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Peter Gabriel 3 - Melt

Peter Gabriel

Generally regarded as Peter Gabriel's finest record, his third eponymous album finds him crafting an album that's artier, stronger, more song oriented than before. Consider its ominous opener, the controlled menace of "Intruder." He's never found such a scary sound, yet it's a sexy scare, one that is undeniably alluring, and he keeps this going throughout the record. For an album so popular, it's remarkably bleak, chilly, and dark, even radio favorites like "I Don't Remember" and "Games Without Frontiers" are hardly cheerful, spiked with paranoia and suspicion, insulated in introspection. For the first time, Gabriel has found the sound to match his themes, plus the songs to articulate his themes. Each aspect of the album works, feeding off each other, creating a romantically gloomy, appealingly arty masterpiece. It's the kind of record where you remember the details in the production as much as the hooks or the songs, which isn't to say that it's all surface, it's just that the surface means as much as the songs, since it articulates the emotions as well as Gabriel's cubist lyrics and impassioned voice. He wound up having albums that sold more, or generated bigger hits, but this third Peter Gabriel album remains a masterpiece. And then there is "UP" which is clearly from the PG3 lineage.

  • more info £10.69 Out Of Stock Remastered - Limited Edition
    CD

    Remastered to produce the best quality CD's with limited edition 'mini vinyl' packaging.

    For more information about the remastering project see the remasters information in Remasters

    Remastered to produce the best quality CD's with limited edition 'mini vinyl' packaging.

    For more information about the remastering project see the remasters information in Remasters

  • more info £11.31 Out Of Stock Remastered
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    This is the new Remastered and repackaged version.

    For more information about the remastering project see the remasters information in Remasters

    This is the new Remastered and repackaged version.

    For more information about the remastering project see the remasters information in Remasters

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    German Version
    CD

    German Version.

    German Version.

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    Japanese Slipcase Edition
    CD

    Japanese Slipcase Edition.

    Japanese Slipcase Edition.

  • more info £20.64 Out Of Stock Vinyl Edition
    Vinyl

    200 gram LP reissue. Transferred, for the first time ever, from the original 30 ips 1/4" master on Bernie Grundman's all tube cutting system, this Classic 200g Quiex SV-P pressing, packaged in a deluxe gatefold die cut jacket with printed inner sleeves, is the definitive LP version of this giant album. This is a rock record for anyone with good taste.

    200 gram LP reissue. Transferred, for the first time ever, from the original 30 ips 1/4" master on Bernie Grundman's all tube cutting system, this Classic 200g Quiex SV-P pressing, packaged in a deluxe gatefold die cut jacket with printed inner sleeves, is the definitive LP version of this giant album. This is a rock record for anyone with good taste.

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