Product Description
Rare Japanese 1984 (Second) Pressing! Includes Insert With Lyrics In English & Notes In Japanese. The Insert Folds Over The Front Cover To Resemble An Obi Strip. The Fantastic Third Solo LP From Peter Gabriel, Very Well Preserved On Vinyl For Over 40 Years!
Features Guest Performances By Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Kate Bush, Phil Collins, Paul Weller & More. Includes “Games Without Frontiers”, “No Self Control”, “I Don’t Remember” & Gabriel’s Very Moving Protest / Tribute Anthem, “Biko”.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Some spine creases. minor spots on back.
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Intruder
No Self Control
I Don’t Remember
Family Snapshot
And Through The Wire
Side 2:
Games Without Frontiers
Not One Of Us
Lead A Normal Life
Biko
AMG –
Gabriel wound up having albums that sold more, or generated bigger hits, but this third Peter Gabriel album remains his masterpiece. Generally regarded as Peter Gabriel’s finest record, his third eponymous album finds him coming into his own, crafting an album that’s artier, stronger, more song-oriented than before. Consider its ominous opener, the controlled menace of “Intruder.” He’s never found such a scary sound, yet it’s a sexy scare, one that is undeniably alluring, and he keeps this going throughout the record. For an album so popular, it’s remarkably bleak, chilly, and dark — even radio favorites like “I Don’t Remember” and “Games Without Frontiers” are hardly cheerful, spiked with paranoia and suspicion, insulated in introspection. For the first time, Gabriel has found the sound to match his themes, plus the songs to articulate his themes. Each aspect of the album works, feeding off each other, creating a romantically gloomy, appealingly arty masterpiece. It’s the kind of record where you remember the details in the production as much as the hooks or the songs, which isn’t to say that it’s all surface — it’s just that the surface means as much as the songs, since it articulates the emotions as well as Gabriel’s cubist lyrics and impassioned voice. He wound up having albums that sold more, or generated bigger hits, but this third Peter Gabriel album remains his masterpiece.