Audio CD review:
Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree: 16 Golden Greats

Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree: 16 Golden Greats

Band: Peter Gabriel Title: Shaking the Tree: 16 Golden Greats Rating: Release Date: 29 April, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Solsbury Hill 2: I Don't Remember 3: Sledgehammer 4: Family Snapshot 5: Mercy Street 6: Shaking the Tree 7: Don't Give Up 8: San Jacinto 9: Here Comes the Flood 10: Red Rain 11: Games Without Frontiers 12: Shock the Monkey 13: I Have the Touch 14: Big Time 15: Zaar 16: Biko

Customer Reviews Only 2 Channel, and no In Your Eyes! How could PG release a greatest hits CD and not include his biggest hit??? 1 Answer comes to mind. A. Wants to make people have to buy this AND So. B. How could you release this on SACD, and not remix it for 5. 1 surround??? Poor. Yes, what's on it is good, and the sound is pretty good. If you can get it cheap, buy it, if not, don't waste your money. Fantastic SACD!!!! The definitive edition of Peter Gabriel's work is all on SACD now and are must-haves for any fan with an SACD player. This was never advertised as a multi-channel SACD and I am glad that they didn't try to reformat it. What many people do not realize about SACD is that the sampling rate is 2. 8 MILLION samples-per-second as opposed to a normal CD which is only 44. 1 THOUSAND sps. It is as close to an analog stream that you can get. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. If you don't have a good ear for audio and a good stereo system to listen to high-definition audio on then obviously you will not hear the difference. But for Audiophiles? A dream come true. Don Kelly and Bill Bennett have tin ears and have NO idea what they are talking about. Don't get ripped off! You'd be much happier with Pink Floyd's 30th Anniversary Edition of the album "Dark SIde Of The Moon" or the Eagles "Hotel California" or Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"; these artists took the time and spent the money to do SACD right. This is just a re-hash of the stereo CD, it's not "re-mastered" for multi-channel playback. Peter Gabriel is just trying to suck more money out of your pocket without any value added in return. Sure it's a slightly better recording than the original CD but certainly not worth buying again. . You can see a complete list of all Peter Gabriel discography, or go back to the Peter Gabriel tabs