So is the fifth studio album by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music). Many of its songs reflect a more conventional pop writing style which became radio hits. Others still retained Gabriel’s dark, brooding sense of experimentalism and are held as classics by his more eclectic fans. Cover of the Peter Gabriel album So, 1986. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Cover art from the album So, Gabriels biggest commercial success Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey) is an English musician. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up February in Wiktionary, the free dictionary February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the year. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Geffen Records was founded by David Geffen in 1975 (after having founded Asylum Records in the 1970s). ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Cover art from the album So, Gabriels biggest commercial success Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey) is an English musician. ... Daniel Lanois Daniel Lanois (born September 19, 1951, Hull, Québec) is a French Canadian producer and musician. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Description: Rating stars. ... Cover art from the album So, Gabriels biggest commercial success Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey) is an English musician. ... Birdy is a soundtrack by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, for the movie of the same name, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). ... Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ is a musical album produced in 1989 by Peter Gabriel. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Cover art from the album So, Gabriels biggest commercial success Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey) is an English musician. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1985 in music, other events of 1986, 1987 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 23 - The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee...

This is Peter Gabriel’s first album produced and performed with Canadian artist Daniel Lanois. Lanois had been previously known for his ambient collaborations with Brian Eno. Lanois brought many of his own ambient sensibilities to this album. Daniel Lanois Daniel Lanois (born September 19, 1951, Hull, Québec) is a French Canadian producer and musician. ... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... Brian Eno in 1977 Brian Peter George St. ...

The album begins with an emotionally charged piece titled "Red Rain". Its lyrics vividly depict dream imagery that reflect a sense of vulnerability.

The second track is Peter Gabriel's most popular single, "Sledgehammer". "Sledgehammer" is an upbeat piece with strong Motown influences, and a world music touch from its famous use of the shakuhachi flute. An eccentric video was made for this song which won MTV's 1987 Top Music Video Awards. This video features stop motion animation by the Aardman Animations company who later created the famous Wallace and Gromit series. The video ends with a shadowy dancing figure covered with lights. While performing "Sledgehammer" in his 2002 tour, Peter Gabriel recreated this image by wearing a jacket covered with LED lights. Motown Records, Inc. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... A shakuhachi, showing its utaguchi (blowing edge) and inlay The shakuhachi (尺八 in Japanese, pronounced /shakoo-hatchee/) is a Japanese end-blown flute which is held vertically like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the familiar Western transverse flute. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Aardman Animations is a British stop motion animation studio founded by Peter Lord and David Sproxton in 1972. ... Wallace & Gromit Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series of three British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. ... External links LEd Category: TeX ...

Tracks 3-6 cover more serious emotional content. These tracks are a duet with Kate Bush titled "Don't Give Up", "That Voice Again", "In Your Eyes" and a piece dedicated to Anne Sexton titled "Mercy Street". Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, now part of Greater London) is an English singer-songwriter known for her expressive three-octave voice, idiosyncratic and literary lyrics, and eclectic and meticulous musical and production style. ... Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928–October 4, 1974), born Anne Gray Harvey, was an American poet and writer. ...

Track 7 is the album's last upbeat pop piece, "Big Time". This song is a parody of the narcissism of the 1980's. It was also accompanied by a video in the vain of Sledgehammer, although to less popularity.

Then comes the album's darkest and most experimental track titled "We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)". The title refers to the 37 out of 40 compliant subjects of the Milgram experiment's Experiment 18. The experimenter (E) persuades the participant (S) to give what the participant believes are painful electric shocks to another participant (A), who is actually an actor. ...

The album then ends with a pictorial and meditative piece titled "This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)". This song features Laurie Anderson, who co-wrote the piece. This track is not included on the original vinyl release of the album, but was added to the audio cassette edition and later CD reissue. Anderson had previously recorded a version of the song entitled "Excellent Birds" for her 1984 album, Mr. Heartbreak (which also featured vocals by Gabriel). Laurie Anderson on the cover of her album Strange Angels. ... For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s...

When the album was remastered, the song "In Your Eyes" was moved from the 5th song to the 9th song. This was what Peter Gabriel originally intended. Oddly, the credits in the booklet were not change to show the change in order (so, Youssou N'dour, instead of being credited with back up vocals to "In Your Eyes" is given credit for back up vocals on "Mercy Street"). Youssou NDour Youssou NDour (born October 11, 1959 in Dakar, Senegal) is a singer. ...

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted So the 81st greatest album of all time; in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 91. 1998 (MCMXCVIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Q magazine is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... VH1 (which originally stood for Video Hits 1) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (then a division of Warner Communications and then-current owners of MTV, which originally came up with the idea of the channel). ...

Track listing

all songs by Peter Gabriel, except where noted

1. "Red Rain" - 5:39
2. "Sledgehammer" - 5:12
3. "Don't Give Up" - 6:33
4. "That Voice Again" (Gabriel, David Rhodes) - 4:53
5. "In Your Eyes" - 5:27
6. "Mercy Street" - 6:22
7. "Big Time" - 4:28
8. "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" - 3:22
9. "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" (Laurie Anderson, Gabriel) - 4:25¹

¹Not included on original vinyl release. Sledgehammer is a hit song by Peter Gabriel, off his 1986 album So. ... David Rhodes was born May 2, 1956 in London, the third of five children, to Philip and Elizabeth, a doctor and a homemaker, respectively. ... Big Time is a pop rock song by Peter Gabriel from his 1986 album So. ... Laurie Anderson on the cover of her album Strange Angels. ...

Remastered CD Track Listing

1. "Red Rain"
2. "Sledgehammer"
3. "Don't Give Up"
4. "That Voice Again"
5. "Mercy Street"
6. "Big Time"
7. "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)"
8. "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)"
9. "In Your Eyes"

Musicians

The track numbers only correspond to the original release, not the remastered version.

