Peter Gabriel - Hit 2003 [MP3@320](oan)

Peter Gabriel - Hit 2003 [MP3@320](oan)






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A judiciously-selected two-CD compendium of Peter Gabriel's finest moments, Hit offers a far
more generous windfall than can be found on the only previous Peter Gabriel best-of selection,
the 1990 Shaking the Tree. The devil, after all, is in the detail, particularly on the second
disc (self-deprecatingly entitled Miss), which really traverses the whole gamut of Peter Gabriels
globally-visioned artistry. It includes recent soundtrack work (the haunting "Cloudless" from
Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence), material from 2002's sterling Up
("Signal To Noise", featuring a compelling vocal from the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and some
ominous string arrangements, really does sound like a thinking man's Massive Attack) and goes
right back to that fourth album when marrying the reticence of cold, synthesised new wave with
insistent African percussion seemed like a good idea (it was). The first disc--including the
MTV smash "Sledgehammer", anti-apartheid war cry "Biko", "Big Time" (interesting how the
styles of Gabriel and his former group Genesis seem to converge at this time) and "Games Without
Frontiers"--really speaks for itself, although with hindsight it seems the single-buying
public-at-large had a particular taste for a certain kind of Peter Gabriel record.
Universally excellent throughout, the collection is rendered even more desirable by the
inclusion of three previously unreleased tracks: a live rendition of "Downside Up", a shorter
version of "Blood of Eden" and "Burn You Up, Burn You Down", latterly included on a video game
and initially earmarked for the Up album but jettisoned at the last minute. --Kevin Maidment





1. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill [04:22]
2. Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey [03:57]
3. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer [04:50]
4. Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up [05:54]
5. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers [03:56]
6. Peter Gabriel - Big Time [04:26]
7. Peter Gabriel - Burn You Up, Burn You Down [05:24]
8. Peter Gabriel - Growing Up [Tom Lord-Alge mix] [04:47]
9. Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt [05:14]
10. Peter Gabriel - Blood of Eden [radio edit] [05:05]
11. Peter Gabriel - More Than This [radio edit] [04:32]
12. Peter Gabriel - Biko [06:57]
13. Peter Gabriel - Steam [06:01]
14. Peter Gabriel - Red Rain [05:38]
15. Peter Gabriel - Here Comes the Flood [04:31]

Playing Time.........: 01:15:41
Total Size...........: 174.85 MB




1. Peter Gabriel - San Jacinto [06:30]
2. Peter Gabriel - No Self-Control [03:53]
3. Peter Gabriel - Cloudless [04:46]
4. Peter Gabriel - The Rhythm Of The Heat [05:17]
5. Peter Gabriel - I Have The Touch [04:17]
6. Peter Gabriel - I Grieve [07:23]
7. Peter Gabriel - D.I.Y. [02:36]
8. Peter Gabriel - A Different Drum [04:45]
9. Peter Gabriel - The Drop [03:01]
10. Peter Gabriel - The Tower That Ate People [Steve Osborne Mix][04:05]
11. Peter Gabriel - Lovetown [05:21]
12. Peter Gabriel - Father, Son [04:55]
13. Peter Gabriel - Signal To Noise [07:33]
14. Peter Gabriel - Downside Up [Live] [05:31]
15. Peter Gabriel - Washing Of The Water [03:52]


Playing Time.........: 01:13:53
Total Size...........: 170.75 MB



Codec................: LAME 3.98
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3