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| Peter looks like a Evil Beck on the cover of this album |
Peter
Gabriel
Peter
Gabriel II/Scratch (1978)
Genre: Alternative
Rock, Prog-Rock, Experimental Rock
This is
probably one of Peter’s most obscure album; it doesn’t have any his classic hit
songs and none of them have sticked to his live set over the years. But this
album is really good and one of the most immediate and rock oriented albums in
his catalogue, so I recommend if of you want to get into to the stranger side
of rock music get this album.
Vocals and Lyrics: Gabriel’s vocals are pretty good,
the cool thing about Peter even though it’s a solo album he leaves a lot of
room to the band, the album isn’t a monument to his ego like most solo artist
do. 8
Instrumentation:
Guitar: Robert Fripp (King Crimson) and Sid McGinnis (Late
show) do the Guitars on this album. If you are a Crimson fan you'll be happy to hear
some of Fripp style solos on this album.
Bass: Interesting
and powerful bass lines and we have legendary Tony Levin to thank for this.
Keys: Killer sequences and arrangements.
Drum and Percussion: Jerry Marrota does a great good. 7.7
Melody and/or Structure: It’s not your typical solo
artist pop album; Peter sets out for artistic integrity so you can find
interesting stuff in both departments. 8
Sound, Production and Feeling: It’s strong and
energetic and look it sounds dated at moments, but some of the stuff on this album
was cutting edge back then, like the use of Frippertronic, look it up to see
what the hell this is. 10
Songs: As I said none of the songs are in Peter’s
pantheon of mega hits but the album is good from front to back.10
The Bad: Nothing
Originality: Peter keeps growing as an artist and as
his albums progress and he does a great job in never repeating himself. 10
Overall: 53.7
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