Peter Gabriel (1982 album)
Occupation
- Jerry Marotta - drums
- Ekome Dance Company - African percussion
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, percussion, keyboards, Fairlight CMI
- Tony Levin - Bass, Fretless Bass, Chapman Stick
- Larry Fast - synthesizer, Moog &
- David Rhodes - Guitar
- John Ellis - Guitar
- Jill Gabriel - vocals
- Roberto Laneri - Saxophone
- Stephen Paine - Fairlight CMI
- Peter Hammill - vocals
- David Lord - Moog, keyboards, Fairlight CMI
- Morris Pert - timbales, percussion, flute
Peter Gabriel IV is the fourth album by English musician Peter Gabriel, released in 1982. Like his three predecessors is titled simply Peter Gabriel, the American record label Geffen Records entitled Security added.
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This album is one of the first fully digitally recorded albums. The instrumentation is mostly electronically with the excessive use of the Fairlight CMI sampler. The title since Biko on Peter Gabriel III included influences of world music Gabriel worked on this album even further. The recordings took place in 1981 in Gabriel's home studio in Somerset, England. In 2002, the album was released as part of the re-release of the entire back catalog as remastered version.
Content cover the lyrics of the songs from a broad spectrum. The Rhythm of the Heat based on the experiences of Carl Jung, who worked with African musicians. San Jacinto addresses the fear of foreign infiltration of the Native American culture through the modern Western society. Shock The Monkey is a consideration of jealousy and panic that the imagery of non-human primates uses to describe personalized fears. Lay Your Hands on Me is about self-alienation, which was previously subject to Peter Gabriel's albums. The Family and the Fishing Net takes a look at the grueling aspects of the married state and Wallflower is a song about the situation of political prisoners.
Shock the Monkey is a part of the soundtrack for the film Project X with Matthew Broderick in the lead role. Wallflower is part of the soundtrack of Alan Parker's Birdy, the Gabriel completely composed. The film stars Nicholas Cage and Matthew Modine. In the 110th episode of South Park is also Shock the Monkey heard.
Peter Gabriel dropped as a show element in the live performance of Lay Your Hands On Me to the outstretched hands of the audience. He thus made an important contribution to the popularization of the Stage Divings.