Peter Gabriel (Melt)

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Peter Gabriel (Melt)
Studio album by Peter Gabriel

Publication
(s)

May 30, 1980

Genre (s)

Progressive rock

Title (number)

10

running time

45 minutes

production

Steve Lillywhite

Studio (s)

Manor Mobile, Bath, UK
The Townhouse Studios, London, UK

chronology
Peter Gabriel (album 1978) Peter Gabriel (Melt) Peter Gabriel (Security) (1982)
Single releases
4th February 1980 Games Without Frontiers
May 5th 1980 No self control
August 18, 1980 Biko

Peter Gabriel is the name of the third solo album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel , which was released in 1980. It bears the same name as his two previous albums, which is why it is often referred to as Melt - in reference to the cover designed by Hipgnosis , on which Gabriel's face seems to melt.

The single Games Without Frontiers was released from the album , which made it into the top 10 of the singles charts in the United Kingdom as the first by Peter Gabriel . The song Biko , which addresses the death of the South African civil rights activist Steve Biko at the time of apartheid and received attention for it, was also released as a single.

background

Melt was the first album that Peter Gabriel recorded in part in his own studio in Bath . Overall, this allowed Gabriel to do more work and experiment with his music.

Kate Bush , who can be heard in the background vocals on several tracks, and Phil Collins , a member of Gabriel's former band Genesis , worked on the album .

A German version of this album, as well as the following one, was produced under the title Ein deutsches Album . Gabriel himself sings the texts translated into German.

title

  1. Intruder (4:54)
  2. No Self Control (3:56)
  3. Start (1:21)
  4. I Don't Remember (4:42)
  5. Family Snapshot (4:29)
  6. And Through The Wire (5:01)
  7. Games Without Frontiers (4:07)
  8. Not One Of Us (5:22)
  9. Lead A Normal Life (4:15)
  10. Biko (7:33)

occupation

  • Peter Gabriel: vocals; Piano; Synthesizer (tracks 3, 4, 7 and 8); Background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5 and 6); Whistle (title 7)
  • Kate Bush: backing vocals (tracks 2 and 7)
  • Phil Collins: drums (tracks 1 and 2); Snare (track 5); Surdo (track 10)
  • Larry Fast : Synthesizer (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 8 and 10); Effects (tracks 2, 4 and 8)
  • Robert Fripp : Guitar (tracks 2, 4 and 8)
  • John Giblin : Bass
  • Dave Gregory : Guitar (tracks 4 and 5)
  • Tony Levin : Chapman Stick (Track 4)
  • Jerry Marotta : drums (tracks 4–10)
  • Dick Morrissey : Saxophone
  • Morris Pert : Percussion (Tracks 1, 2 and 9)
  • David Rhodes : guitar (tracks 1, 4-10); Background vocals (tracks 1, 4 and 8)
  • Paul Weller : Guitar (Track 6)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Gabriel. In: petergabriel.com. Retrieved July 1, 2020 (UK English).
  2. ↑ a b German Genesis Fanclub it: Peter Gabriel - III (Melt) - CD review. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Music against Apartheid | Contemporary historical research. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a german album. In: petergabriel.com. Retrieved July 1, 2020 (UK English).
  5. ↑ Peter Gabriel - 3rd In: Discogs. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .