Peter Gabriel

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Commercial and innovative

Review Score:

(10/10)
One of the hardest jobs an artist has is to make an album commercially viable for sale, and yet stay true to your musical ideals. Peter Gabriel has managed to do that on this album. All the songs are well written and easy to digest. At the same time, you can tell immediately this is a Peter Gabriel album.
The album starts with the lyrically haunting but musically catchy Red Rain - a strong start. It then moves into the radio smash "Sledgehammer" - a fun and funky song. The album alternates between the easily accessible to the moody and emotional with ease.
Some of the great highlights on this album are not necessarily the hits. "Don't Give Up", featuring Kate Bush, is an encouraging song about and how to pick yourself up after failing. "Mercy Street" is dedicated to the poet Anne Sexton. And I still think "In Your Eyes" is a powerful song.
It's fun to see an artist succeed with his or her own unique style, no compromises. PG has a great talent to do just that.

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