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Peter Gabriel is the debut studio album by the English singer-songwriter and producer Peter Gabriel, released on 25 February 1977 by Charisma Records. After his departure from the progressive rock band Genesis was made public in 1975, Gabriel took a break to concentrate on his family life. In 1976, he began writing material for a solo album and ...
Little Solsbury Hill (more recently known as Solsbury Hill, because of the popularity of the Peter Gabriel song) is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hill fort, above the village of Batheaston in Somerset, England. The hill rises to 625 feet (191 m) above the River Avon, which is just over 1 mile (2 km) to the south, and ...
Plays Live is the first live and fifth album overall by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was originally issued as a double album and long-play cassette in 1983, with sixteen songs. It was re-released in 1985, as a single CD called Plays Live (Highlights) with only twelve songs, some of which are edited so the album fits on a single disc.
The song is a combination of several inspirations. The lyrics directly reference a recurring dream Gabriel was having where he swam in his backyard pool drinking cold red wine. Another version of the dream had bottles in the shape of people falling from a cliff. In it, a stream of red liquid would seep out of the people-shaped bottles as they ...
A total of 100 hours were spent shooting the music video, with each second of video consisting of 25 unique poses from Gabriel. [30] A major hit on music television, "Sledgehammer" won nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1987, [4] the most awards a single video has won. [5] It ranked at number four on MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made (1999).
Peter Gabriel discography. This is the solo discography of Peter Gabriel, an English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. [1] After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. His 1986 album, So, is his most commercially ...
Secret World Live is the second live album and tenth album overall by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released on 30 August 1994 in the UK. [4] The album documents the concert experience of the Secret World Tour. A concert film of the same name was released simultaneously. Its track listing omits "Red Rain" and adds "San Jacinto" after ...
Peter Gabriel. Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist. He was the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. [1] After leaving the band in 1975, he launched a solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single.