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Peter Gabriel (1978 album)

Peter Gabriel is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 2 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

2 June 1978 (1978-06-02)[1]

November 1977 – February 1978[1]

Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands
The Hit Factory, New York[1]

41:29

Charisma

Robert Fripp

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. Some music streaming services refer to it as Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch.[6]


The album reached No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 45 on the US Billboard Pop Albums chart.[7]

On original LP pressings of the album, the audio of "White Shadow" (the last song on side one) continued into a .

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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 of the single "D.I.Y." is a longer version of "Perspective" edited for the album and all subsequent releases.

B-side

– vocals; Hammond organ on 11; piano on 2; synthesizer on 5, 7

Peter Gabriel

– electric guitar on 1, 3, 5, 10; acoustic guitar on 5; Frippertronics on 8

Robert Fripp

– 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

Tony Levin

– keyboards on 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11

Roy Bittan

– synthesizer, treatments on 1, 2, 5, 7, 10

Larry Fast

– drums on all except 3; backing vocals on 1, 4, 10, 11

Jerry Marotta

– electric guitar on 1, 4, 8–11; acoustic guitar on 2, 3; steel guitar on 3–5, 6, 9, 11; mandolin on 2; backing vocals on 7

Sid McGinnis

Bayeté () – keyboards on 2, 4, 6, 7

Todd Cochran

– saxophone on 10, 11

Tim Cappello

George Marge – on 6, 8, 9

recorder

John Tims – insects on 3

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Peter Gabriel (Scratch)