Peter Gabriel (1982 album)
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Piero Scaruffi | (6/10)[4] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Peter Gabriel is the fourth album released by the British musician Peter Gabriel. This album was originally released as Gabriel's fourth eponymous album, but was released in the United States as Security, Gabriel's first album with Geffen Records in the US and Canada.
History
This album is an early full digital recording. Its instrumentation is mostly electronic with extensive sampling (through use of the then-new Fairlight CMI) and percussion. It was recorded at Gabriel's then-home, Ashcombe House in Somerset, England in 1981.[6] It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.
The songs on the album cover a wide variety of subject matter. "The Rhythm of the Heat" is based on Carl Jung’s experience while observing a group of African drummers. "San Jacinto" reflects on the fear and pain experienced by a Native American man who sees his culture overwhelmed by modern white society, its lyrics based on a story told to Gabriel by an Apache brave. "Shock the Monkey", a meditation on jealousy, uses imagery of a primate to describe personal anxieties. "Lay Your Hands on Me" deals with a theme of healing, through trust, which is further explored on later albums. "The Family and the Fishing Net" is a song comparing a modern day wedding to a voodoo sacrifice. "Wallflower" is about the treatment of political prisoners in Latin America during the 1980s.[7]
"Shock the Monkey" was featured on the 1987 film, Project X, starring Matthew Broderick. "Wallflower", along with adaptations of other songs from Gabriel's third and fourth albums, was featured on the 1984 film Birdy, directed by Alan Parker and starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage. "I Have The Touch" featured in the 1988 film, The Chocolate War; an alternate version of "I Have the Touch" was featured on the 1996 film, Phenomenon, starring John Travolta, and a cover version by Heather Nova was featured in The Craft. "Shock the Monkey" was also featured in episode 110 of the animated series South Park. "The Rhythm Of The Heat" also appears prominently during the opening of the episode "Evan" from the first season of the television show Miami Vice (with seven songs used, Gabriel had the most songs featured by a solo artist in the Miami Vice series, and he is the only artist to have had a song used in four of the show's five seasons).
The recording of the album was profiled in detail in an episode of The South Bank Show, which was broadcast in 1982.
This was the last album by Gabriel to be titled Peter Gabriel until the 2008 compilation album released covermount into The Mail on Sunday.
Track listing
All songs written by Peter Gabriel.
Side One
- "The Rhythm of the Heat" – 5:15
- "San Jacinto" – 6:21
- "I Have the Touch" – 4:30
- "The Family and the Fishing Net" – 7:08
Side Two
- "Shock the Monkey" – 5:23
- "Lay Your Hands on Me" – 6:03
- "Wallflower" – 6:30
- "Kiss of Life" – 4:17
Musicians
- Peter Gabriel – vocals, keyboards
- Tony Levin – bass
- David Rhodes – guitar
- Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
- Larry Fast – synthesizers
Additional personnel
- John Ellis – bass vocals on tracks 1, 3, 8, guitar on tracks 2, 4
- Roberto Laneri – treated saxophone on track 4
- Morris Pert – timbales on track 6, percussion on track 8
- Stephen Paine – Fairlight CMI on track 4
- David Lord – synthesizers on tracks 6, 7, piano on tracks 7, 8
- Peter Hammill – backing vocals on tracks 4, 5, 6
- Jill Gabriel – bass vocals on track 2
- Tony Levin - Bass in track 1,2,3,5,6,7 Chapman Stick on Tracks 2, 4
- David Rhodes - Guitar on Track 1,3,4,5,7
- Ekome Dance Company – Ghanaian drums on track 1
- Simon Phillips - Drums on track 3
- Chris Hughes - Linn LM-1 programming on track 5
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Billboard Pop Albums | 28 |
| Music Week (UK) Albums | 6 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "I Have the Touch" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 46 |
| "Kiss of Life" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 34 | |
| "Shock the Monkey" | Billboard Black Singles | 64 | |
| Billboard Club Play Singles | 26 | ||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | ||
| Billboard Pop Singles | 29 | ||
| UK singles | 58 |
Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
|---|---|---|
| BPI – UK | Gold | 30 November 1982 |
| CRIA – Canada | Gold | 1 February 1983 |
| CRIA – Canada | Platinum | 1 February 1983 |
Production
Larry Fast, synthesizer performer on the album, mentioned during a presentation on Moog synthesizers that the working title for "The Rhythm of the Heat" was "Jung in Africa", the working title for "Shock the Monkey" was "Black Bush", and the working title for "Lay Your Hands on Me" was "93" – this was the number of the LinnDrum pattern used on the track.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3638
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen T. "Security - Peter Gabriel | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: peter gabriel". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Scaruffi, Piero (2010 [last update]). "The History of Rock Music. Peter Gabriel: biography, discography, reviews, links". scaruffi.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "Peter Gabriel: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Peter Gabriel at Ashcombe House". Synergy-emusic.com. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ^ "Wallflower by Peter Gabriel Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ^ "Conversations in the Key of MOOG". Synthtopia.com. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
External links
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