I/O (Peter Gabriel album)
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I/O is the title of a yet-to-be-released album by Peter Gabriel. It will be the follow-up to his latest studio album, the 2002 Up. There is no release date yet set, but Gabriel's statement that there would be a solo "product" being released each year should give hint that it could be possibly released in 2007, the earliest. This conclusion because of a rumoured POV live concert DVD that could be released in 2006. (There is a short preview for it on the 2005 DVD, Still Growing Up: Live and Unwrapped, which bodes for a possible 2006 release)
Work History
The history of I/O is closely connected to the making of Up, which notoriously took almost 10 years to complete, and some of the songs being first recorded during the Us recording sessions. After the Secret World Live World Tour Gabriel spent much of the 1990s writing new material, and in interviews circa 2002 he said that four albums would come out of this period of writing[1] [2] (he reportedly wrote and prepared over 130 songs during this time, of which ten found out their to Up).[3] These four albums are most likely his Millenium project OVO, the Rabbit-Proof Fence soundtrack Long Walk Home, Up and finally I/O (short for Input/Output).
Originally the album was set to be released in 2004[4], or 18 months apart from Up, yet extensive touring (the Growing Up Live and Still Growing Up Live tours in 2003 and 2004) pushed the release way back.
According to a Rolling Stone magazine article, he has 150 songs in various stages, which he has been working on with engineer Richard Chappell and percussionist Ged Lynch.[5]He has also talked about the possibility of completing the songs, arranging them for a band, touring first and only then recording and releasing them. [5] He has also said of a tour possibility: ""I would like to try maybe just me and a percussionist, or a percussionist and bass. It's good sometimes to let go of your crutches."[5]
Confirmed Tracks
Considering the fact that the new album is taking its time to be finished, this list of confirmed tracks could also change dramatically.
- Curtains (originally a 1986 B-side, to be re-recorded)
- Silver Screen
- Wild
- Amazing
Possible Tracks
- Baby Man
- Nocturnals
- Animal Nation
- Funk Bone
- Clap Trap
- Sagrada
- Macca
- The Way Home
- Tremolo
- Egg Pain
- Velvet
- Courage
- Escape
- "...Will They Survive?"
- Girl In The Water
- Chinese Whisper
Personnel
Not much is known about other artists involved in recording Gabriel's album, but it is likely that Gabriel will be working closely with Richard Chappell and his usual studio band, which is listed below. Considering that next to nothing of official information is known at the present time, this list is subject to change and might well be inaccurate.
- Peter Gabriel – Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar
- David Rhodes – Guitar
- Tony Levin – Bass, Chapman Stick
- Manu Katché – Drums/Percussion
- Steve Gadd – Drums/Percussion
Notes & Reference
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457908/20021002/gabriel_peter.jhtml?headlines=true — Peter Gabriel's "Up" Is A Downer, But In a Good Way, by Jon Wiederhorn, 10 March 2002. MTV.com.
- ^ http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1457838/09272002/gabriel_peter.jhtml — Peter Gabriel: Had a Nice Decade by Franklin Cumberbatch, 27 September 2002. VH1.com
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2295637.stm — Up and away with Peter Gabriel, 3 October 2002. BBC News.
- ^ http://www.solsburyhill.org/chappell.html — Richard Chappell: Recording Peter Gabriel's Up by Paul Tingen.
- ^ a b c http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/petergabriel/articles/story/8750346/peter_gabriel_plugs_in — Peter Gabriel Plugs In by Andy Greene, 3 November 2005. The Rolling Stone.