Peter Gabriel is the first album Peter Gabriel recorded after leaving the progressive rock band Genesis, and the first of four with the same eponymous title (as though each album were an issue of a magazine). Upon the album's release on February 25, 1977, Gabriel began touring with a seven-piece band under his own name.
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Gabriel and producer Bob Ezrin assembled a team of talented musicians, including Robert Fripp of King Crimson, to record the album.
The album's second track, "Solsbury Hill," describes Gabriel's departure from Genesis and has become one of Gabriel's more popular songs.
The album went to #7 in UK and #38 in the USA.
This album is often referred to as Car, referring to the album cover.
Track listing
All songs written by Peter Gabriel, except where noted:
- "Moribund the Burgermeister" - 4:20
- "Solsbury Hill" - 4:21
- "Modern Love" - 3:38
- "Excuse Me" - 3:20 (Peter Gabriel & Martin Hall)
- "Humdrum" - 3:25
- "Slowburn" - 4:36
- "Waiting for the Big One" - 7:15
- "Down the Dolce Vita" - 5:05
- "Here Comes the Flood" - 5:38