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Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Genres: Pop, Rock
 
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Originally released in 1980. Remastered in 2002. Peter Gabriel's third eponymous album finds him crafting work that's artier, stronger, more song oriented than before. Consider its ominous opener, the controlled menace of...  more »

     
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All Artists: Peter Gabriel
Title: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Members Wishing: 10
Total Copies: 0
Label: Real World Prod. Ltd
Original Release Date: 1/1/1980
Re-Release Date: 9/28/2010
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 180030000635, 180030000635

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Originally released in 1980. Remastered in 2002. Peter Gabriel's third eponymous album finds him crafting work 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 a masterpiece.

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Peter Gabriel's Best CD Ever
The Footpath Cowboy | Kingston, NY United States | 09/28/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

"PETER GABRIEL 3 is the best album ever by Peter Gabriel. The songs are dark and scary, but in an appealing way. The themes range from loss of identity ("I Don't Remember") to attention-getting at all costs ("Family Snapshot") to excessive warlike behavior ("Games Without Frontiers") to cliquish attitudes ("Not One Of Us") to South Africa's old apartheid system ("Biko"). The songs, taken together, send a message that we could all learn from about treating each other, and the planet, with respect. Gabriel's support of efforts to free people unjustly imprisoned in countries not their own makes PETER GABRIEL 3 an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience."