Peter Gabriel's work doesn't lend itself easily to compilations -- not because he didn't cut singles, since he made many terrific stand-alone singles, but because his body of work is so idiosyncratic, even contradictory, that it's possible to have perfectly valid differing perspectives on his catalog. This results in differing opinions among fans, so it's perfectly logical that Gabriel and his associates would have a unique view of his own work, as captured on Hit. Billed on its slipcase as "The D...   [ read more ]

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Although he had thrived on live performance as a member of Genesis, Peter Gabriel waited until he was four albums and six years deep into his solo career -- with the hit album Security and the Top 40 "Shock the Monkey" chalked up to his credit -- before he took the plunge into concert recording with this album. Released as a double-LP and two-CD set (but also later in a single CD "highlights" edition, missing four songs), this is a fine summing up of the artist's early solo years. Most of his b...   [ read more ]

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Since these string quartet tributes to everybody under the sun started coming out, these days it seems like artists with a single album on the charts for the first time get one. Here, the brain trust at Vitamin Records have decided to do one of these sessions on Peter Gabriel, an artist who might actually benefit from the treatment, and the potential to do something really special was obvious. Just check the track listing: "Solsbury Hill," "Shock the Monkey," "Here Comes the Flood," {&"Red R...   [ read more ]

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