The Hit Years: Melt, Security, So, Passion, Us
Peter Gabriel had already achieved critical success with his 1980 "Peter Gabriel 3: Melt" album, which included the songs "Games Without Frontiers", "I Don't Remember", and "Biko".
In 1982, he became even more famous for his fourth album "Security" which featured his first Top 40 hit in the U.S., "Shock the Monkey", as well as the song "I Have the Touch". The music video for "Shock the Monkey"(which held the #1 spot on "MTV" for 9 weeks) was very popular for its mixture of silly humor and disturbing images.
Gabriel achieved his greatest popularity with songs from the 1986 So album, which produced three Top 40 hits in the U.S. ("Sledgehammer", "Big Time", and "In Your Eyes"), as well as the single "Red Rain". Sledgehammer, his signature song (resembling '60s-tinged pop and suggestiveness) was a #1 smash in the U.S., knocking Genesis's "Invisible Touch" off the top spot. The ballad "Don't Give Up" with Kate Bush was about the devastation of unemployment. Although it was on
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The Spark
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The Hit Years: Melt, Security, So, Passion, Us
Peter Gabriel had already achieved critical success with his 1980 "Peter Gabriel 3: Melt" album, which included the songs "Games Without Frontiers", "I Don't Remember", and "Biko".
In read more...
Later Albums
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Musicians & Collaborators
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