Place
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• INCREDIBLE
• Only if you already know you love Peter Gabriel!
• Absolutely essential listening
• It sure was a good decision to buy this one!
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• Very Good Collection
• Good Stuff!
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• Great Collection, but why leave out "In Your Eyes"?
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