| Review by JW May 14, 2003 (0 of 1 found this review helpful)
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Three years after his first solo album, and what a difference! This is the Gabriel we have come to appreciate: more adventurous, more complex and generally less symphonic rock. His voice developed into that highly pitched somewhat raspy style. I hear the roots of world music shining through on this album, something he was going to iterate on in later years.
Of course this is the album with the protest hit "Biko" on it. It is still a powerful song. Further you can hear Kate Bush on background vocals and Phil Collins on drums. As with his first album, Robert Fripp contributes on guitar as well as Paul Weller.
The sound has improved somewhat versus his first album, hence my three star rating.
Jw
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| Review by dorokusai August 3, 2003 (1 of 2 found this review helpful)
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| One of my personal favorite albums of all time. Recording is excellent, and I would venture to say this is a near perfect performance. Biko/ Start/ Games w/o Frontiers and Lead a Normal Life, are all standouts on this disc. Highly recommened for the PG fan.
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| Review by DeSelby February 7, 2005 (3 of 5 found this review helpful)
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| stereo sonics: thin and sometimes sharp sound without warmth, nearly no bass, as it has been on the LP 1980, seems to be nothing more on the masters.
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