PETER GABRIEL 3 [AKA: MELT]

To think of the surprise when his fans heard this album for the first time is really interesting, its a long jump from preceding album. But the choice to leave the more rock oriented music for this artpop is great, there seems to be a lot more room to experiment without ineffective guitar riffs and drum fills. Its no wonder the album contains so many classics and favorites, it was a time of doing something completely different, breaking some rules and borders. Good things usually comes out of that way of thinking! And a lot of new fans as well!

The whole album got a new kind of suspense to it, all the songs are daring and adventurous with a lot of atmosphere and drama. First track "Intruder" is a perfect example, a slowly creeping song with Gabriel doing some of the best vocals he´s done since Genesis. With a simple but mighty drumbeat, small noises, disharmonic piano and some screams it sets the perfect mood for this unsettling song. It even ends with a spaghetti western whistling ala Sergio Leone. To me it seems like most of the songs is about people with some kind of mental disorder. "No self control" and "I don't remember" are both about people in absolute panic, "Games without frontiers" is a study of human cruelty and "Family Snapshot" is a both beautiful and exciting story about a killing (well?). Its kind of nice to settle this disturbing theme with the fantastically relaxing and floaty "To lead a normal life". Some nice synthesizers and pianos, some interesting rhythms and the listener is in dreamland.

After To lead a normal life comes the last song, the classic "Biko". A touching tribute to the south african non violence activist Steve Biko, murdered for his beliefs and his fight against apartheid. Its a great symbol, a fantastic tribute and a powerful song to finish the album with.

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