Peter Gabriel (album 1977)

Peter Gabriel
Studio album by Peter Gabriel
Publication (s)	February 25, 1977
admission	July 1976 - January 1977
Label (s)	Charisma Records (UK) Atco Records (USA)
Format (s)	LP, MC
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	9
running time	41:42
production	Bob Ezrin
chronology - Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (album 1978)
Single releases 1977 Solsbury Hill 1977 Modern love

Peter Gabriel is the 1977 published the first solo album by Peter Gabriel . It contains Gabriel's first solo hit Solsbury Hill and peaked at number 7 in the UK and 38 in the US.

Peter Gabriel (1978)

Recordings

Recordings began a year after Peter Gabriel left Genesis .

Gabriel was happy with the music but thought the album was overproduced - especially "Here Comes The Flood". Gabriel often played the song live, often only accompanying himself on the piano, sometimes he sang the title in German.

Cover

The photo on the cover shows Peter Gabriel in the passenger seat of a Lancia Flavia owned by Storm Thorgerson , Hipgnosis co-founder and designer of the cover.

reception

Rolling Stone's Stephen Demorest described the album as "a grabber box of songs that have little to do with each other" and still praised it as an "impressively rich debut album". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice noted that "every time I dig into his challenging lyrics to decipher a line or two, I get a little short."

Track list

All titles are from Gabriel, unless otherwise noted.

page 1

1. Moribund the Burgermeister , 4:20
2. Solsbury Hill , 4:21
3. Modern Love , 3:38
4. Excuse Me (Peter Gabriel, Martin Hall) 3:20
5. Humdrum , 3:25

Page 2

1. Slowburn 4:36
2. Waiting for the Big One , 7:15
3. Down the Dolce Vita , 5:05
4. Here Comes the Flood , 5:38

Musician

• Peter Gabriel - vocals, keyboards, flute
• Robert Fripp - electric guitar, classical guitar, banjo
• Tony Levin - bass guitar, tuba, leader of the Barbershop Quartet
• Larry Fast - synthesizer, programming
• Allan Schwartzberg - drums
• Jozef Chirowski - keyboards
• Steve Hunter - acoustic guitar on Solsbury Hill; Lead guitar on "Slowburn" and "Waiting for the Big One"; Electric guitar, rhythm guitar; Pedal steel
• Dick Wagner - backing vocals, guitar on "Here Comes the Flood"
• Jimmy Maelen - percussion
• London Symphony Orchestra - Orchestra for "Down the Dolce Vita" and "Here Comes the Flood"
• Michael Gibbs - arrangement for orchestra

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	219,000
Japan (RIAJ)	-	15,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold	1,084,000

Main article: Peter Gabriel / Music Sales Awards

Web links

• Review of Thomas Erlewine's album at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Gabriel "Here Comes the Flood" on Guitar Center Sessions. Accessed November 2, 2019 (German). 
2. ↑ Peter Gabriel - Now Comes The Flood. Accessed November 2, 2019 (German). 
3. ^ Richard Manning | Hipgnosis album cover art | Peter Gabriel 1977. Retrieved November 2, 2019 . 
4. ^ Peter Gabriel 1 - Car "Real World Galleries. Retrieved November 2, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Peter Gabriel ( Memento from January 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Apr. 25, 1977. Retrieved November 2, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Sales figures for Peter Gabriel (album 1977) in France ( Memento from March 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Oricon Entertainment (Ed.): Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 . Roppongi, Tokyo 2006, ISBN 4-87131-077-9 .