Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career, with "Solsbury Hill" his first single. His 1986 album, So, is his most commercially successful, and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U.S. The album's biggest hit, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, and it remains the most played music video in the history of MTV.
Gabriel has been a champion of world music for much of his career. He co-founded the WOMAD festival in 1982. He has continued to focus on producing and promoting world music through his Real World Records label. He has also pioneered digital distribution methods for music, co-founding OD2, one of the first online music download services. Gabriel has been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts. In 1980, he released the anti-apartheid single "Biko". He has participated in several human rights benefit concerts, including Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour in 1988, and co-founded the WITNESS human rights organisation in 1992. Gabriel developed The Elders with Richard Branson, which was launched by Nelson Mandela in 2007.
Peter Gabriel (1982 album)
Peter Gabriel is the fourth album released by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. As with his previous three albums, it had no title other than Gabriel's name. In the United States and Canada, his new label Geffen Records issued the album, with Gabriel's reluctance, with a Security sticker on top of the shrink-wrap to differentiate it from his previous releases, and this title was also printed on the labels. Whilst Gabriel provided the title himself, the album was officially known as Peter Gabriel in other territories. As a result, it is known by fans as Security or Peter Gabriel 4. A German-language version of the album, entitled the Deutsches Album, was released later in 1982.
History
This album is an early full digital recording. Its instrumentation is mostly electronic with extensive sampling (through use of the then-new Fairlight CMI) and percussion. It was recorded at Gabriel's then-home, Ashcombe House in Somerset, England in 1981. It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.
Peter Gabriel (1980 album)
Peter Gabriel is the third album by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released in May 1980. The album has been acclaimed as Gabriel's artistic breakthrough as a solo artist and for establishing him as one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians. Gabriel also explored more overtly political material with two of his most famous singles, the anti-war song "Games Without Frontiers" (which became a number four hit and remains his joint highest charting single in the UK) and the anti-apartheid protest song "Biko", which remembered the murdered activist Steve Biko. The album was remastered, along with most of Gabriel's catalogue, in 2002.
This album is often referred to as Melt owing to its cover photograph by Hipgnosis.
Details
Gabriel's ex-Genesis band mate Phil Collins, who succeeded Gabriel as Genesis' lead vocalist, plays drums on several of the album's tracks. In particular, Collins played drums on "Intruder", which has been cited as the first use of Collins' "gated drum" sound. This effect, as created by Steve Lillywhite, Collins and Hugh Padgham, was featured on Collins' and Genesis's recordings throughout the 1980s. The distinctive sound was identified via experiments by Lillywhite, Collins and Padgham, in response to Gabriel's request that Collins and Jerry Marotta not use cymbals on the album's sessions. The sound was significant enough and influential enough that it has been claimed by Gabriel, Padgham, Collins, and Lillywhite. The drum sound on this album has been noted by Public Image Ltd as influencing the sound on their album Flowers of Romance, whose engineer, Nick Launay, was in turn employed by Collins to assist him with his first solo album, Face Value.Paul Weller, who was recording with his band The Jam in a nearby studio, was asked to contribute guitar to "And Through The Wire". Gabriel believed Weller's intense guitar style was ideal for the track.
Down to Earth (Peter Gabriel song)
"Down to Earth" is a song written and performed by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released on June 10, 2008 by Walt Disney Records and Real World Records. Composed by Gabriel and Thomas Newman, with lyrics by Gabriel, and featuring the Soweto Gospel Choir, the song is the 37th song on the soundtrack to the Disney/Pixar film WALL•E, where it is also featured over the end credits.
The song was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 66th Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards, but lost to Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" from The Wrestler and A. R. Rahman's "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire, respectively. However, "Down to Earth" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in 2009.
Background
The song saw release as a promotional single for the Pixar animated feature film WALL•E on June 10, 2008. The song was released as a digital download single on July 6, 2008.
List of McLeod's Daughters episodes
McLeod's Daughters is an Australian television drama. It premiered on the Nine Network as a telemovie on 11 May 1996 and as a series on 8 August 2001. The show focuses on two sisters who have to run a farm together after being estranged for 25 years due to their father's death. The series lasted for 9 years, spanning 8 seasons and 224 episodes.
Series overview
Season 1 (2001-02)
Season 2 (2002)
Season 3 (2003)
Season 4 (2004)
Down to Earth (1995 TV series)
Down to Earth is a British television situation comedy, aired in 1995 on BBC One. It was devised by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and starred Richard Briers, who also featured in Esmonde and Larbey's earlier series The Good Life (1975-1978) and Ever Decreasing Circles (1984-1989). One series consisting of seven episodes was produced.
