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Forced by his record company to give this album, his fourth solo release, a proper title (for a change,) Peter Gabriel chose just one word: Security<\/i>. Free of excess, this disc only contains eight tracks \u2013 and every one of them is a winner, which is quite a rarity for any album. The first thing you notice here is how much clearer Gabriel\u2019s voice sounds, a great improvement on his first three solo discs. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

All the songs on Security <\/i>seem to have an epic feel to them, especially the dark and intense opening number, \u201cRhythm Of The Heat.\u201d With its impressive tribal drums, this track gives new meaning to the term \u201cworld beat.\u201d Producer David Lord strips away nearly all the percussion on the following song, entitled \u201cSan Jacinto<\/st1:place>,\u201d which builds upon a foundation of New Age chimes. Next up comes one of my favorites, \u201cI Have The Touch,\u201d a dance track that is also one of Gabriel\u2019s best B-sides. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Sandwiched between a pair of sparse-sounding experimental tracks is this album\u2019s sole hit single, \u201cShock The Monkey.\u201d The scary video for this song is certainly among Gabriel\u2019s most memorable, though his award-winning clip for So<\/i>\u2019s \u201cSledgehammer\u201d would come to eclipse it when released in 1986. Meanwhile, drummers everywhere will find \u201cLay Your Hands On Me\u201d and \u201cKiss Of Life\u201d of particular interest, and more daring listeners will appreciate the obscurity of \u201cThe Family And The Fishing Net.\u201d If your tastes tend to lean to the safer side, there\u2019s a nice piano ballad made just for you called \u201cWildflower.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

After this impressive effort, it only got better and better for this veteran music artist. Gabriel\u2019s commercial peak still lay ahead, which would allow him to follow his own creative muse wherever it led him. He dabbled in film scores, became more involved in the design and execution of some stunning music videos and volunteered his time for an endless list of humanitarian causes. Taking a tip from Paul Simon, he later turned his RealWorld label into something of a New Age factory, churning out a number of instrumental world music albums, and was even a key player in engineering Donny Osmond\u2019s unexpected comeback. Who would have ever thought something like that could happen?<\/o:p><\/p>\n

As perhaps his most upbeat album, Security <\/i>is a restless set of tunes that is sure to please virtually everyone. Like Dick Clark once said, it\u2019s got a great beat and you can dance to it. You can only imagine what drummer and former Genesis partner Phil Collins must have thought when he first heard this material\u2026 time to step it up a notch, Phil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":26662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5924],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-40707","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-peter-gabriel","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40707"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}