MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Peter Gabriel After leaving his post as frontman of Genesis in 1976, Peter Gabriel embarked on a solo career that would prove artistically ambitious -- and, for a time, commercially successful -- as he melded world influences into his dramatic pop songs. Gabriel released the first of three eponymous albums in 1977, which gained him a minor hit in the form of "Solsbury Hill." The second installment of Gabriel's self-titled trilogy followed in 1978; the third, produced by Steve Lillywhite and released in 1980, was the most successful of the three, establishing the singer as an innovative and politically minded musician with songs like "Biko" -- dedicated to a murdered anti-apartheid activist -- and "Games Without Frontiers." But it wasn't until 1982's Security that Gabriel had his first taste of solo commercial success; the album produced the Top 40 single "Shock the Monkey" and eventually went gold. This success paved the way for 1986's So, which is still Gabriel's most successful album to date. With the No. 1 single "Sledgehammer," as well as the singles "Big Time" and "In Your Eyes," the album hit No. 2 and went multiplatinum. Instead of capitalizing on this success, Gabriel waited six years to release his next album, Us; in the meantime, he composed Passion, the Grammy-winning instrumental soundtrack to Martin Scorcese's The Last Temptation of Christ, and focused on his company Real World, which he founded in 1985 to bring technology and the arts together. He also worked on his WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) Festival; started in the mid-'80s, WOMAD sought to bring music and arts from around the world to the attention of Western audiences. The festival produced its most high-profile tour in 1993, boasting Crowded House, James and Sinead O'Connor -- as well as Gabriel himself -- as headliners. Since 1998, WOMAD has made an annual U.S. stop in Redmond, Washington.     Peter Gabriel The Tower That Ate People LiquidAudio Electronic, Pop Fans who've been waiting for a new gem from Peter Gabriel will have to keep waiting -- this one's nothing but a disappointment.
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