Artist:  Peter Gabriel

Title:  Peter Gabriel (2nd album)

Date:  1978

Label:  Atlantic Records   SD 19181

Cover Design and Photos:  Hipgnosis

Notes:  The second in Peter's string of self-titled albums with similar sound and cover art. After his fanciful work with Genesis he went on to create his own music, this time with the help of some of the fellows from King Crimson. Always one to decorate his music with introspective lyrics, a catchy hook or two and a slightly surreal veneer at times. His voice is in perfect form here and the band is right there for him. A pair of B&W cover photos has the minor deity of hellfire on damnation on the front and a stumblebum in the snow gracing the rear. You just can't go wrong with his early output.

Line Up:

Peter Gabriel: vocals, organ, piano, synthesizer
Bayette, Roy Bittan: keyboards
Jerry Morotta: drums
Tony Levin: bass, Chapman stick, string bass, recorder arrangements
Sidney McGinnis: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, mandolin
Robert Fripp: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Frippertronics
Larry Fast: synthesizer & treatments
Timmy Capello: saxophone
George Marge: recorders
 

Track Listing

Side 1

On the Air
D.I.Y.
Mother of Violence
Wonderful Day in a One-Way World
White Shadow

Side 2

Indigo
Animal Magic
Exposure
Flotsam and Jetsam
Perspective
Home Sweet Home