Peter Gabriel - Up
	Released: 2002 Label: Geffen Records / Virgin Records/Real World Cat. No.: 0694933882 (PGCD011) Total Time: 66:43
	Reviewed by: Davide Guidone, March 2003 I have read many articles and reviews about Peter Gabriel’s latest creature and they were enthusiastic about the result. I don’t think so. Well, yesterday night I watched his guest appearance at the Sanremo Festival, when Gabriel played "Growing Up" (I’m sorry to say it wasn’t a live performance) so I had the idea to write about Up. I don’t understand why everyone declares that this album came after ten years of waiting. Peter Gabriel published a disc in 2000, called OVO, which is a great work, even if he doesn't sing on all the pieces. However, Up is the follow up to Us, but I believe it has many influences of OVO; I think they’re very similar, perhaps too similar. Up until now, Gabriel has taken a pop approach, but isn’t that refined pop, which he played some years ago? Now I think he ought to make a decision: to play world music, or pop. Instead he continues to release albums that combine these elements, adding a lot of electronic sounds (sometimes even the drums are programmed) and I think it isn’t a good choice. So the final result isn’t convincing and there aren’t original ideas. I suggest to all of you who want to buy a recent PG release, buy OVO, not Up. On the other hand, if you wish to listen to anything new compared with OVO, Up is perfect! [See also Eric's review -ed.] More about Up: Track Listing: Darkness (6:51) / Growing Up (7:33) / Sky Blue (6:37) / No Way Out (7:53) / I Grieve (7:24) / The Barry Williams Show (7:16) / My Head Sounds Like That (6:29) / More Than This (6:02) / Signal To Noise (7:36) / The Drop (3:01) Musicians: Peter Gabriel – vocals, bosendorfer, mutator, keys, jamMan, mpc groove, organ, keyboards Manu Katche – drums Dave Power – Drums Mahut Dominique – percussion Ged Lynch – percussion, drums Richard Chappell – percussion Tony Levin – bass David Rhodes – guitar , background vocals Daniel Lanois – percussion, guitars Peter Green – guitars David Sancious – Hammond Melanie Gabriel – backing vocals The Blind Boys of Alabama – vocals Steve Gadd – drums Dominic Greensmith – drums Hassan Ramzy – Tabla Danny Thompson – double bass Will White – percussion Stephen Hague – percussion Richard Evans – acoustic guitar Shankar – double violin Christian Le Chevretel – Trumpet and many others…. Contact: Website: www.petergabriel.com Note: will open new browser window Discography Peter Gabriel (1) (1977/2002) Peter Gabriel (2) (1978/2002) Peter Gabriel (3) (1980/2002) Security (1982/2002) Plays Live (1983/2002) Birdy (OST) (1984/2002) So (1985/2002) Passion (1989/2002) Shaking The Tree (1990) Us (1992) Secret World Live (1994) Ovo: The Millennium Show (2000) Ovo: (2000) Long Walk Home (2002) Up (2002)
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