better than so!

Review Score: (8/10)
though this is a very similar album to--and from the same era as-- _so_, it's obviously the stronger work. _so_ just feels like a vehicle for the hits, and _us_ has very few hits. it's the record that came immediately after _so_, immediately after gabriel's stardom went through the roof. so this is his record, something he did for himself, and while that doesn't translate into a very exciting record, what's here is well done and never less than pleasant. _us_ has a very accomplished atmosphere. not to mention the two quasi-hits here, "steam" (probably my favorite PG tune, one of his most driving rock ditties...it has a bass line that just. won't. stop.), and "kiss that frog," are great singles, just not the uber-hits which preceeded them.

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