Plot
Richard Briers played Tony Fairfax, who upon graduating from Oxford University had been appointed as a "cultural advisor" in a South American banana republic (as a university friend was its president) and was used to a life of luxury, only to be exiled back to Britain when the regime was overthrown at the start of the series. He moves in with his brother Chris (Christopher Blake), who finds him work at his landscape gardening business with limited success.
External links
Down to Earth (soundtrack)
Down to Earth is the soundtrack to the 2001 film, 2001 film of the same name, released on February 20 of the same year through Sony Music Entertainment. It consisted of a blend of hip hop and contemporary R&B. The soundtrack was a minor success, peaking at #71 on the Billboard 200 and #34 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned two single: Ruff Endz's "Someone to Love You" which peaked at #49 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Monica's "Just Another Girl" which peaked at #64 on the same chart.
Track listing
Peter Gabriel
ALBUMS
- Back To Front: Peter Gabriel – Live in London released: 2014
- 2014-05-02: Back To Front 2014: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany released: 2014
- Scratch My Back / And I’ll Scratch Yours released: 2014
- 2013-10-11: Leipzig, Germany – Back To Front released: 2013
- And I’ll Scratch Yours released: 2013
- Live in Athens 1987 released: 2012
- Back to Front 2012: 2012-09-23: Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY, USA released: 2012
- 2012-09-30: Peter Gabriel Live Red Rocks released: 2012
- Live Blood released: 2012
- Full Stretch released: 2011
- New Blood released: 2011
- New Blood – Live in London released: 2010
- 2010-03-28: New Blood: O2 Arena, London, UK released: 2010
- Scratch My Back released: 2010
- Assorted Rare Treats (B-Sides & Rare Tracks) released: 2009
- 2009-03-18 Caracas, Venezuela - Latin American Tour released: 2009
- 2009-03-22 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Latin American Tour released: 2009
- The Warm Up Tour: Volume 7 - Hyde Park, England 23-06-07 released: 2007
- The Warm Up Tour: Arezzo 05-07-07 released: 2007
- 2007-07-02: The Warm Up Tour: Brescia, Italy released: 2007
- Peter Gabriel released: 2007
- Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped released: 2005
- 2004-07-06: Still Growing Up: Wembley, UK released: 2004
- 2004-05-01: Ischgl, Tyrol, Austria released: 2004
- 2004-05-06: Still Growing Up Live 2004: Rotterdam, Netherlands released: 2004
- Growing Up Live released: 2003
- 2003-06-29: Summer 2003: Clarkston, MI, USA released: 2003
- Shock the Rhythm released: 2003
- 2003-11-21: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK released: 2003
- RARE: A Rare Tracks CD Collection released: 2003
- Growing Up U.S. Tour 2003 released: 2003
- Hit released: 2003
- Birdy released: 2003
- Us released: 2003
- Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats released: 2003
- 2002-10-24: Maison de La Radio, Paris, France released: 2002
- Peter Gabriel released: 2002
- Up released: 2002
- Long Walk Home: Music From the Rabbit‐Proof Fence released: 2002
- Peter Gabriel released: 2002
- OVO: Millennium Show released: 2000
- Lost Souls released: 1998
- Sound Fruit released: 1997
- Secret World Live released: 1994
- Revisited released: 1992
- Live in Cleveland 1977 released: 1991
- So Alive released: 1991
- On the Air released: 1990
- 1977-04-09: Live USA: The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, USA released: 1990
- Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ released: 1989
- 1987-09-18: No Self Control: Verona, Italy released: 1987
- So released: 1986
- Plays Live released: 1983
- Peter Gabriel released: 1983
- 2002-12-05: Maison Radio Studio 104 released:
- 2003-07-01: Columbus, OH, USA released:
- Ultra Rare Traxx Volume 1 released:
- 2002-10-24: Live at Studio 104: Studio 104, Maison de la radio, Paris, France released:
- 1994-06-26: Glastonbury, Pilton, Somerset, UK released:
- 1978-08-25: A New Perspective: University Great Hall, Lancaster, UK released:
- 2004-05-14: Still Growing Up: Vienna, Austria released:
- 2007-06-29: The Warm Up Tour Summer 07: Amsterdam, The Netherlands released:
- 2002-11-25: Fleet Center, Boston, MA, USA released:
- 1977-03-15: Broken Eyes and Contact Lenses: Music Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA released:
