Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. He first came to fame as a member of the progressive rock group Genesis, went on to a successful solo career, and more recently has focused on producing and promoting world music and pioneering digital distribution methods for music. In addition he has been involved in various humanitarian efforts.

Discography

Albums

• 1977 Peter Gabriel (I or Car, wet car cover, ) #7 UK, #38 US
• 1978 Peter Gabriel (II or Scratch, scratch cover) #10 UK, #45 US
• 1980 Peter Gabriel (III or Melt, melting face cover) #1 UK, #22 US, US Sales: 500,000
• 1982 Peter Gabriel (IV, known as Security in the USA) #6 UK, #28 US, US Sales: 500,000
• 1983 Plays Live (live) #8 UK, #44 US
• 1985 Birdy: soundtrack from the film "Birdy" #162 US
• 1986 So #1 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 5,000,000
• 1989 ' #29 UK, #60 US, US Sales: 500,000
• 1990 Shaking the Tree (best of 1976-1990) (compilation) #11 UK, #48 US, US Sales: 2,000,000
• 1992 Us #2 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 1,000,000
• 1992 Revisited (best of 1977-1978 (compilation))
• 1994 Secret World Live (live 1993) #10 UK, #23 US, US Sales: 500,000
• 2000 Ovo
• 2002 Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence
• 2002 Up #11 UK, #9 US
• 2003 Hit (compilation) #29 UK, #100 US and Miss (compilation)

See also: list of musicians with multiple self-titled albums

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DVD

• 1994 Secret World Live (concert DVD from the Secret World Tour 1992/93)
• 2003 Growing Up (concert DVD from the Growing Up Tour 2002/03)
• 2004 Play (compilation DVD with all of his music videos, including bonus videos and remastered sound).
• 2004 A Family Portrait - A Film By Anna Gabriel (Peter Gabriel's daughter directs a film about her father's Growing Up And Still Growing Up tours)

Hit singles

• from "Peter Gabriel (I)"
• 1977 "Solsbury Hill" #12 UK
• from "Peter Gabriel (III)"
• 1980 "Games without Frontiers" #4 UK
• 1980 "No Self Control" #33 UK
• 1980 "Biko" #38 UK
• from "Peter Gabriel (IV)"
• 1983 "Shock the Monkey" #29 US
• from "So"
• 1986 "Sledgehammer" #4 UK, #1 US
• 1986 "Don't Give Up" (with Kate Bush) #9 UK
• 1986 "Big Time" #13 UK, #8 US (1987 release)
• 1986 "In Your Eyes" #26 US
• from "Us"
• 1992 "Digging in the Dirt" #24 UK
• 1993 "Steam" #10 UK, #32 US
• from "Secret World Live"
• 1994 "SW Live EP" #39 UK