Peter Gabriel

I found this to be much better than Car, the first Peter Gabriel album I heard, due to how eclectic it /isn't./ I thought that album didn't have a strong enough sonic foundation, and it zig-zagged all over the place. This has a musical palette that it sticks with through pretty much the entire record, and I thought it was great! It's catchy, it's fun and exciting...very straightforward. Not every song sticks with me, and I'm not a huge fan of when lyrics are extremely unsubtle (like Games Without Frontiers, or Biko to a lesser extent) but there are a lot of songs that I can happily take home with me from this record!

This album was an overall good experience but without any standout tunes.

Hold on, I've always thought that Peter Gabriel was pretty much synonymous with generic 80s pop, but this is actually fantastic? There are some pop elements to it, but its more akin to post-punk and new wave and there's a ton of experimentation throughout.

I've always loved Games Without Frontiers, but I honestly didn't know which artist was behind it. I honestly avoided looking into this song in the past because, back when I thought all 80s music was terrible, I would have classified Games Without Frontiers as a guilty pleasure (along with other top-tier tracks like Psycho Killer, Once In A Life Time, or Burning Down the House by the Talking Heads and Fame by David Bowie). Now I don't subscribe to the notion of guilty pleasures and I've also learned that there's a ton of amazing music coming from the 80s, many of which have become some of my all time favourites.

Also, ending with Biko was a masterstroke. It's such a great closer!

Peter Gabriel 3 (or Melt as it is sometimes referred to due to the album art) is a really interesting album. This album seems to take a very experimental approach to it's sound kinda in the same vein as Peter Gabriel's old band Genesis. In fact, the song "Intruder" was one of the first songs to utilize the gated reverb sound made to make the drums sound more impactful while still maintaining the original mix. I did enjoy a lot of the things that this album tried. It definitely doesn't feel as accessible as So does but this album still managed to provide a pretty enjoyable experience in the same way that album managed to do.
Best Song: Not One Of Us
Worst Song: Start

Listening to this today for the first time in 20-some years. The songs "Biko" and "Games Without Frontiers" are so strong and memorable that this is an important album just based on their inclusion, and the rest of it is pretty good too, with lots of interesting people like Robert Fripp contributing to the rest of the tracks.

4/5

This Is one of those albums where I know I’m supposed to like it, but I just don’t.
Kind of like most Jazz albums, I acknowledge its creativity, and the talent it took to make it. It’s just not for me.

Solo por Biko ya merece la pena, pero sumando No self control y I don't remember ya se pone interesante. Hay que escucharlo.

Oh god, please stop talking about Peter Gabriel.

Maybe my favorite Gabriel solo album. It hits the exact right mix of his ear for poppy catchiness with his experimentation. So many fantastic sounds on this album.