- rock, art rock, progressive rock, album rock
- 42 min
- 11 tracks
- Virgin
Peter Gabriel is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 2 June 1978 by Charisma Records. Gabriel started recording the album in November 1977, the same month that he had completed touring in support of his debut solo release. He employed former King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, who was part of Gabriel's early touring band, to produce the album. Fripp used his Frippertronics effects on the co-written song "Exposure".
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Character
Grave, character-led, spare and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Chicago Sun-Times3/4 ★
- Classic Rock7/10
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Uncut7/10
- The Village VoiceB−
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Tracks
- 1On the Air5:28
- 2D.I.Y.2:39
- 3Mother of Violence3:22
- 4A Wonderful Day in a One‐Way World3:36
- 5White Shadow5:19
- 6Indigo3:33
- 7Animal Magic3:29
- 8Exposure4:17
- 9Flotsam and Jetsam2:22
- 10Perspective3:29
- 11Home Sweet Home4:40
11 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Peter Gabriel
- Label
- Virgin
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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