Peter Gabriel So (1986)

Peter Gabriel - So
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Artist...............: Peter Gabriel
Album................: So
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: NMR
Year.................: 1986
Ripper...............: NMR
Codec................: LAME 3.92
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Extreme, (avg. bitrate: 215kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........:

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Tracklisting
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1. (00:05:40) Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
2. (00:05:13) Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
3. (00:06:34) Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up
4. (00:04:53) Peter Gabriel - That Voice Again
5. (00:06:23) Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
6. (00:04:29) Peter Gabriel - Big Time
7. (00:03:22) Peter Gabriel - We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
8. (00:04:26) Peter Gabriel - This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
9. (00:05:30) Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

Playing Time.........: 00:46:29
Total Size...........: 71.36 MB

NFO generated on.....: 7/7/2008 6:05:33 AM

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So is the fifth studio album (and seventh album overall) by British rock
musician Peter Gabriel, released in 1986. Many of its songs reflect a more
conventional pop-writing style and became radio hits, others still retain
Gabriel's dark, brooding sense of experimentalism and are held as classics by
some fans.

It is Peter Gabriel's second album produced by Canadian artist Daniel Lanois.
The previous year, the two of them had worked together on Birdy. Lanois
had been previously known for his ambient collaborations with Brian Eno as
well as producing U2 since 1984. As he had with the soundtrack to the film
Birdy, Lanois brought many of his own ambient sensibilities to this recording.

When the album was remastered in 2002 with most of Gabriel's catalog, the
song "In Your Eyes" was moved from the 5th song to the 9th song. This was
what Peter Gabriel originally intended, but because of the limitations of the
vinyl release format it was moved up to be the first track on side two (where
there is naturally more room for the grooves).[citation needed] Oddly, the
credits in the booklet were not changed to show the change in order (so,
Youssou N'dour, instead of being credited with back up vocals to "In Your
Eyes" is given credit for back up vocals on "Mercy Street").

In 1998, Q magazine readers voted So the 81st greatest album of all time. In
2001, the TV network VH1 placed it at number 91. In 2003, the album was
ranked number 187 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest
albums of all time