- 2003-06-21: Camden, NJ, USA released:
- 1982-07-16 & 18: The First WOMAD Festival: Shepton Mallet, UK released:
- 1982-12-18: Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA released:
- 2003-03-16: Atlanta, GA.USA released:
- 2003-03-15: Atlanta, GA, USA released:
- 1987-07-21: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA released:
- 1987 World Tour released:
- 2004-05-05: Growing Up Live Dortmund, Germany released:
- Pavillion of Memories released:
- Solid Gold Collection released:
- 05.06.04 Glasgow, Still Growing Up Tour 2004 (2-2) released:
- 2003-07-06: Montréal, QC, Canada released:
- 2003-06-07: Mountain View, CA, USA released:
- Gold released:
- 2004-05-23: Still Growing Up: Karlsruhe, Germany released:
- Live at the Roxy 1977 released:
- The Greatest Hits 1977-1995 released:
- Book of Memories released:
- Summer 2003 - 07.04.03 - Toronto, ON released:
- Summer 2003 - 07.05.03 - London, ON released:
- Lay Your Hands on Me released:
- Growing Up U.S. Tour 2003: 06.14.03 West Palm Beach, FL released:
- Live - Quebec City 30 released:
- Peter Gabriel released:
- Live at The Spectrum released:
Back To Front: Peter Gabriel – Live in London
Released 2014- Daddy Long Legs
- Come Talk to Me
- Shock the Monkey
- Family Snapshot
- Digging in the Dirt
- Secret World
- The Family and the Fishing Net
- No Self Control
- Solsbury Hill
- Show Yourself
- Red Rain
- Sledgehammer
- Don’t Give Up
- That Voice Again
- Mercy Street
- Big Time
- We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
- This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
- In Your Eyes
- The Tower That Ate People
- Biko
2013-10-11: Leipzig, Germany – Back To Front
Released 2013- Introduction
- O But
- Come Talk To Me
- Shock The Monkey
- Family Snapshot
- Digging In The Dirt
- Secret World
- The Family And The Fishing Net
- No Self Control
- Solsbury Hill
- Why Don’t You Show Yourself
- Red Rain
- Sledgehammer
- Don’t Give Up
- That Voice Again
- Mercy Street
- Big Time
- We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)
- This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
- In Your Eyes
- The Tower That Ate People
- Biko
New Blood – Live in London
Released 2010- Intruder
- Wallflower
- The Boy in the Bubble
- Après moi
- The Drop
- Washing of the Water
- The Book of Love
- Darkness
- The Power of the Heart
- Biko
- San Jacinto
- Digging in the Dirt
- Signal to Noise
- Downside Up
- Mercy Street
- The Rhythm of the Heat
- Blood of Eden
- Red Rain
- Solsbury Hill
- In Your Eyes
- Don't Give Up
- The Nest That Sailed the Sky
Assorted Rare Treats (B-Sides & Rare Tracks)
Released 2009- Across the River (B-Side)
- Ain't That Peculiar (live Vinyl)
- Animal Nation (B-Side)
- Bashi-Bazouk (B-Side)
- Big Time (extended mix)
- Big Time (instrumental)
- Blood of Eden (Wenders mix)
- Book of Love (B-Side)
- Broken Arrow
- Cloudless (radio edit)
- Curtains (B-Side)
- Darkness (Engelspost remix)
- Digging in the Dirt (instrumental)
RARE: A Rare Tracks CD Collection
Released 2003- Summertime
- Here Comes the Flood / On the Air (live at the Roxy, West Hollywood, CA: April 1977)
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (live 2nd 1977 tour)
- All Day and All of the Night (live at the Roxy, West Hollywood, CA: April 1977)
- Why Don't We (live in Detroit, MI: March 1977)
- A Whiter Shade of Punk (live in Boston, MA: October 1978)
- Back in NYC (live at the Roxy, West Hollywood, CA: April 1977)
- Interview
- Across the River
- Wallflower (live in Chile: September 1993)
- My Heart Sounds Like That (live in Milano, Italy: September 2002)
- I Grieve (live in Milano, Italy: September 2002)
- Teddy Bear
Birdy
Released 2003- At Night
- Floating Dogs
- Quiet and Alone
- Close Up (from Family Snapshot)
- Slow Water
- Dressing the Wound
- Birdy’s Flight (from Not One of Us)
- Slow Marimbas
- The Heat (from The Rhythm of the Heat)
- Sketchpad With Trumpet and Voice
- Under Lock and Key (from Wallflower)
- Powerhouse at the Foot of the Mountain (from San Jacinto)
Sound Fruit
Released 1997- Preface
- Here Comes the Flood (Early version)
- Taboo
- Shaking the Tree '97
- Qualquer Coisa a Haver Com o Paraiso
- Another Day in 1977 (live)
- Fallen Angel
- Fisherman's Song
- Sledgehammer (extended dance mix)
- In Your Eyes (extended Special mix)
- I'll Be There (live)
- I Know What I Like (live)
- Not One of Us (live)
- Humdrum (live)
- Me and My Teddy Bear
- Post Script
