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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
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 Gabriel's 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
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Track listingCD 1 : 1. Solsbury Hill 2. Shock the Monkey 3. Sledgehammer 4. Don't Give Up - Kate Bush 5. Games Without Frontiers 6. Big Time 7. Burn You Up, Burn You Down 8. Growing Up [Tom Lord-Alge Mix] 9. Digging in the Dirt 10. Blood of Eden [Radio Edit] 11. More Than This [Radio Edit] 12. Biko 13. Steam [Radio Edit] 14. Red Rain 15. Here Comes the Flood
CD 2 : 1. San Jacinto 2. I Don't Remember 3. THR Rhythm of the Heat 4. Loved to Be Loved 5. I Grieve 6. Family Snapshot 7. In Your Eyes 8. Drop 9. Tower That Ate People [Steve Osborne Mix] 10. Lovetown 11. Father, Son 12. Signal to Noise 13. Downside Up [Live] 14. Cloudless
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