US

A mixed bag from 1992. There are some excellent tracks on US - "Come Talk to Me", "Blood of Eden", and "Digging in the Dirt". Even "Kiss That Frog" is fun. But the rest of this CD never really excited me. "Steam" is a return to radio-friendly Gabriel, and "Fourteen Black Paintings" bores me a bit. Another drawback is I have never been happy with the sound quality on my CD copy. Maybe it's just me, but "Come Talk to Me" especially, has a somewhat muddy sound. US is kinda AOR but also kinda great. A fair 3 stars is about right. Not a classic- but not bad.