Peter Gabriel
The first solo album, known as Car, with Solsbury Hill and Here Comes the Flood.
Peter Gabriel, 1977
- Released
- 25 February 1977
- Recorded
- Autumn 1976
- Studio
- The Soundstage, Toronto; Morgan and Olympic Studios, London
- Label
- Charisma (Europe), Atco (North America)
- Producer
- Bob Ezrin
- Length
- 41:42
Gabriel wrote demos in New York, partly in Ezrin's apartment. Ezrin led the American rhythm sections and the rock passages, and Gabriel the more European material and the quiet parts. The album reached number 7 in the UK and number 38 in the US, and went gold in the US, the UK, France, Germany and Australia. It won the French Academie Charles Cros prize. Nick Kent of the NME called Solsbury Hill a classic, while Rolling Stone's Stephen Demorest found the songs bore little resemblance to one another.
Solsbury Hill was the last song recorded for the album, and all of its guitars were played by Steve Hunter.
Here Comes the Flood closes the record in a version with strings from the London Symphony Orchestra, arranged by Michael Gibbs.
Track listing
- Moribund the Burgermeister4:20
- Solsbury Hill4:21
- Modern Love3:38
- Excuse Me3:20
- Humdrum3:25
- Slowburn4:36
- Waiting for the Big One7:15
- Down the Dolce Vita5:05
- Here Comes the Flood5:38
Personnel
- Peter Gabriel vocals, keyboards, flute, recorder
- Steve Hunter guitars
- Dick Wagner backing vocals, electric guitar on Here Comes the Flood
- Tony Levin bass, tuba
- Jozef Chirowski keyboards
- Larry Fast synthesiser
- Allan Schwartzberg drums
- Jimmy Maelen percussion
- London Symphony Orchestra strings, arranged by Michael Gibbs
More from Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel (Melt) (1980), So (1986), Us (1992)
Sources
- Peter Gabriel (1977 album), Wikipedia
- Peter Gabriel (1977 album), Discogs master, Discogs