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Peter Gabriel is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 3 June 1978 by Charisma Records. Gabriel started recording the album in November 1977, the same month that he had completed touring in support of his debut solo release. He employed former King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, who was part of Gabriel's early touring band, to produce the album and incorporated his use of Frippertronics effects on the co-written "Exposure".

Peter Gabriel
Studio album by Peter Gabriel
Released	3 June 1978 (1978-06-03)[1]
Recorded	November 1977 – February 1978[1]
Studio	Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands The Hit Factory, New York[1]
Genre	Art rock[2] progressive rock[3]
Length	41:29
Label	Charisma
Producer	Robert Fripp
Peter Gabriel chronology
Peter Gabriel (1977) Peter Gabriel (1978) Peter Gabriel (1980)
Singles from Peter Gabriel
"D.I.Y." Released: 22 May 1978 [4]

The album was released in the US as Peter Gabriel II. It later became known informally as Scratch, referring to the album's artwork by Hipgnosis.

The album reached No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 45 on the US Billboard Pop Albums chart.[5]

Background

The influence of producer Robert Fripp is evident in the use of Frippertronics on the track "Exposure", which Fripp and Gabriel cowrote.[6] Fripp recorded a version of the song as the title track of his 1979 solo album Exposure.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Chicago Sun-Times	[8]
Classic Rock	7/10[9]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[10]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[11]
Q	[12]
Rolling Stone	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[13]
Uncut	7/10[14]
The Village Voice	B−[15]

In the NME in 1978, Nick Kent wrote: "Its brazenly left-field veneer left me cold at first, and it's only now that its strengths are starting to come across ... once past the disarming non-focus veneer, there's a quietly remarkable talent at work – quiet in the manner of the slow fuse burn of 'Mother of Violence' with Roy Bittan's piano work outstripping anything he's turned out for either Bruce Springsteen or David Bowie. Closer to the root of the album, there's a purity, a strength to the songs individual enough to mark Gabriel out as a man whose creative zenith is close at hand."[16]

Track listing

Notes

• On original LP pressings of the album, the audio of "White Shadow" (the last song on Side One) continued into a locked groove.
• Some editions of the cassette release had a different running order. "A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World" was track 11, "Home Sweet Home" was track 5, and "White Shadow" was track 4.
• The original B-side of the single "D.I.Y." is a longer version of "Perspective" edited for the album and all subsequent releases.

Personnel

• Peter Gabriel – vocals; Hammond organ on 11; piano on 2; synthesizer on 5, 7
• Robert Fripp – electric guitar on 1, 3, 5, 10; acoustic guitar on 5; Frippertronics on 8
• Tony Levin – bass guitar on 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11; Chapman stick on 2, 4, 9; string bass on 6; recorder arrangements on 6, 9; backing vocals on 1, 4, 7, 10, 11
• Roy Bittan – keyboards on 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11
• Larry Fast – synthesizer, treatments on 1, 2, 5, 7, 10
• Jerry Marotta – drums on all except 3; backing vocals on 1, 4, 10, 11
• Sid McGinnis – electric guitar on 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11; acoustic guitar on 2, 3; steel guitar on 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11; mandolin on 2; backing vocals on 7
• Bayeté (Todd Cochran) – keyboards on 2, 4, 6, 7
• Tim Cappello – saxophone on 10, 11
• George Marge – recorder on 6, 8, 9
• John Tims – insects on 3

Charts

Album

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[17]	50
UK Albums Chart[5]	10
US Billboard Pop Albums[18]	45

Notes

External links

• Peter Gabriel (Scratch) at MusicBrainz

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[de] Peter Gabriel (Album 1978)

Peter Gabriel ist das zweite Soloalbum von Peter Gabriel. Es wurde 1978 veröffentlicht und ist das zweite von vier Alben mit demselben Titel.

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- [en] Peter Gabriel (1978 album)

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[es] Peter Gabriel II

Peter Gabriel, es el segundo álbum como solista del cantautor británico Peter Gabriel y el segundo también de cuatro en ser llamado con su propio nombre. Lanzado el 6 de febrero de 1978, fue producido por Robert Fripp.[1][2]

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[ru] Peter Gabriel (II)

Peter Gabriel — второй студийный альбом британского рок-музыканта Питера Гэбриела, был выпущен в 1978 году. Как и в случае с дебютным диском, на обложке был лишь эпоним музыканта, без какого-либо названия. Дабы ориентироваться в хронологии Гэбриела, альбом получил неофициальное название — Peter Gabriel 2 или Scratch (рус. Царапины), в честь изображения на обложке.

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