Audio CD review:
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch

Band: Peter Gabriel Title: Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch Rating: Release Date: 07 May, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: On The Air 2: D.I.Y. 3: Mother Of Violence 4: A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World 5: White Shadow 6: Indigo 7: Animal Magic 8: Exposure 9: Flotsam And Jetsam 10: Perspective 11: Home Sweet Home

Customer Reviews Who needs perspective with this album? The album is another one of his greatest, it inclines more onto acquireable rock features, more simple but still evocative melodies, and a more literate/poetical feeling than his later albums, the album is closely explorative as his previous, experimenting into traditional and recognizable music, those aspects as in Peter Gabriel 1: Car, like emotional adult contempo style songs, experimental music but less dark, and certain soft and recognizable structures, but the only thing missing is the exponential brutality expected from his career, and, while it keeps a fantastic quirky sense of humor, I noticed that "Animal Magic", "Perspective" and "Home Sweet Home" are fine songs, but they really sound as Elton John pieces, but I guess this defines a little bit better his later pop career. Luis Mejia (son) - Peter Gabriel's follow up to one of his delightful masterpieces, Peter Gabriel 1: Car, showed up with the artist's same desire of experimental rock music with some recognizable tunes and structures that really caught the minds of many listeners in the era, and its still impressive by this times. "D. I. Y. " went as a famous hit, although not too much of a song, "On The Air" is maybe the most friendly song in the album; "Indigo" has the dramatic, piano-based structure seen pretty much alike the later "Family Snapshot", while "A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World", "White Shadow" and "Indigo" are the best pieces in the album, each capture an specific emotion with general darker and brutal sensations. The album was produced by King Crimson's legendary Robert Fripp, and later King Crimson Tony Levin plays bass and stick. This remastered version has a fabulous sound quality, lyrics and some additional artworks, in conclussion, this is pure experimental rock that captures such an unique emotion with an effect very similar to psychedelia in the '60s. . Peter Gabriel - Not As Good As Either The Previous Or Next Albums The first 3 solo albums act as a trilogy of sorts with each one coming in fairly quick succession after the last one. Gabriel released his second album only a year after his first. After the first 3 albums Gabriel would lapse into extremely long passages of time between albums which is still the case today. Of the first three, this the second one is by far my least favorite. The album was produced by Robert Fripp and also features fellow King Crimson member Tony Levin on bass and stick. One would think that the combination of Fripp and Gabriel would be a match made in heaven, but to my ears it did not really turn out to be the case. The music on the disc moves away for Gabriel's prog rock roots. Every song is relatively short and to the point. I find much of the disc to be a rather dull affair. Not that it is a bad album, but the material just does not seem to be up to Gabriel's usual standards. The album was pretty much ignored by radio although it does contain the long time concert favorites "On The Air" and "D. I. Y. ". Gabriel has had a roller coaster solo career putting out both brilliant material as well as merely competent stuff. Unfortunately the 2nd album fits more in the latter category for me. The album is still worth owning, but I would pick up his first or 3rd album over this one. The second Peter Gabriel This is the last album he made with more traditionnal sounds, before he released album number III and changed his musical style and sound. This album is the second in Peter's catalogue. There is some good tracks in this one, my favorites are "White shadow", "Indigo" and the wonderful "Home sweet Home It is a good album with but not as memorable as others that follows. . . You can see a complete list of all Peter Gabriel discography, or go back to the Peter Gabriel tabs