Peter Gabriel (1978 album)

Peter Gabriel
Studio album by Peter Gabriel
Released	June 3 1978
Recorded	November 1977–February 1978, Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands and The Hit Factory, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	41:29
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Robert Fripp
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link Robert Christgau (B-) link
Peter Gabriel chronology
Peter Gabriel (1977) Peter Gabriel (1978) Peter Gabriel (1980)
Alternate cover
2002 reissue cover

Peter Gabriel is the second solo album by the British singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released in 1978. The album is the second of four with the same eponymous title (as though each album were an issue of a magazine). Guitarist Robert Fripp served as producer, whose influence on the album is evident in the use of frippertronics on the track "Exposure". The album did not sell as well as the first Peter Gabriel, but reached #10 on the UK charts. "Mother of Violence" was written by Peter and his wife Jill Gabriel. This album is often referred to as Scratch, referring to the album cover by Storm Thorgerson.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Gabriel, except as indicated.

1. "On the Air" – 5:30
2. "D.I.Y." – 2:37
3. "Mother of Violence" – 3:10 (Gabriel, Jill Gabriel)
4. "A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World" – 3:33
5. "White Shadow" – 5:14
6. "Indigo" – 3:30
7. "Animal Magic" – 3:26
8. "Exposure" – 4:12 (Gabriel, Robert Fripp)
9. "Flotsam and Jetsam" – 2:17
10. "Perspective" – 3:23
11. "Home Sweet Home" – 4:37

Personnel

• Peter Gabriel – vocals, organ on track 11, piano on track 3, synthesizer on tracks 5, 7, backing vocals on tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, 11
• Tony Levin – bass on tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, Chapman stick on tracks 2, 4, 9 string bass on track 6, recorder arrangements on tracks 6, 9, backing vocals on tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, 11
• Sid McGinnis – electric guitar on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, acoustic guitar on tracks 2, 3, steel guitar on tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, mandolin on 2, backing vocals on track 7
• Larry Fast – synthesizer and treatments on tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10
• Bayete – keyboards on tracks 2, 4, 6, 7
• Roy Bittan – keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11
• Jerry Marotta – drums, backing vocals on tracks 1, 4, 10, 11
• Timmy Capello – saxophone on tracks 10, 11
• George Marge – recorders on tracks 6, 8, 9
• John Tims – insects on track 3

Charts

Album

External links

• Peter Gabriel (Scratch) at MusicBrainz