PETER GABRIEL 1 [AKA: CAR]

Starting off with the Lamb Lies Down-esque Moribund the Burgermeister, the album already sounds poppier than Genesis. Oh well, this is good enough for me! Great melodies and vocals, poor Moribund can't handle the peasants! Goofy voice in it brings it down, but still good.

Solsbury Hill, classic. Wonderful. Melodies, Lyrics, music, that great horn riff... Everything spectacular. Listen to it on here.

Modern Love is a rockier number, poppier as well. Chorus is nice, and I like the bridge. Good melodies all around, and since Gabriel dominates this album, this song is a good one.

Excuse me is a goofy babershop quartet. Terrible song, I skip it everytime. "It shows his sense of humor..." Well then, sorry Gabe, you're sense of humor sucks. Cringeworthy at best.

Humdrum starts off pretty good, slow, nice melodies. However, a strange... Italian? sounding riff soon comes in, but even then it stays pretty good. An alright song, but the worst of the good songs on here.

Slowburn is a pretty catchy song, the verse melody almost reminds me of Rush. The chorus is great, overall a good song, but not outstanding.

Waiting for the Big One is the other terrible song of the album, along with Excuse me. Jazzy/bluesy, but painfully so and not prog either. 7 wasted minutes.

Down the Dolce Vita... second best on here, maybe even best, it gives Solsbury a run for it's money. The opening orchestra motif is EPIC! And then it soon changes to almost disco-esque riffs, but it is still dark and epic, and I love it. The bridge is amazing too, and the breakdown. Whoever played guitar on this track (Fripp, maybe) should be commended. Amazing track.

Here Comes the Flood is the third best song on here, after Soldbury Hill and Down the Dolce Vita. Good ending song, Chorus melody is excellent, and the verses are slow and haunting. However, I have another version of this track without the whole choir singing the chorus, just Gabriel himself the whole way through on piano and vocals and no one else (apart from a rare Fripp solo at the beginning) and it is better- it sounds more heartfelt and less cheesy. That said, this is still a fantastic song.

So all in all a strong album, just what you imagine a solo album to be like: the solo person dominates the album, which in this case is usually AWESOME! Only duds are Excuse me and Waiting for the Big One. highlights: Solsbury Hill, Down the Dolce Vita, Here comes the Flood. But Moribund, Mordern Love, Humdrum and Slowburn are all good too. Strong album.

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