Peter Gabriel (1978 album)

Peter Gabriel
Studio album by Peter Gabriel
Released	3 June 1978 (1978-06-03)
Recorded	November 1977 - February 1978 at Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands
Genre	Progressive rock, art rock
Length	41:29
Label	Charisma Atlantic
Producer	Robert Fripp
Peter Gabriel chronology
Peter Gabriel (1977) Peter Gabriel (1978) Peter Gabriel (1980)

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Robert Christgau	B−

Peter Gabriel is the second solo album by the British singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released in 1978. The album is the second of four with the same eponymous title. Guitarist Robert Fripp served as producer, whose influence on the album is evident in the use of Frippertronics on the track "Exposure." The album did not sell as well as the first Peter Gabriel, but reached #10 on the UK charts. "Mother of Violence" was written by Peter and his first wife Jill Gabriel.

This album is often referred to as Scratch, referring to the album cover by Hipgnosis.

This album was originally intended as part of a loose trilogy with Robert Fripp's Exposure and Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs (all three albums were produced by Fripp).

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Gabriel, except where otherwise indicated.

Side One

1. "On the Air" – 5:30
2. "D.I.Y." – 2:37
3. "Mother of Violence" (Peter Gabriel, Jill Gabriel) – 3:10
4. "A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World" – 3:33
5. "White Shadow" – 5:14*

Side Two

1. "Indigo" – 3:30
2. "Animal Magic" – 3:26
3. "Exposure" (Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp) – 4:12
4. "Flotsam and Jetsam" – 2:17
5. "Perspective" – 3:23+
6. "Home Sweet Home" – 4:37

* On original LP pressings of the album, the audio track of "White Shadow" (which was the last song on Side One) continued into the run-off groove, causing the track to play continuously until the tonearm was lifted from the record.

+ some editions of the cassette release had a slightly different running order. Essentially switching "A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World" (to track B11) and "Home Sweet Home" (to track A5) and moving "White Shadow" up one place to track A4.

+ the original B side of the single "D.I.Y." is a longer version of "Perspective" which was edited for the album and all subsequent releases.

Musicians

• Peter Gabriel – vocals; organ on 11; piano on 2; synthesizer on 5, 7
• Tony Levin – bass guitar on 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11; Chapman stick on 2, 4, 9; string bass on 6; recorder arrangements on 6, 9; backing vocals on 1, 4, 7, 10, 11
• Sid McGinnis – electric guitar on 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11; acoustic guitar on 2, 3; steel guitar on 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11; mandolin on 2; backing vocals on 7
• Larry Fast – synthesizer and treatments on 1, 2, 5, 7, 10
• Robert Fripp – electric guitar on 1, 3, 5, 10; acoustic guitar on 5; Frippertronics on 8
• Bayete – keyboards on 2, 4, 6, 7
• Roy Bittan – keyboards on 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11
• Jerry Marotta – drums on all except 3; backing vocals on 1, 4, 10, 11
• Tim Capello – saxophone on 10, 11
• George Marge – recorders on 6, 8, 9
• John Tims – insects on 3

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1978	Billboard Pop Albums	45
1978	UK Album Charts	10

External links

• Peter Gabriel (Scratch) at MusicBrainz