• Peter Gabriel - vocals, synthesizers, piano (except track 7), percussion (track 4), Linn (tracks 3, 7 & 9), Synclavier (track 9)
• Tony Levin - bass (except tracks 6 & 8)
• David Rhodes - guitar (except tracks 6 & 9), backing vocals (tracks 1 & 5)
• Jerry Marotta - drums (tracks 1, 5 & 8), drumstic bass (track 7)
• Chris Hughes - Linn programming (track 1)
• Stewart Copeland - hi-hat (track 1), drums (track 7)
• Daniel Lanois - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 9), tambourine (track 2)
• Manu Katché - drums (tracks 2-5), percussion (tracks 3-5), talking drum (tracks 5 & 9)
• Wayne Jackson - trumpet (tracks 2 & 7), cornet (track 7)
• Mark Rivera - saxophone (tracks 2 & 7), processed saxophone (track 6)
• Don Mikkelson - trombone (tracks 2 & 7)
• P. P. Arnold - backing vocals (tracks 2 & 7)
• Coral Gordon - backing vocals (tracks 2 & 7)
• Dee Lewis - backing vocals (tracks 2 & 7)
• Richard Tee - piano (tracks 3, 5 & 6)
• Simon Clark - synthesizer (tracks 3 & 7), organ (track 7), bass (track 7)
• Kate Bush - vocals (track 3)
• L. Shankar - violin (tracks 4 & 8)
• Larry Kline - bass (tracks 5 & 6)
• Youssou N'dour - vocals (track 5)
• Michael Been - backing vocals (track 5)
• Jim Kerr - backing vocals (track 5)
• Ronnie Bright - bass vocals (track 5)
• Djalma Correa - surdu, congas, triangle (all on track 6)
• Jimmy Bralower - Linn (track 7)
• Laurie Anderson - vocals (track 9)
• Bill Laswell - bass (track 9)
• Nile Rodgers - guitar (track 9)

Cover art from the album So, Gabriels biggest commercial success Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey) is an English musician. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A classic FM synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7. ... A grand piano A piano is a keyboard instrument, widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a convenient aid to composing and rehearsal. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... Linn may refer to: Linn (HiFi), is a British HiFi company Places in Germany: Krefeld-Linn, a part of Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia Linn (Gangkofen) , a part of Gangkofen in the Rottal-Inn district, Bavaria Linn (Massing) , a part of Massing in the Rottal-Inn district, Navaria Place in... The New England Digital Synclavier System was a powerful, integrated system for music synthesis and recording, first developed at Dartmouth College. ... Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an influential and prominent bass player. ... Bass guitars typically have four strings instead of six as found on regular guitars. ... David Rhodes was born May 2, 1956 in London, the third of five children, to Philip and Elizabeth, a doctor and a homemaker, respectively. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is a professional American musician. ... The hi-hat stand has changed little since its invention. ... Daniel Lanois Daniel Lanois (born September 19, 1951, Hull, Québec) is a French Canadian producer and musician. ... Kocek with tambourine 19th c. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register other than the cornet, its above the horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba. ... B♭ cornet The cornet is a brass instrument that closely resembles the trumpet. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... A lip-reed aerophone with a predominantly cylindrical bore, the trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the western musical tradition, with a rich history connected with the Christian religion and civic ceremony. ... Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, now part of Greater London) is an English singer-songwriter known for her expressive three-octave voice, idiosyncratic and literary lyrics, and eclectic and meticulous musical and production style. ... Lakshminarayana Shankar (born April 26, 1950), or L. Shankar, was born in Madras, South India. ... The pitches of open strings on a violin The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which... Youssou NDour Youssou NDour (born October 11, 1959 in Dakar, Senegal) is a singer. ... Conga is a drum, a type of music, and a type of dance (Conga Line). ... A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a two-dimensional figure with three vertices and three sides which are straight line segments. ... Laurie Anderson on the cover of her album Strange Angels. ... Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem, Illinois and raised in Detroit) is a prolific bassist, producer, and record label owner who has collaborated with hundreds of musicians all over the world. ... Nile Rodgers (born September 19, 1952) is a prolific guitarist and music producer. ...

Production

• Producers: Peter Gabriel, Chris Hughes, Daniel Lanois
• Engineer: Dave Bascombe, David Bottrill, Steve Boyer, Ary Carvalhaes, Richard Chappell, Jairo Gualberto, Kevin Killen, Bruce Lampcov, Daniel Lanois, David Stallbaumer
• Assistant engineers: Jam Crisp, Edel Griffith, Dan Roe, David Stallbaumer
• Track mix: David Bascombe
• Mastering: Ian Cooper UK
• Mastering: Greg Fulginiti US
• Remastering: Tony Cousins
• Recording: David Bascombe
• Programming: Chris Hughes
• Assistants: Norma Bishop, Steve Boyer, Jam Crisp
• Horn arrangements: Peter Gabriel, Wayne Jackson, Daniel Lanois
• Arranger: David Rhodes
• Session supervisors: Charlene Colon, Renato Costa, Graciela Silberberg
• Studio coordinator: Luigi Hoffer
• Studio manager: David Stallbaumer
• Studio support: Luigi Hoffer
• Management: Gail Colson
• Design: Peter Saville
• Graphic design: Marc Bessant
• Photography: Armando Gallo, Trevor Key, Margaret Maxwell, Connie Moest, Neal Preston
• Packaging: Real World Design
• Sleeve design: Peter Saville, Brett Wickens

Gregory Fulginiti (born February 13, 1951, Cape May Court House, New Jersey) is an American recording and mastering engineer. ...

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America) An example of a Billboard Magazine. ...

Singles - Billboard (North America)