Peter Gabriel - Self Titled Albums

Peter Gabriel refused to title any of his first four solo albums, which were all labelled Peter Gabriel using the same typeface. They are usually differentiated by number in order of release: I, II, III, IV, or by sleeve design.

Peter Gabriel recorded his first self-titled solo album in 1976 and 1977 with producer Bob Ezrin. His first solo success came with the single "Solsbury Hill", an autobiographical piece expressing his thoughts on leaving Genesis. The album went to No: 7 in UK and No: 38 in the USA. Peter Gabriel worked with guitarist Fripp as producer of his second solo LP, in 1978. This album was leaner, darker and more experimental, and yielded decent reviews, but no major hits.

Peter Gabriel's interest in music technology is considered by many people to be the spark of his success as it inspired his third album. The third album is often credited as the first LP to use the now-famous "gated drum" sound. The album achieved some chart success with the songs "Games Without Frontiers" at No: 4 in U.K and No: 48 in U.S. "I Don't Remember", and "Biko". Arduous and occasionally damp recording sessions at his rural English estate in 1981 and 1982, with co-producer/engineer David Lord, resulted in Gabriel's fourth LP release, on which Gabriel took more production responsibility. It was one of the first commercial albums recorded entirely to digital tape, and featured the early, extremely expensive, Fairlight CMI sampling computer, which had already made its first brief appearances on the previous album. His fourth solo album, also called Peter Gabriel, was titled Security in the U.S. at the behest of Geffen Records.

Alternate versions of Peter Gabriel's third and fourth albums were also released with German lyrics. Gabriel toured extensively for each of his albums. His 1982–83 tour included a section opening for David Bowie. Recordings of this tour were released as the double LP Plays Live.

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