PETER GABRIEL Scratch My Back NEWEST GENESIS solo CD

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PETER GABRIEL Scratch My Back NEWLY RELEASED CD. The GENESIS artist is back with a disc of covers that he makes his own. ITEM CONDITION: This one is FACTORY SEALED, UNOPENED. SHIPPING CATEGORY ( 1 ) The CHART with SHIPPING RATES is below in the SHIPPING TERMS. Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Considering the slow trickle of completed albums he has released since becoming a superstar in 1986 — just two albums of songs with vocals, paired with two albums of soundtracks and two live records — deliberate is expected from Peter Gabriel, so the slow, hushed crawl of Scratch My Back is no shock. What may be a shock is that Gabriel chose to follow 2002’s Up with a covers album but, like all of his work, this 2010 record is highly conceptual no matter how minimal the end result may be. Designed as the first half of a two-part project w Gabriel would cover 12 different artists who would then return the favor by recording their own versions of Gabriel’s compositions — the counterpart album naturally bearing the title I’ll Scratch Yours — Scratch My Back divides neatly between six songs from his peers (Bowie, Paul Simon, Randy Newman, Neil Young, Lou Reed, David Byrne) and six songs from younger artists (Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Stephin Merritt, Bon Iver, Elbow, Regina Spektor). Gabriel doesn’t dodge familiar tunes, choosing to sing “Heroes” and “Street Spirit (Fade Out),” but he twists each tune to his own needs, arranging everything with nothing more than piano and strings, a change that’s almost jarring on Simon’s “The Boy in the Bubble,” yet it stays true to the undercurrent of melancholy in the melody. Indeed, all of Scratch My Back is stark, sober, and spare, delving ever deeper inward, a triumph of intellect over emotion — a noted contrast to almost all cover albums that celebrate the visceral, not the cerebral. Immediate it may not be but fascinating it is, and after hearing Gabriel turn all 12 of these songs into something unmistakably his own, the appetite is surely whetted for its companion piece. 1 Heroes Bowie, Eno 4:09 2 The Boy in the Bubble Motloheloa, Simon 4:27 3 Mirrorball Garvey, Jupp, Potter, Potter ... 4:48 Composed by: Garvey, Jupp, Potter, Potter, Turner 4 Flume Vernon 3:00 5 Listening Wind Byrne, Eno 4:22 6 The Power of the Heart Reed 5:51 7 My Body Is a Cage Butler, Butler, Chassagne ... 6:12 Composed by: Butler, Butler, Chassagne, Gara, Kingsbury, Parry 8 The Book of Love Merritt 3:52 Composed by: Merritt Performed by: Gabriel, Hungarian Orchestra 9 I Think It's Going to Rain Today Newman 2:34 10 Après Moi Spektor 5:13 11 Philadelphia Young 3:46 12 Street Spirit (Fade Out) Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien ... 5:06 Check out my other eBay auctions! FIND OUT MORE ON MY "ABOUT ME" PAGE Don't Forget This Listing - Add Me to Your Favorite Sellers List LISTING INFO CONDITION OF ITEM Condition of Item is found at the bottom of the description of the item above the Review and track info. For a more in-depth explanation of what these mean (ie: mint, if sealed or not) please visit my about me page. SHIPPING RATES The Shipping category is found at the bottom of the description of the item above the Review and track info. The price of each shipping category for your country you will find below in the shipping rates and also on our web site. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN LISTING HEADINGS: OOP = OUT OF PRINT HTF = HARD TO FIND s/t = SAME TITLE JPN = JAPANESE IMP = IMPORT IMPORT INFORMATION: Any CD that says in the description "import" JAPANESE or otherwise is in ENGLISH as the regular Domestic ones are. The lyrics and artwork are all the same and in english. They are usually more desirable due to the superior mastering on a lot of them. REMASTERED INFORMATION: Any CD that says REMASTERED means that it is the original recordings but they have been REMASTERED. ... read more

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