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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-11-30 21:19 [#00462810]
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I know I won't get any worthwhile replies here, but so be it...
I love this album... it's a great one indeed... the production is excellent, and the songs are each very good, following Peter's usual method of a slow build-up... I really like The Barry Williams Show, which has one of the best chorus's I've heard in a while... Growing Up is also excellent, with a great groove, and REALLY good production... I Grieve is of course good, however I like the City of Angels version a bit better...
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BILE
from São Paulo (Brazil) on 2002-11-30 21:20 [#00462812]
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i've only heard "The Barry Williams Show" so far, but thought it was great
:D
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-11-30 21:21 [#00462813]
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I think I heard him perform that song on Leno or something a few weeks ago, it was damn good. I downloaded Passion and a couple other Gabriel albums, liked them. Where is ''Solsbury Hill'' from, what album?
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BILE
from São Paulo (Brazil) on 2002-11-30 21:25 [#00462818]
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not sure, but this might help ya
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BILE
from São Paulo (Brazil) on 2002-11-30 21:26 [#00462819]
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D'oh! correct link here
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-11-30 21:29 [#00462820]
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Whoa, some actually good posts... I didn't expect this...
but yeah, Solsbury Hill is like one of my favorite songs in general... let alone Peter Gabriel songs... it IS my favorite Peter Gabriel song... I just love it...
The song itself is on his first album, and is actually about his departure from Genesis I believe... but it's also on the Sixteen Golden Greats compilation which I own...
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flea
from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-11-30 21:55 [#00462841]
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Peter Gabriels has sucked for a long while...bordering on Phil Collins territory...
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-11-30 21:57 [#00462843]
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Up, Us, and Passion (his last three albums) are each fantastic, so I disagree!
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uzim
on 2002-12-01 06:23 [#00463065]
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maybe i'll have it on christmas, i don't know... i like what i've heard from it very much (even though some voices i had to get used to it).
have you seen the video for 'barry williams show'? it's... weird, i'd say ugly (especially the way it was filmed) but still i watched it until the end... it's kind of insane, at the same time too realistic but at the end with all the blood... i don't know... it kind of disturbed me
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jand
from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-12-01 06:30 [#00463070]
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A friend who reviewed it compared it to "Aphex Twin & Massive Attack" which does sounds tempting...
Is that description accurate?...
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-12-01 14:03 [#00463383]
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No...Up isn't really like them. But it is a great album...I hated at first, but now I love it. The words are also meaningful, too, which makes a nice change!
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rarndaraki
from from from from (United States) on 2002-12-01 14:05 [#00463388]
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yea, this album is great, i highly recommend it.
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uzim
on 2002-12-30 15:33 [#00495622]
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my favorite tracks being 'darkness', 'growing up', 'my head sounds like that' and 'more than this'...
the photographs in the booklet as beautiful as well... http://up.petergabriel.com
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corngrower
from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2002-12-30 15:39 [#00495629]
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I've never been much of a Gabriel fan myself, he has made some good music that I like though, but I hate that fucking Salsbory Hill song
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uzim
on 2002-12-30 15:57 [#00495655]
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i don't think 'barry williams show' is the best song of the album at all though. i like the stanzas, but i don't like the chorus.
there are better songs on the album!
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uzim
on 2003-01-08 17:08 [#00507108]
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on first listen i liked it (found it good, not amazing but good).
on second listen, i liked it more... more on third... now 10 days after, i feel like it's a masterpiece! ' _ '
'the drop' makes me feel so nostalgic... i can't listen to anything else right after it's finished...
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-01-08 20:10 [#00507243]
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whoa, people actually praising Peter Gabriel... very surprising here...
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corngrower
from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2003-01-08 20:30 [#00507254]
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why is that suprising? He's recieved some praise every other time you've made a topic about him.
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-01-08 21:06 [#00507272]
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he has? I don't know if I believe that...
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afxNUMB
from So.Flo on 2003-01-08 21:08 [#00507274]
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I dont like him
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-01-08 21:21 [#00507280]
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I don't like his new album, but I've been listening to his early solo stuff and it is GREAT. The first three self titled albums are fantastic. He's sexy.
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-01-08 21:22 [#00507283]
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Passion and Us are two of the most personal, and emotional albums I've ever heard... they just touch me personally like nothing else!! Those two albums are most of the reason I'm such a big fan!
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uzim
on 2003-01-09 05:09 [#00507633]
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are you doubting of our openmindness?!! ^^
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-01-09 10:12 [#00507851]
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well no, just that I've never received much enthusiastic responses to any Peter Gabriel related message...
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uzim
on 2003-01-09 10:23 [#00507869]
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mi :)
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surrounded
from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-01-09 10:30 [#00507872]
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i don't like Sledgehammer... but otherwise i think he has many great songs (from what i've heard anyway). I've been meaning to listen to Up... i like the artwork already :-)
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-09 11:10 [#00507914]
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Up is great if you listen to it while driving alone at night, all the way through. "Drop" is *the* perfect ending track...Love it, I do!
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-14 15:56 [#01304693]
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i'm loving this album, just got it. On first listen my favourite tracks are Signal to Noise, Darkness and I Grieve.
Think i might have to get some more of his albums, whats Passion like?
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2004-08-14 16:50 [#01304782]
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Ooooh, passion is nice... really intense listen I think... I like to think of it as a trip through darkness to find the light at the end of the tunnel... the reason I say that is because it is very dark and brooding throughout, but the last few songs really have an uplifting feel... it's all instrumental too, no singing... well, no lyrics anyways... there are lots of vocals, but it's just notes, not words... and it's kinda middle eastern music or something, although I don't think you can really narrow it down to one specific type of world music... but it definitely has a middle eastern feel... I think you'd like it!
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SPD
from United States on 2004-08-14 19:17 [#01304890]
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i'm a big Peter Gabriel fan, in fact he is just about how i got started in w/ music, but i had a listen to Up clips in Tower once and i didn't hear anything special about it. i just thought maybe he had been out of the game to long or something.
did Daniel Lanois produce this one too?
this opinion may not mean much though as i didn't like Beck, Sea Change clips at Tower either in the beginning.
Big Time and Steam are some of the greatest songs of all time and Sledgehammer, there is just nothing like it in pop music, but The Barry Williams Show was just ok i thought.
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hobbes
from age on 2004-08-14 19:21 [#01304893]
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i like us.
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weatheredstoner
from same shit babes. (United States) on 2004-08-14 21:00 [#01304938]
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Growing Up is good.
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aphextriplet
from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-15 10:59 [#01305269]
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Us is my favourite. Up (damn his two letter word album titles) is good but i think it didnt have the strength of his last 2 major albums.
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2004-08-15 11:11 [#01305275]
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i can recommend nursery cryme
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2004-08-15 14:52 [#01305406]
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damn straight... The Revenge of the Giant Hogweed is excellent! :P
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