PETER GABRIEL FIRST FOUR ALBUMS POX

4, then 3, then 1 and finally 2. But it's been a while, I usually pick Plays Alive when I want to listen to some PG.

solsbury hill
humdrum
here comes the flood
indigo
mother of violence
no self control
intruder
games without frontiers
family and the fishing net
shock the monkey

if I can really only do ten. this is hard

Moribund the Burgermeister
Solsbury Hill
On the Air
White Shadow
No Self Control
Intruder
And Through the Wire
Games without Frontiers
San Jacinto
I Have the Touch

i have the touch
solsbury hill
here comes the flood
no self control
family snapshot
mother of violence
games without frontiers
san jacinto
the rhythm of the heat
BIKO!!

i have the touch is so so perfect

1. And Through The Wire
2. Here Comes The Flood
3. No Self Control
4. Games Without Frontiers
5. Shock The Monkey
6. Moribond The Burgermeister
7. I Have The Touch
8. Intruder
9. Family Snapshot
10.The Family And The Fishing Net

Not gonna do a POX (I've never done one for anybody), but all these Gabriel threads are making me sad that nobody has mentioned "DIY", from 2.

Nobody picked "Wallflower" yet? What's wrong with you people?

I Have the Touch
Here Comes the Flood
Games Without Frontiers
Family Snapshot
San Jacinto
Shock the Monkey
Biko
DIY
I Don't Remember
Wallflower

(DIY is really the only song from PG2 I like)

(Maybe Perspective too, but not enough to make it into a POX)

Wallflower
San Jacinto
Games without Frontiers
Family Snapshot
I Don't Remember
Biko
Lead a Normal Life
Solsbury Hill
Humdrum
Down the Dolce Vita

Noodle OTM. I'm hard pressed to take any of these seriously without Wallflower. Thanks for all the replies though! :)

Solsbury Hill (live '82 version)
D.I.Y.
I Have The Touch
Not One Of Us
I Don't Remember
Kiss of Life
Shock The Monkey
Moribund the Burgermeister
Walk Through The Fire
Games Without Frontiers

I Have the Touch
Solsbury Hill
Modern Love
Moribund the Burgermeister
No Self Control
Games Without Frontiers
Here Comes the Flood
Biko
Intruder
D.I.Y.

I just imagined Daryl Hall singing "Here Comes The Flood" through the Frippertronics.

Ha! Awesome.

1983 soundboard recording, apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=758IHBjPycc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scmYG1Pv1_Q

That's a pretty fun documentary. Security was always my favorite as a teenager – in part because I loved the exotic Fairlight stuff.

Still not entirely sure whether the record holds up—there's always been something uncomfortably colonial about it (accentuated by his undulation during "Rhythm of the Heat" in concert)—but I just ripped my CD copy to iTunes to give it another chance.

It is a bit colonial but it's a foundational fourth world record and I love it.

I love the Birdy OST equally and it's basically the sister record

I love the sounds, and it's the ultimate Fairlight album, but it doesn't hold up.

I gotta little bummed today, reading a promo email stating Peter Gabriel was coming through Chicago, & the venue was City Winery. For the life of me, I can't picture a 'Big Time,' theatrical Gabriel show in that dump.

(chronological order)
Solsbury Hill
Excuse Me
Here Comes the Flood
On the Air
D.I.Y.
Mother of Violence
And Through the Wire
Games without Frontiers
San Jacinto
I Have the Touch

Solsbury Hill
Here Comes The Flood
Mother Of Violence
White Shadow
Exposure
Flotsam and Jetsam
Not One Of Us
San Jacinto
I Have The Touch
Wallflower

Cheating a little:

- Car: Moribund the Burgermeister, Solsbury Hill, Slowburn, Here Comes the Flood (from Fripp's Exposure)
- Scratch: DIY, Mother of Violence, White Shadow, Indigo
- Security: San Jacinto, Shock the Monkey

Only seven songs from these albums not listed by anybody yet:

Waiting For The Big One
A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World
Animal Magic
Perspective
Home Sweet Home
Start
Lay Your Hands On Me

Moribund the Burgermeister
Mother of Violence
I Don't Remember
The Rhythm of the Heat
Shock the Monkey
I Have the Touch
Mercy Street
In Your Eyes
Washing of the Water
In the Sun (Joseph Arthur cover)

I titled one of my first stories "A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World"

Expect to hear from Peter's lawyers as soon as he has his new album finished.

Solsbury Hill
Here Comes the Flood (though I'd use the one from Robert Fripp's Exposure)
I Don't Remember
Family Snapshot
Games Without Frontiers
Biko
San Jancinto
I Have the Touch (though I'd use the 12" single version)
Shock the Monkey
Kiss of Life

Without doing fresh listening (so kinda favoring things that work more like pop songs, with a strong earworm chorus):

Moribund the Burgermeister
Solsbury Hill
Here Comes the Flood
Intruder
I Don't Remember
Games Without Frontiers
Biko
I Have the Touch
Shock the Monkey
Kiss of Life

(last cut: On the Air)

Mother Of Violence
Humdrum
Excuse Me
Moribund The Burgermeister
Wallflower
White Shadow
I Have The Touch
Not One Of Us
San Jacinto
Intruder

Solsbury Hill
Humdrum
DIY
Exposure
White Shadow
Mother of Violence
Intruder
And Through the Wire
Games Without Frontiers
San Jacinto

I'm a huge Scratch head and could have easily included A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World or Animal Magic too, but I had to draw the line somewhere

Moribund the Burgermeister
Solsbury Hill
Humdrum
On The Air
Not One Of Us
Intruder
Family Snapshot
San Jacinto
Shock The Monkey
The Family and the Fishing Net

Still can't really get into the 2nd album